Jewish American BDS activist banned from entering Israel

Jewish American BDS activist banned from entering Israel

The Israeli Population and Immigration Authority barred a Jewish American Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activist from entering Israel on Sunday.

The Israeli Ynet news outlet reported that the ban came upon instructions by Israeli Minister of Interior Aryeh Deri and recommendation by Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Gilad Erdan.

Erdan later commented on the incident saying that "The rules have changed. Israel will not show restraint towards those who try to hurt it."

The news site added that Ariel Elyse Gold, a BDS activist, was denied entry into Israel landing at the Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.

Gold wrote on her official Facebook page, "I am in the Tel Aviv airport getting deported. I got a visa in advance to enter the country but they are refusing to honor it and are deporting me now."

Israeli minister Erdan later posted on his Twitter saying “we prevented Ariel Gold, an extreme boycott activist, from entering the country. Our policy is clear: Those who campaign towards boycotting Israel and come here in order to cause harm—won’t be allowed to enter the country. The rules have changed, and Israel will not show restraint towards those who try to hurt it.”

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Germany to condemn BDS movement as 'anti-Semitic'

Germany to condemn BDS movement as 'anti-Semitic'

The German Bundestag (parliament) is set to pass a resolution, on Friday, condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) as anti-Semitic and urges the government not to fund groups or activities that question Israel’s right to exist and to defend itself.

The text of the resolution stated that “all-encompassing calls for boycotts in their radical nature lead to the stigmatization of Israeli citizens and citizens of Jewish faith as a whole. This is unacceptable and worthy of the sharpest condemnation.”

It added, “The arguments and methods of the BDS movement are anti-Semitic” and reminiscent of Germany’s Nazi past.

This non-binding resolution is sponsored jointly by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian-Democratic Union and the Social Democrats, which is one of three motions on the BDS movement that will be considered in the German parliament, on Friday.

German lawmakers will also vote on two other resolutions against BDS, proposed by two opposition parties, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Die Linke.

The Die Linke text is the softest of the three, urging Germany to condemn “anti-Semitism within” the BDS movement, however, it does have a chance of passing.

The upcoming vote has caused public discourse in Germany, with many critics claiming that the proposed resolution is draconian, due to it suppressing pro-Palestinian groups’ freedom of expression.

As a response to the resolution, a 50-member group, made up of Jewish academics from Germany and from Israel, have published a petition opposing it.

The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement is a global campaign promoting various forms of boycott against Israel until it meets what the campaign describes as "Israel's obligations under international law," which include its withdrawal from the occupied territories, removal of the separation wall in the occupied West Bank, full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens in Israel, and promotion of the right of return of Palestinian refugees to their homelands, now known as Israel.

Although the BDS movement has been opposed by many Jews around the world, the movement still gained numerous supporters, including celebrities, such as Roger Waters and Stephen Hawking.

In response to the movement, Israel passed a law in 2017 prohibiting the entry of foreigners who call for boycotts on Israel or its illegal settlements. The law truly banned several Americans who planned to visit Israel, including Ariel Elyse Gold, a Jewish American BDS activist and national co-director of CODEPINK, a women's peace organization.

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Palestinian FM condemns Germany's vote to define BDS as 'anti-Semitic'

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned, on Sunday, the German Bundestag (parliament) for voting in favor of defining and condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) as "anti-Semitic."

In a move welcomed by Israel, a majority of German legislators in the Bundestag voted in favor of the resolution, entitled "Resisting the BDS movement decisively – fighting antisemitism," to label BDS as an entity that uses anti-Semitic tactics to fulfill its political goals.

The text of the resolution stated that “all-encompassing calls for boycotts in their radical nature lead to the stigmatization of Israeli citizens and citizens of Jewish faith as a whole. This is unacceptable and worthy of the sharpest condemnation.”

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry commented on the voting in a statement, saying that “the decision came under the pretense that BDS aims to strip Israel of its right to self-defense, which reflects first that the role and action of the organization is so influential that Israel and its supporters began to look for a pretext or justification for attacking the organization and distorting its image.”

The statement continued, “Israel continues to impose its wishes on the representatives of the European peoples by blackmail them using the historical German stigmatization of the Jews to achieve what it [Israel] wants.”

