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3 Palestinians injured by Israeli settlers in West Bank February 13, 2021 at 1:14 pm | Published in: Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine
Israeli settlers in the West Bank, 2 March 2018 [Mamoun Wazwaz/ApaImages] February 13, 2021 at 1:14 pm
Three Palestinians, including two women, were injured yesterday by Israeli settlers in different areas of the Israeli-occupied West Bank,
Anadolu Agency reports.
Two women in their 40s were injured in an attack by a group of Israeli settlers carrying stones and sticks near the Homesh Israeli settlement in northern West Bank, Palestine Liberation Organization s (PLO) official Ghassan Daglas told
Anadolu Agency.
The women were taken to a health centre in the region, said Daglas.
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 5:59 am
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa says the Prime
Minister should apply the ‘Middle East sniff test’
again. This time to a New Zealand government military deal
with Israel.
This follows revelations Air New Zealand
was servicing equipment for the Saudi Arabian navy, while
Saudi Arabia attacked civilians in Yemen, precipitating a
severe humanitarian crisis.
PSNA Chair, John Minto
says the Prime Minister’s nose should sniff the New
Zealand Defence Force purchases of military equipment from
Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems
Limited.
“Elbit Systems is acting illegally under
international law in the Occupied Palestinian
Territories.’
“This was too much for the New
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The Arab League meets to discuss the Palestinian cause at the league headquarters in the Egyptian capital Cairo. The meeting comes as key Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas met in Cairo for talks. ARAB LEAGUE/AFP
Historic reconciliation for Palestine rivals
Wed, 10 February 2021
Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas said on February 9 they had agreed on “mechanisms” for forthcoming elections and to respect their outcome, after years of bitter divisions.
In a joint statement on the second day of talks between Palestinian factions in Cairo, they said they had agreed a timeline for the polls and “committed to respecting and accepting their results”.
Source: Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa says the Prime Minister should apply the âMiddle East sniff testâ again. This time to a New Zealand government military deal with Israel.
The follows revelations Air New Zealand was servicing equipment for the Saudi Arabian navy, while Saudi Arabia attacked civilians in Yemen, precipitating a severe humanitarian crisis.
PSNA Chair, John Minto says the Prime Ministerâs nose should sniff the New Zealand Defence Force purchases of military equipment from Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems Limited.
âElbit Systems is acting illegally under international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.â
âThis was too much for the New Zealand Superfund which withdrew its investments from Elbit Systems in 2012.â