EU calls on Israel to reverse decision to expand settlements in occupied West Bank
Palestinians block a road to stop Israeli settlers from passing during a demonstration against Jewish settlements in the village Kafr Malik in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on November 20, 2020 [ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images] May 7, 2021 at 10:54 am
The European Union called on Wednesday for Israel to reverse its decision to build new housing units in Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. It added that the bloc will not recognise changes to the 1967 nominal borders without agreement. The increase in evictions and demolitions throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, especially the evolving situation in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan, in East Jerusalem, and possibility of demolishing buildings in the village of Al Walaja, is a cause for concern, said officials on behalf of the European Union High Representative for External Relations and Security Policy, Josep Bor
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PM Shtayyeh urges UN to fulfill its duty and put an end to Israeli policies
PM Shtayyeh urges UN to fulfill its duty and put an end to Israeli policies
RAMALLAH, Wednesday, May 05, 2021 (WAFA) - Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh today stressed the importance of following up on the report by the international human rights organizationi which documented the Israeli policies of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians stressing the need for the United Nations and international organizations to fulfill their duty and put an end to Israeli policies and compel Israel to pay the price of its crimes in the occupied territories
A new, 213-page report from Human Rights Watch details the many ways in which Israel qualifies as an apartheid state, a status that at least four Israeli prime ministers have warned would happen if the country continued to deny rights to Palestinians living within the country's borders and in Gaza and the West Bank. Supporting Israel now, writes South Florida Jewish activist Donna Nevel, means demanding change.