Human Rights

31 Jan 2023; MEMO: Israeli violence against Palestinians increased in 2022, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a report issued on Monday. The rights group stressed the need for accountability and an end to the impunity that Israel has enjoyed for decades.

31 Jan 2023; MEMO: The Mayor of the French city of Lyon, Gregory Doucet, yesterday cancelled a conference hosting French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri, to "ensure harmony" in the city.

The conference entitled "Thirty years after the signing of the Oslo Accords, a look at Palestine" was due to take place at Lyon's City Hall tomorrow.

31 Jan 2023; MEMO: The Knesset yesterday approved the first reading of a bill allowing the revocation of Israeli citizenship and permanent residency licenses from Palestinian prisoners, the Israeli parliament said in a press statement published on its website.

31 Jan 2023; MEMO: Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has renewed his call for the dismissal of incumbent President Kais Saied and the restoration of the democratic process.

"Any politician with a drop of honour would resign after yet another low voter turnout in a legislative election," said Marzouki on Twitter. "The mission of the people in all their groups is to accelerate the end of this ridiculous tragedy, to dismiss this man and to restore the democratic process."

An Israeli newspaper warned Saturday of the outbreak of a third Palestinian intifada amid spiraling violence in the occupied territories, reports Anadolu Agency.

29 Jan 2023; MEMO: On Friday, seven Israeli settlers were killed in a shooting attack near a synagogue in a Jewish settlement in occupied East Jerusalem.

The attack came a day after nine Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin.

27 Jan 2023; AA: The Holocaust is the biggest genocide the world had witnessed throughout the history, with around 6 million Jews “exterminated” by Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945 during World War II.

Nazis, the main architect of the exodus for Jews from their homelands across Europe and the culprits of this greatest crime against humanity, had knowing or hesitant accomplices amongst some countries that now form the European Union – the now-champions of human rights.

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has referred to reports about the fresh discovery of mass graves of indigenous children in Canada as a “big human tragedy” that can only be described as “genocide”.

“The restricted flow of information about the discovery of these mass graves indicates the depth of the human tragedy and is reminiscent of the crimes committed during the oppressive and racist white rule under the British control on this country,” said Kanaani.  

29 Jan 2023; MEMO: A peaceful vista of the rugged South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank is rudely interrupted by a man, an Israeli settler, wielding an automatic rifle in the distance. Next, the Israeli police come and throw tear gas at a group of Palestinians, all the while shouting at them and pushing them back. This immersive 'virtual reality' experience of settler violence was available for a limited time at the JW3 cultural space in north London.

28 Jan 2023; MEMO: Israeli settlers on Thursday evening attacked an Armenian restaurant near the New Gate in the Christian Quarter of the occupied city of Jerusalem, local sources told Wafa News Agency.

The radical settlers attacked a group of diners, mostly Armenians, who were enjoying their meals at the Taboon Wine Bar.

28 Jan 2023; MEMO: Extremist Israeli Jewish settlers on Friday attacked Palestinian farmers working on their land in Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills, local Palestinian activist Foad La'mour said.

According to La'mour, the Israeli Jewish settlers prevented the Palestinian farmers from working on their farms and forced them out of the whole area.