© 2020 Sameh Rahmi/NurPhoto via Getty Images, As More Climate Chaos Looms, Slashing Fossil Fuels Is Key. 13 May 2021. Fabrication, twisted facts, and misinformation are some of the greatest weapons against progress and justice. Women’s rights groups documented an increase in reports of domestic violence during Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. According to data received by the WHO, Israel denied or failed to respond in a timely manner to 54 percent of such applications in June. PA forces in July arrested about 20 activists in Ramallah heading to a protest about PA corruption, detaining them for more than a week, and prosecuting them on charges of gathering illegally and violating restrictive Covid-19 measures. Israeli authorities continued to systematically deny asylum claims of the roughly 32,000 Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers in the country. Over the year, the EU repeatedly urged Israel to abandon annexation plans and halt settlement construction, highlighting their illegality under international humanitarian law; however, strong divisions among EU member states have so far frustrated attempts to adopt punitive EU measures in response to Israel’s persistent and serious violations of international humanitarian law. Israeli forces routinely turn away or humiliate and delay Palestinians at checkpoints without explanation. To track Covid-19, Israeli authorities authorized Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, to collect from telecommunications providers, beginning in March, vast amounts of location-tracking data from the cellphones of ordinary Israelis without their consent. I T WAS A confrontation waiting to happen, in a conflict the world would rather ignore. May 12, 2021 3:33 PM. (Mohammed Abed / AFP via Getty Images) Our new issue, “The Ruling Class,” is out now. Settler violence against Palestinians during the first five months of 2020 remained at 2019 levels, a marked increase from prior years, OCHA found. Egypt also sharply restricted the movement of people and goods at its Rafah crossing with Gaza, including restricting entry to those who do not have a Palestinian ID because Israel did not include them in the population registry they control. As of October 21, the PA reported 43,308 Covid-19 cases and 399 deaths since the outbreak began in the West Bank, not including East Jerusalem. [5] According to the Israel Defense Forces, at least fifteen of Palestinian casualties were Hamas members, and some were killed by Palestinian rockets. However, Palestine has no comprehensive domestic violence law. Israel held, as of September, the bodies of 67 Palestinians killed since 2015, according to the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center. A Palestinian man walks past the remains of a building that was destroyed in Israeli airstrikes, amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, Gaza City, May 13, 2021. The Supreme Court in April struck down a law that permitted confiscation of a portion of their salaries. Israeli authorities have rarely held accountable security forces who used excessive force or settlers who attacked Palestinians. A sudden Palestinian political vacuum, and a grass-roots protest that it could adopt, gave Hamas an opportunity to flex its muscles. Smoke and flames rise during Israeli airstrikes as cross-border violence between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants continues in Gaza City May 14, 2021. Heard on Morning Edition. Israeli police forcibly dispersed several demonstrations and beat and arrested scores of protesters. Updated on: May 10, 2021 / 7:11 PM / CBS News. According to what an officer on the scene reportedly told Israeli investigators, police shot him in a “closed space” where he did not “endanger” anyone. Hamas authorities carried out no executions in 2020; they had carried out 25, following trials marred with due process violations, since they took control in Gaza in June 2007. Several organizations in June began applying on behalf of Palestinians with scheduled appointments for urgent medical care outside Gaza and the World Health Organization (WHO) took on the coordination role in September. Both the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank and Hamas authorities in Gaza detained opponents and critics for their peaceful expression and tortured some in their custody. [7][8], On 20 May 2021, Israel agrees a ceasefire agreement with Gaza militants after 250 deaths due to the conflict. Four Myths About Israel and Palestine. [2][3] In response, on May 10, Hamas and the Islamic Jihad started firing rockets into Israel. In June, the Knesset renewed a temporary order in place since 2003 that bars, with few exceptions, granting long-term legal status or residency inside Israel to Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza who marry Israeli citizens or residents, in many cases forcing the separation of families. The Israeli courts consider the area as annexed by Israel but the annexation is otherwise unrecognized. Sun 16 May 2021 14.54 EDT. Israel restricted the ability of most Gaza residents to travel through the Erez Crossing, the sole passenger crossing from Gaza into Israel through which Palestinians travel to the West Bank and abroad. Hundreds of people on both sides were wounded as some citizens, including children, lost their lives. Since 10 May, 62 Palestinians were killed, including fourteen children, and 335 more were wounded. 2021 Israel-Palestine conflict explained: What's fueling clashes that originated in Jerusalem As of October 19, Gaza’s Health Ministry had recorded 4,722 Covid-19 cases and 28 deaths, most of them since August. Israel had registered 306,649 Covid-19 cases and 2,278 deaths, including in East Jerusalem and West Bank settlements, as of October 21. While applying Israeli civil law to settlers, Israeli authorities govern West Bank Palestinians, excluding Jerusalem residents, under harsh military law. While at times imposing restrictions across the parts of the West Bank where it manages affairs, it has largely relied on localized lockdowns of areas that experience a surge in cases. Updates From Israel And Gaza After The Cease-Fire In the first hours after a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel, ... May 21, 2021 7:19 AM ET. In May, the PA suspended security and administrative coordination with Israel, including the issuance of travel permits, in response to Israel’s annexation plans. During January and February, an average of 778 Palestinians in Gaza exited via Erez each day, a fraction of the daily average of more than 24,000 before the beginning of the second Intifada in September 2000, according to the Israeli rights group, Gisha. ISRAEL and the Palestinians appeared to be moving towards the brink of war in the middle of the week, as countless appeals for restraint were ignored.. Several days of clashes in Jerusalem prompted the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip to escalate the violence by firing hundreds of rockets into Israel, which in turn drew a fierce Israeli military response. In so doing, they deny them basic due process and try them in military courts with a near-100 percent conviction rate. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa | REUTERS Although fighting between Israel and Palestinian armed groups decreased compared to previous years, Israeli authorities maintained their closure of Gaza, alongside restrictions Egypt maintains on its border. A Palestinian man prays as Israeli police gather during clashes at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City on May 7. 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Thousands of Israelis participated in weekly demonstrations beginning in June, primarily against the government’s handling of Covid-19 and corruption charges against Prime Minister Netanyahu. In June, members of the US Congress raised concerns about annexation in letters to Prime Minister Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo. Israeli authorities in September said they would continue withholding the bodies of Palestinians killed in what they consider security incidents primarily as leverage to secure Hamas’s release of the bodies of two Israeli soldiers presumed killed in 2014 hostilities. On 9 May, Israeli police stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque in response to stone-throwing Palestinian crowds. Stronger together! Israel kills Islamic Jihad commander, Gaza death toll above 200. As of August 31, according to Israeli Prison Services figures, Israel held 4,207 Palestinians in custody for “security” offenses, including 153 children, many for throwing stones, and 355 in administrative detention without formal charges or trial and based on secret evidence. Palestinian attackers killed one Israeli soldier and wounded at least 28 Israeli soldiers and civilians in the West Bank, as of September 22. May 2021 saw some of the worst violence in Jerusalem for years, as simmering tensions between Isreal and Palestine boiled over. In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Israeli security forces killed 20 Palestinians and wounded at least 2,001 as of October 5, according to OCHA, including those alleged to have attacked Israelis, but also those uninvolved in violence. The Knesset in July authorized the surveillance for six months, following an Israeli Supreme Court ruling in April that the government must bring the program under legislation. At time of writing, a, Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in 90 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice, Human Rights Watch is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit registered in the US under EIN: 13-2875808, Biden’s Challenge: Redeeming a US Role for Human Rights, Addressing the Climate Crisis in Times of Pandemic, From Flight Logs to Homeschooling, Human Rights Watch Grapples with Covid’s Challenges, As Online Gender-Based Violence Booms, Governments Drag Their Feet, The Other Pandemic: Fighting Inequality as We Beat Back Covid, Poverty, Pandemic, Police Violence: Ongoing Crises Demand the US Address Pervasive Racism. Families in Gaza on average received slightly more than 12 hours of electricity a day during the first nine months of 2020, according to OCHA. Israel captured the east of the city in 1967 and annexed it. Please refer to your local news service to get the most recent information about the event. Palestinians accuse Israel of trying to expel them home by home in order to cement its control over the city. These measures, targeting Gaza’s general civilian population, amount to unlawful collective punishment. Authorities characterized the incident as a car-ramming attack; his family said it was an accident. 5. The Palestinian statutory watchdog, Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR), received 269 complaints of arbitrary arrests, 147 against the PA and 122 by Hamas; 90 complaints of torture and ill-treatment, 40 against the PA and 50 against Hamas, and 62 complaints against the PA of detention without trial or charge pursuant to orders from a regional governor between January and September 2020. The clashes have injured more than 300 people, mostly Palestinian civilians.[1]. In November, the PA said that it would resume security and administrative coordination with Israel. In June, PA forces detained journalist Sami al-Sai for three weeks over suspicions that he administered a Facebook page that had posted information about PA corruption. Israeli and Egyptian authorities tightened their closure of Gaza amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Pakistan calls for US role in de-escalating Gaza conflict. Israeli warplanes bombarded Gaza City on Monday morning as Hamas continues lobbing rockets on southern cities in Israel. This move left Gaza residents with no clear way to apply for permits, since Israeli authorities do not have a formal physical presence inside Gaza and did not create alternative mechanisms to accept applications directly. Last modified on Sun 16 May 2021 15.17 EDT. In its justification, however, the court cited “less harmful tools” that could have the same effect, including a military order that upholds land deals when authorities reasonably believed at the time of sale that the land was not privately owned, effectively approving the unlawful expropriations. To pressure them to leave, the government tries to make their lives “miserable,” in the words of Israel’s interior minister in 2012, through restrictions on movement, work permits, and access to health care. Israel incarcerates many Palestinians from the OPT inside Israel, complicating family visits and violating international humanitarian law’s prohibition against their transfer outside occupied territory. In the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, Israeli forces arrested 850 Palestinians between April 2019 and April 2020, according to the Israeli rights group, B’Tselem, as part of an “ongoing