June 1, 2021
RAMALLAH, West Bank The recent fighting in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the resistance factions prompted the US administration to take political and diplomatic steps in the region and to renew contact with the Palestinian Authority (PA).
On May 15, US President Joe Biden called his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Ramallah May 25.
In conjunction with these moves, the US administration took a number of decisions. Most notably, Blinken announced during his meeting with Abbas in Ramallah the reopening of the US Consulate in Jerusalem.
According to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, Blinken affirmed the United States intends to reopen its Consulate General in Jerusalem. He noted the administration will ask the US Congress for $75 million in development and economic assistance for Palestinians, and would also provide $5.5 million in relief and $32 million in aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Ag
PA: international silence encourages more Israeli crimes
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Israel bans Muslim call to prayer at Ibrahimi Mosque-538287
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Israel bans Muslim call to prayer to allow settlers to celebrate Purim February 26, 2021 at 2:08 pm | Published in: Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine
General view of Ibrahimi Mosque and surroundings in Hebron, West Bank on 1 September 2020. [Issam Rimawi - Anadolu Agency] February 26, 2021 at 2:08 pm
Israel today banned the raising of the Muslim call to prayer at the Ibrahimi Mosque in occupied Hebron under the pretext that settlers were celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim.
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the ban was a call for religious war and went on to urge the international community and the relevant UN organisations and councils to assume their legal and moral responsibilities in protecting holy sites.