The ministry stressed that the decision “disregards the fact that Israel is a state of ethnic cleansing, a state of racial discrimination, an outlawed state that commits crimes against the Palestinian people and occupies the Palestinian land while going unpunished.”

The BDS movement posted on its Twitter, condemning the motion as anti-Palestinian, "The German establishment is entrenching its complicity in Israel's crimes of military occupation, ethnic cleansing, siege and apartheid, while desperately trying to shield it from accountability to international law."

“The German parliament’s equation of the nonviolent BDS movement for Palestinian rights with anti-Semitism is based on outright lies. It’s not only anti-Palestinian McCarthyism, it is a betrayal of international law, German democracy and the fight against real anti-Jewish racism.”

The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement is a global campaign promoting various forms of boycott against Israel until it meets what the campaign describes as "Israel's obligations under international law," which include its withdrawal from the occupied territories, removal of the separation wall in the occupied West Bank, full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens in Israel, and promotion of the right of return of Palestinian refugees to their homelands, now known as Israel.

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Palestinians injured during 71st Nakba Day in Gaza protests

Gaza protests

At least 100 Palestinian protesters were shot and injured with Israeli live ammunition, on Wednesday, during mass protests commemorating the 71st anniversary of Nakba Day or "catastrophe" near the return camps along the eastern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip.

Local sources confirmed that thousands of Palestinian protesters in Gaza, which has suffered from a 12-year-long Israeli siege, arrived to the eastern borders via buses to demand their right of return as refugees to their original homelands, now in present-day Israel.
Sources said that Israeli forces opened heavy fire and fired tear-gas bombs towards the protests.

Medical sources confirmed that 47 Palestinians were shot and injured with live ammunition, while dozens of others suffered from severe tear-gas suffocation.
Sources added that Israeli forces and snipers were deployed across the borders.

May 15th 1948, known as the Nakba or “catastrophe,” re-focuses the world’s attention on the 750,000 Palestinians displaced during and after the establishment of the state of Israel, and the more than five million Palestinians who remain refugees as they wait to return to their lands in Israel.

It is noteworthy that Palestinians in Gaza have been participating for over a year in "The Great March of Return" protests along Gaza's borders, which began on March 30th 2018, during which Israeli forces killed at least 305 Palestinians, including 59 children, 10 women, and one elderly, and injured 17,335 others.

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Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian protester Friday 10 May 2019

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian protester and injured at least 30 others with live fire during protests at the fence separating Gaza from Israel.

At least 200 Palestinians have been killed since the protests started in March 2018, including dozens of children. 

The weekly protests in Gaza demand an end to Israel's 12-year blockade of the territory. The UN says the blockade "amounts to collective punishment."

▪️ 53% of people there live in poverty
▪️ 68% are food insecure
▪️ Most of the tap water is undrinkable 

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Gaza under Attack now 3-5-2019

Gaza under Attack now 3-5-2019

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It's going to be a rough night for #Gaza... Israel occupation forces air strike just targeted a group of #Palestinian protesters killed 4 and injured many others, occupied Palestine, 3 May 2019.
#GreatReturnMarch
#Gazaunderattack

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Israeli airstrikes target sites in northern Gaza Strip

Israeli warplanes out airstrikes across the besieged #Gaza Strip, on predawn Thursday, allegedly in response to the launch of incendiary balloons by Palestinians, according to a statement by the Israeli army.

Hebrew-language news outlets said that Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes, targeting several Hamas movement sites, located in northern #Gaza.

An Israeli army spokesperson said that the airstrikes “came in response” to alleged incendiary and explosive balloon launches by Palestinians from Gaza towards southern Israel.

One incendiary object, which was allegedly launched from Gaza, caused a small fire in an open field in the Eshkol Regional Council.

The spokesperson added that the Hamas movement “is fully responsible for the situation in Gaza.”

No injuries were reported.

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Palestine Food, Method of Maqluba preparation

Method of Maqluba preparation


Maqluba Is a famous and widespread food in Palestine, consisting mainly of rice with fried vegetables, and may be eggplant, potato or green beans, and can make a mixture of vegetables in the same dish, also put with mutton or chicken, but is cooked with chicken, usually Served with yogurt or Arab salad consisting of tomatoes, cucumber, parsley, lettuce and lemon juice. This article will present the history of the Maqluba and the method of preparing the Palestinian Maqluba.

