Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike against negligence amid Coronavirus threat
Israeli prison authorities have failed to provide Palestinian prisoners adequate access to medical services, testing, protective gear and other essential sanitary items crucial to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus in overcrowded Israeli prisons
Human rights groups in Palestine call on Israel to release prisoners amid COVID-19 outbreak
Prisoners are at an increased risk of infection owing to overcrowded prison facilities, living in unsafe, unsanitary and disease-prone conditions
Amid COVID-19 crisis, India buys $116 million worth of guns from Israel
India plans to buy 16,479 Negev Light Machine Guns manufactured by Israeli Weapons Industries.
Palestinians mark Land Day and anniversary of Great March of Return
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, Palestinians took to social media to post pictures of victims of Israeli violence during the Great March of Return protests. They also raised the Palestinian flag from the balconies of their homes
After global protests, Microsoft sells its stake in Israeli facial recognition start-up
An investigation by NBC in October last year revealed that Israeli company AnyVision’s technology was being used to scan the faces of thousands of Palestinians at checkpoints every day. Microsoft had invested in AnyVision in June 2019
We need hospitals, not Israeli guns
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the Indian government signed a 880 crore rupee (USD 116 million) deal with Israel for 16,479 Negev Light Machine Guns. This is even as doctors in many parts of India are struggling without adequate personal protective equipment
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village, one resident seriously injured
One Palestinian man was severely injured after being assaulted by illegal Jewish settlers, while several others suffered tear gas inhalation after Israeli army soldiers fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated metal bullets at the Palestinians’ homes in the village of Umm al-Safa
Coronavirus exposes once again the effects of the Israeli blockade on Gaza’s healthcare
International human rights and health organizations have warned that the shortage of medical supplies, qualified doctors, testing kits and protective gear due to the Israeli-Egyptian stranglehold of Gaza are all dangerous signs of an impending health disaster
Israel abandons ill Palestinian man in PA-controlled territory in West Bank, media reports
The yet-unidentified Palestinian had reportedly undergone a test for the Coronavirus infection after displaying symptoms of the virus for the last four days, Middle East Eye reported
2 cases of COVID-19 detected in besieged Gaza strip
The two individuals who tested positive in Gaza had recently traveled to Pakistan and have been placed in quarantine since their return. The United Nations had stated earlier that the spread of the deadly disease to the Gaza strip would be catastrophic
4 Palestinian prisoners may have Coronavirus disease as Israel restricts access to medical care, supplies
Palestinian prisoners’ rights groups have accused Israeli prison authorities of engaging in gross medical negligence and abuse by not ensuring adequate protection for Palestinian prisoners against the Coronavirus
Israel approves ‘apartheid road’ to keep Palestinians away from the illegal settlements
The controversial road will also aid the illegal construction of thousands of illegal Jewish settlements in the volatile E-1 area of occupied East Jerusalem
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