The besieged Gaza Strip yesterday recorded the highest number of COVID-19 fatalities, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the coastal enclave said. The coronavirus pandemic has meant mostly bad news for Gaza. But despite it […]
“We’ve got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire,” said Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton, “but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you […]
Welcome to the age of fear. Nothing is more corrosive of the democratic impulse than fear. Left unaddressed, it festers, eating away at our confidence and empathy. We are now firmly in a time of […]
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced today that mass vaccination of the population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip against coronavirus will start Sunday morning. The first batch of COVAX-supplied corona vaccines (Pfizer and […]
Hospital wards in parts of the occupied West Bank are at full capacity as coronavirus continues to spread in the Palestinian territories, according to officials. Naji Nazal, the head of hospitals at the Palestinian health […]
Israeli Prison Service (IPS) at Ofer prison threatened today to intensify its punitive measures against Palestinian prisoners, which would aggravate the already poor health conditions in Israeli prisons amid the global outbreak of the coronavirus […]
In reaction to Israel’s announcement on sending surplus vaccines to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Honduras, and Guatemala, Oxfam Acting Country Director in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Dina Jibril has described the deal as “shameful”, as […]
US Senator Bernie Sanders has lashed out at Tel Aviv for sending surplus coronavirus vaccines to friendly nations overseas instead of giving them to Palestinians, saying it must do so as an “occupying power.” “As […]
Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Riyad Maliki today considered Israel’s offer of corona vaccines to some countries in exchange for political concessions as immoral. This is “a political blackmail and an immoral act” intended to […]
Palestinian Health Minister Mai Alkaila today urged the United Nations (UN) to help step up the provision of COVID-19 vaccines to the occupied Palestinian territories. #Israel Blocks Shipment of #Russian #Vaccine to #Gaza https://t.co/LtI3yUJtLm via […]
In a 12-second video clip, American comedian Michael Che of Saturday Night Live crossed a line that mainstream US media rarely cross. Although many news and entertainment pundits have been celebrating the Israeli COVID-19 vaccination […]
The Palestinian Ministry of Health today launched a national vaccination campaign against coronavirus. Patients deemed most at risk were inoculated in the first phase of the rollout of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccination, with former Palestinian […]
It is probably not a good idea to write while in the grip of anger. But I am struggling to suppress my emotions about a wasted year, during which politicians and many doctors have ignored […]
The besieged Gaza Strip is due to receive its first batch of coronavirus vaccines today after Israel approved the delivery. Gaza will receive 1,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V inoculation from the Palestinian Authority (PA) […]
Palestinian authorities denounced on Monday that Israel is blocking access to COVID-19 vaccines to Gaza. “Today, 2,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine were transferred to enter the Gaza Strip, but the occupation authorities […]
One of the original founders of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, Ibrahim Al-Yazouri, passed away on Thursday, February 11, at the age of 80, after a long illness. Some media sources in Palestine reported […]
The timely provision of COVID-19 supplies by the Government of the People’s Republic of China are being distributed across 141 UNRWA-run health centers in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, the […]
The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed today it has received the first 10,000 doses of the Russian-manufactured Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. Speaking at a joint press conference with the Russian ambassador to Palestine Gocha Buachidze, […]
Palestinian political activist and academic Abdul Sattar Qassem died of COVID-19 yesterday at the age of 73. Qassem was a Palestinian writer, thinker, political analyst, and academic. He was a professor of political science and […]
The Palestinians are to receive the first batch of 50,000 coronavirus vaccines by mid-February when they will launch inoculations in the West Bank and Gaza, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister said Monday. Speaking ahead of a […]
Gaza’s Interior Ministry yesterday said it would reopen the enclave’s local markets this week after over five months of closures. “Local markets will reopen on 7 February all week, except Fridays and Saturdays, during which […]
In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recorded 59 Israeli attacks against Palestinian healthcare in the occupied Palestinian territory, according to its latest report on health access in the occupied territories. Of these, 42 percent […]
At least 200 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails contracted the coronavirus disease in the month of January, said on Saturday an official with the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-detainees’ Commission. Hasan Abed Rabbo told the official […]
Democrat politicians in the US have slammed Israel for preventing Palestinians from accessing the coronavirus vaccine. In an Instagram post by the Institution of Middle East Understanding (IMEU), politicians criticized Israel for its lack of […]
The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC), comprising of 11 Palestinian human rights organizations, submitted today a joint urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures focusing on Israel’s continued demolition of Palestinian homes […]
Israeli occupation forces demolished the village of Al-Araqeeb, in the Negev Desert, on Tuesday, for the 182nd time, Anadolu and other agencies have reported. Local sources said that the Israeli forces entered the village with […]
82-year-old Fo’ad Al-Shobaki, the eldest Palestinian political prisoner in Israeli jails, has contracted coronavirus, the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission reported today. According to the Commission, Shobaki contracted the virus after he came into contact with […]
Abdul Muizz Dhib Al-Jubeh, a Palestinian political prisoner in the Israeli prison of Ramon, was moved to Soroka Medical Center today due to health complications resulting from his coronavirus infection, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s […]
Israel has said will begin administering the Covid-19 vaccine in prisons, including among Palestinian detainees. The inclusion of Palestinian prisoners in the inoculation drive comes despite Tel Aviv’s wider refusal to immunize Palestinians in the […]
Israel’s decision to exclude Palestinians from its COVID-19 vaccination campaign may have surprised many. Even by Israel’s poor humanitarian standards, denying Palestinians access to life-saving medication seems extremely callous. Amnesty International, among many organizations, condemned […]
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