History of the Maqluba

The history of the Maqluba and the reason for the label Known as the Maqluba eaters in Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon since ancient times, and was called in the past of the eggplant, because of the use of eggplant in it as a basic ingredient, and when the conquest of Jerusalem came by the Muslim conqueror Salah al-Din, so that he and his soldiers entered the holy city, The great victory and gave food to Salahuddin and his soldiers, they offered him the eggplant, and impressed him very much when he asked about her name described by the inverted cook, so that the dish rotates in the dishes of the presentation, and hence called the Maqluba.

The ingredients of " Maqluba "

 One chicken of medium size and cut into four pieces.
Three cups of rice.
Three grains of potato.
Two slices of eggplant.
One grain of Cauliflower.
One onion cut into squares.
 Two tablespoons of salt.
Cinnamon sticks.
A teaspoon of mix spice .
One teaspoon of soft cinnamon.
 Tablespoon and a little vegetable oil.
Water for broiler chickens.

Preparation method of " Maqluba "

Place the onion in a saucepan, place a tablespoon of vegetable oil on top, then stir well, add the chicken, and then cook well. Add the cinnamon stick, cinnamon spoon, then water to soak the chicken, and leave on fire until cooked. After soaking the rice for half an hour, pour the water well, and add the remaining spices and two tablespoons of salt. Cut the potatoes into circles and then stir them.

And also for eggplants and Cauliflower, so that we cut and remove. Remove the chicken from the broth after it is cooked, and then remove the spices. Bring a large amount of rice, then put a little rice on the bottom, then put the pieces of chicken fried, then potatoes and then Cauliflower, put the rest of the rice over the ingredients, and then pour a number of broth chicken after filtering the spices until the whole rice drown. Put the pot on the fire, and when boiling and start to absorb the rice casserole, reduce the fire to the lowest degree, and leave it to mature. Fold the pot in a large tray, then leave it for 10 minutes, upside down, then raise the pot and place it hot.

Arabic Food in Jordan and Palestine - HUGE MAQLUBA (مقلوبة) Upside Down Chicken Rice Platter!

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Which best explains how the division of Palestine in 1947 led to conflict between jews and arabs?

On November 29, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a plan to divide Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. This plan, however, enabled the realization of the Zionist project for the establishment of the State of Israel.

This historic decision, six months later, led to Israel's creation on 14 May 1948, but the independent Palestinian state has yet to emerge.

Palestinian file in the custody of the United Nations

After the Second World War, Britain, which had been appointed by the League of Nations on Palestine since 1922, no longer controls the situation.

The Holocaust, the American intervention in the Middle East, the formation of the League of Arab States and the pressures of the secret Zionist groups have changed the situation on the domestic and international arenas.


In February 1947, London referred Palestine to the United Nations.

The vote took three minutes

On November 29, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly voted in favor of Resolution 181, which won the support of 33 countries, including the United States, the Soviet Union and France. 13 countries opposed it, including 10 abstentions, including Great Britain. The vote did not take more than three minutes.

Palestine, where 1.3 million Arabs and 600,000 Jews lived, was divided into three entities that should have become independent on 1 August 1948:

A Jewish state on 14,000 square kilometers and includes a strip extending from the northern Galilee finger to the shores of the Sea of ​​Galilee and the Middle Coast from Haifa to Tel Aviv and the Negev desert. The partition gave the Palestinians three areas of 11,500 square kilometers, one in the Western Galilee and the other in the Gaza Strip, Border with Sinai, and the third in the West Bank.

Jerusalem and its surrounding towns formed an independent entity under a special international regime under the auspices of the United Nations.

Thus, the Jews received 54% of the land while they represented 30% of the population.


The plan provides for measures to be taken for independence in areas such as citizenship, the right of passage, the economic union and the declaration that each provisional government is to formulate for each of these proposed entities with regard to access to holy sites and the rights of religious communities and minorities.

The United States and the Soviet Union in a row

Britain, although it was the convenor of the special session of the General Assembly, refused to participate in the implementation of the plan. London, whose positions remained volatile, tended to support the Arabs. However, in view of the explosive nature of the issue, she chose to abstain.

France decided reluctantly to support the plan.

The Arab countries in the United Nations opposed until the end of the division the demand for the establishment of a single democratic and independent Palestinian state.

But it was confronted by an unexpected alliance in that period of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union that secured the two-thirds majority needed to pass the resolution.

