2020-04-11: News Headlines

Ramzy Baroud (2020-04-11). A Palestinian Guide to Surviving a Quarantine. zcomm.org On Faith, Humor and 'Dutch Candy'

Ramzy Baroud (2020-04-10). Faith, Humor and Dutch Candy: A Palestinian Guide to Surviving Quarantine. mintpressnews.com The coronavirus quarantine is no radical departure for many Palestinians, who have learned to live in a state of virtual 'lockdown' since the late 1940s.

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-04-10). Israeli Forces Suppress Weekly Protest, Many Palestinians Suffer Inhalation Injuries. imemc.org Palestinian media reports said that Palestinian residents in the central West Bank town of Kufur Qaddoum suffocated on tear-gas, fired by Israeli troops on Friday. Spokesperson for the Popular Committee for the Resistance of Israel's Apartheid Wall in the Qalqilia city of the West Bank, Morad Eshteiwi, told media outlets …

teleSUR (2020-04-10). Mideast: COVID-19 Cases in Israel Exceed 10,000; Yemen 1st Case. telesurenglish.net The number of novel coronavirus cases in Israel increased to 10,408 on Friday. Meanwhile, the Saudi-backed Yemeni government declared the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the country. | RELATED: | The death toll of COVID-19 has reached 95 in Israel, with a daily increase of nine deaths on Friday. | The Israeli government has put emergency regulation restrictions to reduce the COVID-19 spread, as Israelis on Wednesday beg…

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-04-10). Israeli Troops Abduct One Palestinian, Close Town East of Hebron. imemc.org Israeli troops reportedly closed down the entrance to Bany Naeem town, on Friday, on the eastern edge of the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron. Local media sources and witnesses said that an Israeli army force surrounded the town, before it abducted a Palestinian youth, identified as Mahdi Abusnaina, …

PCHR (2020-04-10). PCHR: Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (02 — 08 April 2020). imemc.org Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) Summary Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to violate Palestinians' human rights and commit crimes against civilians and their properties, conducting raids into Palestinian cities without regard to the state of emergency declared across the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) since 06 March 2020, in the …

Miko Peled (2020-04-09). COVID-19: The Zionist Underpinnings of Israel's Violent Crackdown on Haredi Jews. mintpressnews.com In a conversation I had with Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro for an upcoming episode of the "They did not get these values, of loving their guns and stealing Palestinian land, from Judaism," he said. He explained that Jewish people throughout history have kept to themselves, avoided violence and war, and, in fact, are prohibited by heavenly decree from sovereignty over the Holy Land. "Establishing sovereignty in the Holy Land, from which we were expelled by the Almighty…

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-04-09). Senior PLO Member: Israeli Crimes Against Palestinians Go Unabated. imemc.org Senior member of the Executive Committee of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, held the international community legally and morally responsible for what she described as the Israeli military's continued crimes against the unarmed Palestinian people. In a statement, the senior PLO member released on Thursday on the 72nd …

PCHR (2020-04-09). PCHR: In New Israeli Violation, Israeli Naval Forces Wound 2 Fishermen in Northern Gaza Sea. imemc.org Israeli naval forces continue their attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Sea preventing them from sailing and fishing freely, accessing the zones rich in fish, despite the fact that fishermen posed no threat to the lives of Israeli naval forces deployed in Gaza waters. The Israeli naval forces' attacks …

teleSUR (2020-04-09). Gaza Running out of Coronavirus Tests: Health Minister. telesurenglish.net The Gaza Strip has no coronavirus testing kits left, Palestinian health authorities said Wednesday, raising the alarm that the enclave, which is facing severe shortages of equipment, may rapidly be overwhelmed by the outbreak. | RELATED: | "Testing at our central laboratory has stopped, after coronavirus test kits completely ran out," Gaza health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said. | The Palestinian territo…

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-04-09). Arab States: Israel Attacks Palestinians Amidst the Fight Against Covid-19. imemc.org League of Arab States, comprising of 22 Arab countries, stated on Thursday, that Israeli occupation authorities continue 'aggression' toward the Palestinian people by carrying out killing, arrests, expulsion and illegal settlement construction. In a statement issued on Thursday, on the 72nd anniversary of the Israeli-perpetrated massacre of civilian Palestinians in …

IMEMC News (2020-04-09). Israeli Police Officers Assault, Abduct Three Palestinians In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli police officers assaulted, on Thursday evening, three young Palestinian men, before abducting them, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said the police officers invaded Maragha neighborhood in Silwan, and assaulted Ala' Tawfiq Abu Tayeh, Ahmad …

Ali Salam (2020-04-08). Palestinian Farmers near Hebron Suffocate after Israeli Forces, Settlers Attack. imemc.org Palestinian farmers on Tuesday, suffered inhalation injuries during an attack by illegal Israeli settlers in Ash-Shuyukh town, near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, according to local sources. Ahmad al-Halayqa, media activist, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that colonial settlers, under Israeli military protection, attacked Palestinian farmers in She'ib …

Ali Salam (2020-04-08). 3 Palestinians Detained by Israeli Forces, Including 2 Former Prisoners. imemc.org Israeli forces on Wednesday, detained two Palestinians after invading the town of Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, according to Days of Palestine. Israeli soldiers reportedly invaded the town and ransacked the homes of the 2 unidentified Palestinian men, before abducting them. The two men are former prisoners, one serving fifteen …

John Ranson (2020-04-08). The Jewish Chronicle and Jewish News are closing down. thecanary.co The A statement in the JC

Ali Salam (2020-04-08). Armed Settlers Attack Man, Abduct His 2 Sons Near Ramallah. imemc.org Update: The two Palestinians were taken to Halamesh illegal colony, which was built on Palestinian lands, and are under interrogation by Israeli soldiers there. Israeli settlers on Tuesday, attacked a Palestinian man in the village of Kobar, northwest of Ramallah, and kidnapped his two sons, according to Kobar mayor, Izzat …

Middle East Eye (2020-02-07). Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes. theantimedia.com Russia accused Israel of "making a total mockery of the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians."