Human Rights

01 Feb 2023; MEMO: The Church of England (CoE) has banned a pro-Palestinian priest over allegations of "anti-Semitic activity" and for criticism of the Israeli state, in a move seen by some as the bowing of the historic religious institution to the pro-Israel Zionist lobby.

02 Feb 2023; MEMO: Israel's intelligence services have warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that nobody can guarantee calm with the Gaza Strip due to the continuous incitement by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and the measures he proposes.

The warning followed the Israeli Prison Service's aggression against Palestinian inmates, including women prisoners, who sent a voice message complaining about the aggression and restrictions.

02 Feb 2023; MEMO: The Israeli occupation authorities "must dismantle the system of apartheid which is causing so much suffering and bloodshed" in the occupied Palestinian territories, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

01 Feb 2023; MEMO: Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said his priority is to normalise Israel's relations with Arab countries before peace with the Palestinians, Anadolu News Agency report.

"I think that the way we're going to succeed is not let the Palestinian tail wag the body of the Arab world," Netanyahu told CNN in an interview published on Wednesday.

02 Feb 2023; MEMO: An anti-Semitism commissioner of a major German city is launching a targeted campaign against a Jewish artist and photographer over anti-Semitism allegations for criticising the ongoing Israeli Occupation, threatening his life and career future in the process.

Tehran, IRNA – Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani in a Twitter message reacted to the beating up of arrested Palestinian women in Damon Prison by Zionist officers, calling it abhorring.

Kanaani in his English language tweet wrote, "Beating female Palestinian inmates in #ZionistRegime's Damon Prison abhorrent."

He has also asked, "Do self-proclaimed rights defenders in Europe & US believe #HumanRights and women's rights apply to Palestinian prisoners in Israel's horrifying jails?"

01 Feb 2023; MEMO: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has dismissed reports published by an Israeli channel that his ministry transferred tax money to the Palestinian Authority.

According to the Israeli media, Smotrich categorically denied the news reported by Israeli TV Channel 12 that his ministry transferred tax money to the Palestinian Authority prior to the visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

01 Feb 2023; MEMO: The Unified National Leadership of Popular Resistance (UNLPR) yesterday called for the formation of popular committees to protect Palestinian villages and municipalities from illegal Jewish settlers.

This came during a meeting held in Ramallah to discuss the issue of the continuous aggression of Israeli Jewish settlers on Palestinian villages and properties near illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank.

31 Jan 2023; MEMO: Israeli banks impose higher interest rates on Palestinians citizens of Israel when compared to Jewish citizens of the occupation state.

31 Jan 2023; MEMO: Turkish prosecutors, on Tuesday, launched an investigation into Islamophobic Danish and Dutch politicians on charges of hurting public enmity and insulting religious values, Anadolu News Agency reports.