While the Soviets wanted to get Britain out of Palestine, the Americans supported the resolution because of their growing Jewish influence.

Dream and nightmare

Jewish Agency leaders agreed to the plan, but some Zionists rejected it because it is far from the Greater Israel they seek to establish. In Tel Aviv, the Jews held their breaths, but the crowds burst into joy after their adoption.

The Palestinians felt injustice and injustice. Arab countries rejected the plan.

Then the events in Palestine went on as each side sought to prevail.

On 14 May 1948, David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel immediately after the end of the British Mandate. The first Arab-Israeli war broke out the following day.

At the end of the conflict, Israel occupied 78% of the mandated territories of Palestine, while more than 760,000 Palestinians were forced to resort to neighboring countries or to the West Bank and Gaza.

In June 1967, the second war broke out during which Israel occupied the Syrian Golan Heights, the Sinai Peninsula, which was restored by Egypt in 1982, the West Bank as well as annexed East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, which withdrew from it in 2005 after

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Israel forced 3,000 Palestinians from their Jerusalem homes within 15yrs

 

 Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem revealed that Israeli authorities forced around 3,000 Palestinians from their homes in occupied East Jerusalem between 2004 and 2019.

B’Tselem published a report, stating, “The Jerusalem Municipality demolished 830 residential units, and 120 more were demolished by their owners on the municipality’s orders.”

B’Tselem stressed, “The municipality deliberately left 2,927 people homeless, 1,574 of them minors.”

The report points out that the Israeli-run municipality adopts policies which have deliberately created an acute construction crisis for the city’s Palestinian population, while Jewish neighborhoods enjoy massive development and substantial funding.

B’Tselem explained, “Israel has expropriated more than a third of the land it annexed from the West Bank and has built 11 neighborhoods exclusively for Jews.”

The report noted that these neighborhoods are as “illegal under international law as Israel’s settlements are in the occupied West Bank.”

Israeli authorities use a number of strategies to block Palestinian use of the land, thus according to the report, the authorities either declare Palestinian-owned land as “open scenic areas,” where development is forbidden, or as national parks, where construction and urban development are almost entirely forbidden.

In other parts of the occupied Palestinian territories, large areas, including towns and villages, are declared to be “military zones” almost as a matter of routine, and residents have to leave their homes for set periods when the army moves in.

B’Tselem said that Palestinians in East Jerusalem “have no choice” but to build without permits since the Israeli municipality rarely grants the right to build homes.

Israeli authorities estimate that between 15,000 and 20,000 Palestinian-owned homes have been built or extended without planning permission in the past five years.

B’Tselem stated, “Thousands of Palestinians in the city are living under constant threat to their homes and businesses; in many cases, the authorities follow through on this threat or force residents to demolish the structures themselves.”

“Israel does not see the residents of East Jerusalem [the Palestinians] as human beings with equal rights, but as people it strives to remove from their homes, as they are an obstacle to Judaizing the city.”

The human rights organization stressed that the measures adopted by Israel to achieve that end are all illegal.

“[The authorities are] deliberately denying Palestinians construction permits for residential and other purposes, issuing demolition orders for structures built without a permit for lack of choice, and demolishing dozens of such structures a year.”

“Israel,” concluded B’Tselem, “has implemented this policy, designed to clear parts of the city of Palestinians, since occupying the West Bank and annexing East Jerusalem and the surrounding villages in 1967.”

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The resumption of negotiations between the Palestinians and occupation. A tripartite summit with Abbas Trump Netanyahu

With a view to the resumption of direct negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israeli occupation, the leaders responsible for the Middle East peace file in the White House, jared kouchner, and Jason Patric greenblat with the assistance of the crew of the "national security council" are working to arrange a trilateral summit in Washington with US President Donald Trump, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli occupation, according to the Jerusalem newspaper.

According to the newspaper, the agenda prepared for this meeting under the auspices of the son-in-law of President kouchner to launch negotiations continue for a period ranging between 9 and 12 months, to which both sides to refrain from unilateral steps that would impede the progress of the peace negotiations.

She explained, that the invitation to meet in Washington will be the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the war in 1967 "after the approval of the occupation Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Mahmoud Abbas of principle on this meeting", which is expected to be held late 

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Israeli navy shoots, injures Gazan fisherman

A Palestinian fisherman was shot and injured with a rubber-coated steel bullet fired by Israeli naval forces while working off Gaza’s coast, on Tuesday.

