Palestine

21 June 2021; MEMO: Illegal Jewish settlers have stepped up their violence against Palestinians since the new government headed by Naftali Bennett was sworn in last weekend, the Palestinian Authority said on Sunday.

GAZA/TEL AVIV, June 21 (Reuters) - Israel allowed a limited resumption of commercial exports from the Gaza Strip on Monday in what it called a "conditional" measure one month after a truce halted 11 days of fighting with the Palestinian enclave's Hamas rulers.

Gaza border officials said the easing of Israeli restrictions would last two to three days and would apply to agricultural goods and some textiles.

19 June 2021; MEMO: Head of the General Federation of Trade Unions Sami Al-Amasi has confirmed that 20 factories were destroyed during the last offensive on Gaza, and 5,000 workers had lost their jobs.

18 June 2021; MEMO: Israeli occupation forces today issued demolition orders against eight Palestinian structures in the village of Jawaya, based near Hebron, reported Wafa news agency.

Coordinator of the National and Popular Committee in southern Hebron, Rateb Al-Jbour, said that Israeli forces barged their way into the village and handed six villagers demolition orders for their property.

18 June 2021; MEMO: A 15-year-old boy yesterday succumbed to his injuries after being shot with live ammunition by Israeli occupation forces in Beita, a village south of Nablus.

Ahmad Zahi Ibrahim Bani Shamsa spent a day in intensive care before being pronounced dead by the Palestinian Health Ministry.

17 June 2021; MEMO: An Israeli Border Police officer has been charged with reckless homicide following the murder of Eyad Al-Hallaq, an autistic Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem.

The 20-year-year-old Border Police officer had charges filed by the police misconduct investigation unit today and faces up to 12 years in prison.

17 June 2021; MEMO: The Israeli military has said that it is planning to curb the number of highly controversial night raids on Palestinian homes which for decades have been the cause of fear, trauma and, occasionally, death for Palestinians living under the state's brutal military occupation.

16 June 2021; MEMO: The Palestinian Authority has formed a negotiating team to deal with the new Israeli government at the request of the administration of US President Joe Biden, Israel's Channel 12 reported yesterday.

15 June 2021; MEMO: The Deputy Commander of the military wing of Hamas, Marwan Issa, has said that the Palestinian prisoners' file will "shock" the occupation authorities and the resistance will surprise "enemies" as well as "friends". The official with Al Qassam Brigades made his comments in a documentary aired last week on Al Jazeera.

15 June 2021; MEMO: Hamas has warned Israel against moving forward with the controversial Flag March which is to be held by Jewish right-wing nationalists today in parts of Jerusalem's Old City.