ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
US and Israel seek to end Palestinian Authority's financial support for families of political prisoners
Instead of freeing Palestinian prisoners, a new scheme aims at punishing their families, writes RAMZY BAROUD
NOTORIOUS: An Isreali Ofer Prison in the West Bank
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JAYNE FISHER on why the government’s latest amendments to the Crime & Policing Bill, which returns to the Commons on Tuesday, is a serious threat to our freedoms
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A SCHEME is underway to withhold or to reduce payments made by the Palestinian Authority to the families of Palestinian prisoners.
According to Israeli media, the Biden administration has requested that the authority entirely overhauls its support system of Palestinian prisoners. The Palestinian leadership had already expressed willingness to engage the US in a “discussion.”
Israel’s Channel 12 reported the Biden administration has called on PA President Mahmoud Abbas to stop paying stipends to Palestinian prisoners’ families and, instead, to consider an alternative “welfare” system. For example, over 60-year-old prisoners would receive payments as if “retired PA employees.” Those under 60, according to the report, would be paid as “PA employees.”
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