20 Mar 2023; MEMO: Palestine on Sunday appealed for US and international action to halt Israeli settler attacks against holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu reports.
Two Israeli settlers on Sunday broke into the Church of Gethsemane in Jerusalem and attempted to sabotage the content inside, but were confronted by a Palestinian man who was present at the church, according to the Governorate of Jerusalem.
Tehran, IRNA – Spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry Nasser Kanaani has criticized France for its lack of commitment to human rights principles.
In a tweet posted on Sunday, Kanaani referred to an ongoing police crackdown on anti-government protests in France as he urged the government in Paris to stop using human rights for political purposes.
“Efforts by the French police to resort to violence against protests by citizens of this country is unacceptable,” he said in his Farsi tweet.
18 Mar 2023; MEMO: Around 100 officers from a secret unit of the Israeli Air Force have threatened to stop military service if the government goes ahead with legislation limiting the power of the judiciary.
18 Mar 2023; MEMO: Panamanian authorities on Thursday evening detained President of the Brazil-Palestine Institute (IBRASPAL) Ahmed Shehada at Tocumen International Airport and withdrew his Brazilian passport, Quds Press reported.
Shehada was travelling to Colombia to participate in the second conference for the Palestinian Union in Latin America, taking place between 17 and 19 March in Barranquilla.
17 Mar 2023; MEMO: President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has ordered the provision of $3 million to support the reconstruction of the Palestinian town of Huwara in the occupied West Bank after it was raided by illegal Israeli settlers.
17 Mar 2023; MEMO: Four Palestinians were shot dead by the Israeli occupation army in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health has said. It added that a 16-year-old boy was among the dead. A further 20 Palestinians were injured in the raid. Witnesses said that Israeli occupation forces raided the city of Jenin and opened fire on two Palestinians.
16 Mar 2023; MEMO: Reaching an abyss in Israel is "within touching distance," the President, Isaac Herzog, warned yesterday, referring to the recent protests that were ignited following a reform bill announcement by the far-right coalition.
16 Mar 2023; MEMO: Israel has reacted to European criticism by blocking the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, from making an official visit to the occupation state and the Palestinian Authority. "There's no reason to reward him [Borrell] for his conduct," said Israel in a fit of pique.
17 Mar 2023; MEMO: Thousands of Israelis, on Thursday, are expected to join the anti-government rallies across Israel, protesting government plans to inflict radical changes on Israel's judicial authority structure, Anadolu News Agency reports.
Thursday's rallies were held under the banner of "escalating resistance" with the main rally taking place in central Tel Aviv city.
16 Mar 2023; MEMO: The head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, Archbishop Atallah Hanna, said on Wednesday that Jerusalem is being subject to an "unprecedented conspiracy."
The archbishop made his comment during a meeting with a delegation of Italian MPs and municipal officials who are visiting the occupied territories to show their solidarity with the Palestinians and to examine their situation first hand.
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