Israel

30 Oct 2021; MEMO: Israeli Envoy to the United Nations (UN) Gilad Erdan on Friday literally tore to pieces the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)'s annual report while on the podium of the UN General Assembly, claiming it was biassed against Israel, news agencies reported.

JERUSALEM, Oct 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will open a diplomatic and trade representative in Jerusalem.

Felix Tshisekedi, president of the DRC and the current African Union (AU) chairperson, held a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem on Thursday, said an announcement from Bennett’s office.

28 Oct 2021; MEMO: Hackers on Tuesday leaked the private details of hundreds of Israeli army personnel and those who are nearing enlistment age.

Placing the details on the Dark Web, the group – which calls itself Moses Staff – hacked over 165 servers and 254 websites and compiled over 11 terabytes of data, and claimed they have Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz under surveillance.

27 Oct 2021; MEMO: Israelis Against Apartheid have joined the near-universal condemnation of the recent decision to outlaw six Palestinian human rights organisations by labelling them terrorist groups. The Jewish Israeli group, which has over a thousand signatories, slammed the decision in an open letter yesterday urging people to join the global Boycott, Divestment, and San

JERUSALEM (AP) — A settlement monitor said Wednesday that an Israeli committee approved about 3,000 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, a day after the Biden administration issued its strongest condemnation yet of the proposed construction.

Word of the approval came from Hagit Ofran from the anti-settlement group Peace Now. An Israeli security official who was not authorized to speak publicly also said the plan had been approved, but details were not immediately released by the Defense Ministry.

27 Oct 2021; MEMO: Israel is preparing plans to strike Iran's nuclear plants should negotiations and diplomatic efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal fail, Israeli Public Broadcaster Kan reported yesterday.

According to Anadolu, Kan reported that the Israeli government asked the security agencies to prepare the plan in order to be ready if the nuclear talks with Iran fail.

26 Oct 2021; MEMO: Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid yesterday criticised the government's decision to build 1,300 new settlement units in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, local media reported.

According to the Times of Israel, Lapid said the Israeli government had done many good things successfully, but neglected many other things.

"Next time, I will be in the room during decisions on such matters," he added, referring to the construction projects.

25 Oct 2021; MEMO: Israeli media reported on yesterday that Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz surprised the Americans, UN and Europeans by declaring six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist groups, local papers reported.

According to the Jerusalem Post, Gantz's declaration has two faults: the NGOs were banned without evidence being provided for the claims against them and the US – Israel's main ally – was not informed prior to the decision.

Former Israeli Army General, Nitzan Alon, yesterday described the occupation's bombing of Al Jalaa Tower, which hosted international media offices in the besieged Gaza Strip, as an "own-goal" for Israel, local media reported.

25 Oct 2021; MEMO: Israeli occupation forces detained more than 1,282 Palestinians over the past three months, a joint report issued by a number of Palestinian rights groups said yesterday.

The report was issued by Addameer for Human Rights, the PLO's Commission for Prisoners and Freed Prisoners, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club and Wadi Al Hilwah Information Centre.

According to the rights groups, the report covered the period between July and September, noting that 525 detentions were carried out in Jerusalem alone.