According to the Palestinian Fishermen Union in Gaza, Amran Muhammad Bakr was shot and injured during an attack by Israeli naval forces while working off the coast of Gaza.

Sources confirmed that Bakr was shot and injured in the back with a rubber-coated steel bullet.

However, his medical condition remained unknown.

The Israeli army also regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the buffer zone, as the authorities have not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.

The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sector of the blockaded coastal enclave, which has been under an Israeli air, land, and sea blockade for 12 years.

Israeli human rights group B'Tselem recently concluded that Israel's Gaza closure and "harassment of fishermen" have been "destroying Gaza's fishing sector," with 95 percent of fishermen living below the poverty line.

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60 citizens were wounded in #Gaza_Return_Marches, Including women and children

Including women and children .. 60 citizens were wounded by the Israeli occupation of the "national unity" in the east of the Gaza Strip

Gaza Return Marches

On Friday, thousands of citizens joined the eastern border of the Gaza Strip Gaza return marches on Friday at the invitation of the Supreme National Authority for Return and Breaking the Siege.

Sixty citizens, including four women and 15 children, a journalist and a paramedic, were wounded by the Israeli occupation forces in the eastern Gaza Strip, according to the Ministry of Health.

"The Palestinian masses that are taking part in Friday's national unity rallies reflect the aspiration of the Palestinian people to end the division and invest their field unity, popular rallies and great sacrifices in a unified political position to face the current challenges," said Hamas spokesman Abdel Latif al-Qanoua.

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Best Words to write paragraph about Palestine Country

Best to write paragraph about Palestine Country

If we want to express Palestine,and write paragraph about Palestine Country, the best expression of this precious land is that it is the heart of the Arab nation that is beating on this land, which is full of history and originality. 
It enjoys a great place among the nations of the world, especially among Arab countries. It has a great historical, religious and tourist status. Let us recognize its geographic location and historical, religious and tourist status:

The geographical location of Palestine: The State of Palestine is located in the heart of the Arab world. It is located at the confluence of the continents of Asia and Africa, bordered to the north by Lebanon and Syria, from the south by Egypt, from the east by Jordan and from the west by the Mediterranean Sea. Jordan is the only river that provides the entire state with water and is dominated by a warm Mediterranean climate in the dry summers cool in the winter.

The historic status of Palestine: The State of Palestine enjoys a distinguished historical place among the countries of the world. It has been followed by many civilizations of the ancient and modern world. Jericho, the oldest city in the region, has witnessed the birth of eleven of the oldest civilizations in the ancient world. It speaks of the civilization of that fertile, fertile land that is full of good.

Palestine is the land of the divine messages and the cradle of the prophets of the Old Testament and their refuge is the birthplace of the Jewish religion and Christianity was the birthplace of our Lord Jesus Christ peace be upon him is also the first Muslim place has occurred on the land of the journey of Isra and Mirage by the Prophet Muhammad and Which is mentioned in the Holy Quran. Therefore, Palestine and its holy lands enjoy a very high place in the hearts of the entire Arab nation with its various peoples and religions.

Palestine's tourist status: The Palestinian territories are rich in historical and tourist attractions such as Al-Aqsa Mosque, Dome of the Rock, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the Church of the Nativity, the Jewish Temple, and many other religious attractions. Most tourists come for religious tourism and holy sites. However, despite this valuable history of this ancient country, its present is not like its past because of the Zionist occupation of it. Let us hope that its future will be much better than its painful present and that peace will prevail in its territory soon.

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Midnight .. The power plant will stop working completely in Gaza Strip

Midnight .. The power plant will stop working completely in Gaza Strip 

The electricity distribution company in the Gaza Strip: The Energy and Natural Resources Authority, told them to extinguish the power plant, the middle of the night.

The Electricity Company of "Palestinian People" confirmed that the Energy Authority informed them that the remaining generator in the generating station was stopped at midnight, due to lack of fuel to operate the plant.

The company added that this will have negative effects on the electricity distribution schedule, because the dependence tomorrow will be only on the Israeli power lines, especially in light of the station's stop in Gaza, as well as the disruption of all Egyptian lines, feeding to the southern Gaza Strip.

The company said that the Israeli lines, which feed the sector, give 120 MW, and the sector needs 500 MW.

