Thu 1-May-2025

Motasem A Dalloul

The countdown begins for the death of UNRWA

After months of speculation about the contradictory remarks delivered by American officials and spokespersons about the White House’s intention to end the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA)’s mandate America has announced that it is withholding all future payments to the organisation.

Gazans cannot cope with ‘unprecedented’ economic crisis

Since October 2017 the knot around the neck of the Gaza Strip has been tightening due to the strict Israeli-Egyptian siege and the punitive measures imposed by the Palestinian Authority (PA) leading the coastal enclave to an inevitable economic collapse.

Waiting for Palestinian reconciliation is like waiting for Godot

Despite the positive measures taken by Hamas and the positive remarks made by Fatah Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are still doubtful about Palestinian reconciliation.

Is Abbas ready to end his punishment of Gaza?

As the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Ismail Haniyeh made his way back to the Gaza Strip after an 11-day trip to Cairo during which he announced the dissolution of the administrative committee in Gaza and agreed to reconcile with Fatah the residents of the territory waited for the punishing measures taken against them by Ramallah to be cancelled.

Is Israel really a safe haven for journalists?

Iranian journalist and blogger Neda Amin 32 who fled her country to Turkey in 2014 over a series of articles critical of the government arrived “safely in Israel” according to Times of Israel.

The int’l community paralyzed vis-a-vis Israel’s colonial settlements

The Israeli Knesset (parliament) has finally approved the settlement bill which legalises the theft of private Palestinian land for illegal colony-settlement purposes.

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