Zafer Melhem, acting head of the Energy Authority to " Palestinian People ", said the Authority is exerting all its efforts to prevent the station from being shut down.

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The current event of the Palestinian unrest: Hamas is looking and the Egyptian intelligence 4 files

The current event of the Palestinian unrest : Hamas is looking and the Egyptian intelligence 4 files

On Tuesday evening, a Hamas delegation headed by Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas political bureau, met with Egyptian Intelligence Minister Abbas Kamel.
The meeting was discussed by Khalil al-Hayya, member of the political bureau of the movement, four files in depth, namely political developments related to the Palestinian issue, the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the file of reconciliation, as well as bilateral relations at the political and security levels.
The delegation, which includes Fathi Hammad, Rohi Mushaiti and Khalil Al-Hayya, reviewed the dangers facing the Palestinian issue in light of the US administration's decisions regarding Jerusalem and refugees, stressing the rejection of America's rights and constants to the Palestinian people. He also rejected all solutions that undermine the rights of the Palestinian people. Egypt and the Egyptians.
The meeting discussed at length the conditions of the Gaza Strip and the serious problems that have reached an explosive stage, especially with the arrival of health and environmental conditions to the brink of collapse, in addition to stressing the need to end the crisis of the Rafah crossing completely and to work with every effort to end the suffering of the difficult citizens and improve the living,
The two sides discussed the bilateral relationship between the two sides. The delegation stressed the firm position of the movement to protect the Egyptian national security. It is an Arab and Palestinian dimension, and securing the Egyptian-Palestinian borders so as not to harm our Palestinian and Egyptian security.
There was also an in-depth discussion of the reconciliation file, where the delegation of the movement stressed the need to move forward in this path and not to surrender to any obstacles or obstacles and the need for Egypt to resume its role as sponsor and follower for the implementation of reconciliation.
An Egyptian security delegation will soon be sent to the Gaza Strip to implement reconciliation understandings and work to end the problems and crises in the Gaza Strip. He also stressed that Egypt stands by the Palestinian people in establishing its state with Jerusalem as its capital and returning refugees. As well as the sector as a solution to these crises part of the Egyptian national security and promised to work on the opening of the Rafah crossing normally during the next phase.

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Current Event of Palestinian Unrest : Israeli forces demolish Palestinian shop in East Jerusalem neighborhood

Current Event of Palestinian Unrest : Israeli forces demolish Palestinian shop in East Jerusalem neighborhood


Israeli forces on Tuesday demolished a Palestinian shop in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, according to official Palestinian Authority (PA)-owned Wafa news agency.

Wafa reported that bulldozers of the Israeli Jerusalem Municipality, along with municipality staff and armed Israeli forces, raided the neighborhood and demolished the shop under the pretext that it was built without an Israeli-issued permit.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory also reported a demolition in Issawiya on their Twitter account.

According to Wafa, Israeli forces have imposed a series of restrictions on the neighborhood over the past two weeks, including closing off its main entrances in response to alleged stone throwing incidents from youth in the neighborhood against Israeli forces.

Wafa added that Israeli forces raided the town on Monday night and shot at homes and vehicles causing material damage. No injuries were reported.

Israel rarely grants Palestinians permits to build in East Jerusalem, though the Jerusalem municipality has claimed that compared to the Jewish population, they receive a disproportionately low number of permit applications from Palestinian communities, which also see high approval ratings.

For Jewish Israelis in occupied East Jerusalem’s illegal settlements, the planning, marketing, development, and infrastructure are funded and executed by the Israeli government. By contrast, in Palestinian neighborhoods, all the burden falls on individual families to contend with a lengthy permit application that can last several years and cost tens of thousands of dollars.

According to Daniel Seidemann of the NGO Terrestrial Jerusalem, “Since 1967, the Government of Israel has directly engaged in the construction of 55,000 units for Israelis in East Jerusalem; in contrast, fewer than 600 units have been built for Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the last of which were built 40 years ago. So much for (Jerusalem Mayor Nir) Barkat’s claim ‘we build for everyone.’”

According to UN documentation, three Palestinians were displaced and five buildings have been demolished in East Jerusalem since the beginning of the year as of Jan. 29. In 2017, a total of 142 buildings were destroyed in East Jerusalem, displacing 233 Palestinians.





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