campaign of abuse” against its residents. In February, the Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights released the long-awaited database of businesses that have enabled or profited from settlements, listing 112 businesses. Israeli authorities closely monitor online speech by Palestinians, in part relying on predictive algorithms to determine whom to target, and have detained Palestinians based on social media posts and other expressive activity. Why This Round of Israeli-Palestinian Violence Feels Different There’s no more “peace process” to go back to. World Report 2021: Israel and Palestine | Human Rights Watch Daniel Estrin Israel allocated additional confiscated Palestinian land to unlawful settlements and provided security, infrastructure, and services for more than 647,000 settlers residing in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. The number of complaints decreased compared to previous years, which the ICHR attributes primarily to the fewer prison visits it conducted amid the pandemic. On IDSDP 2021, a Sport for Peace Coalition was launched in Israel and Palestine in order to make impactful change in the Middle East. Chronic prolonged power outages encumber everyday life, in particular for people with disabilities who rely on light to communicate using sign language or equipment powered by electricity, such as elevators or electric wheelchairs, to move. The PA is considering a draft family protection law, but women’s rights groups have raised concern that it does not go far enough to prevent abuse and protect survivors. This page was last changed on 21 May 2021, at 09:08. Israeli authorities also facilitated the further transfer of Israeli citizens into settlements in the occupied West Bank, a war crime. Ammar Awad / Reuters May 15, 2021… The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor’s office concluded its preliminary examination of the Palestine situation in December 2019 and determined that all the necessary criteria to proceed with a formal investigation of alleged serious crimes by Israelis and Palestinians had been met. On 8 May, crowds threw rocks at Israeli Police and chanted "Strike Tel Aviv" and "in blood, we will redeem al-Aqsa". According to the UN Office of Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), as of October 19, 2020, Israeli authorities demolished 568 Palestinian homes and other structures in the West Bank this year, including in East Jerusalem, displacing 759 people. Settlers killed one Palestinian civilian, wounded 103, and caused property damage in 136 incidents as of October 5, according to OCHA. [9], From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Smoke and flames rise from a tower building as it is destroyed by Israeli air strikes amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Gaza City May 12, 2021. In June, Israel’s Supreme Court struck down a law allowing authorities to retroactively expropriate land on which settlements had been built but that Israel acknowledged to be privately owned by Palestinians. Flames and smoke rise during Israeli air strikes in the southern Gaza Strip May 11, 2021. The eruption of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is heading for an … On June 23, border police shot and killed, apparently unlawfully, 26-year-old Ahmed Erekat after his car crashed into a checkpoint and he exited the vehicle in circumstances where he did not appear to pose an imminent threat to life. In 2020, Israel … Palestine. Israel also sharply restricted and often prohibited the entry of what they deem “dual-use” materials, items that could be used for military purposes. A British Mandate-era law still in force in Gaza punishes “unnatural intercourse” of a sexual nature, understood to include same-sex relationships, with up to 10 years in prison, although Human Rights Watch has not documented detentions for same-sex conduct. Information about this event may change quickly. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a virtual meeting with Palestinian factions over Israel and the United Arab Emirates' deal to normalise ties, in Ramallah in the Israeli … including those alleged to have attacked Israelis, but also those uninvolved in violence. Israel and Palestine were in news this week as the former has carried out hundreds of air strikes in Gaza recently. It lead Hamas to launch rockets onto Israeli cities. By Joshua Keating. /Reuters. More, including restricting entry to those who do not have a Palestinian ID because Israel did not include them in the population registry they control. More than 96 percent of groundwater in Gaza is “unfit for human consumption,” OCHA found. Smoke billows from a fire following Israeli airstrikes on multiple targets in Gaza City on May 16, 2021. In August, Gaza recorded its first cases of community transmission of coronavirus. On May 30, Israeli border police in Jerusalem’s Old City fatally shot an unarmed 32-year-old Palestinian man with autism, Eyad al-Hallaq, after he reportedly fled when they asked him to stop. Leaders May 15th 2021 edition. Incendiary balloons launched into Israel by Palestinians in Gaza prompted Israeli authorities in August in retaliation to limit the entry into Gaza of goods, including food and medicine, to block access to Gaza’s territorial waters for Palestinian fishermen and to slash fuel imports to Gaza’s power plant, further reducing the already limited supply of electricity for almost three weeks. Chronic prolonged power outages encumber everyday life, in particular for people with disabilities who rely on light to communicate using sign language or equipment powered by electricity, such as elevators or electric wheelchairs, to move. Thursday 13 May 2021, 8:28am. According to the latest numbers from the UN OCHA, Israel has demolished 105 Palestinian structures in the occupied West Bank so far in 2021, displacing 124 Palestinians. On 6 May 2021, a conflict began between Palestinian protesters and the Israeli police over a planned Supreme Court of Israel decision about the evictions of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah, a neighborhood of East Jerusalem. On 6 May 2021, a conflict began between Palestinian protesters and the Israeli police over a planned Supreme Court of Israel decision about the evictions of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah, a neighborhood of East Jerusalem. The United States in January presented a plan that purports to offer a two-state solution but envisions permanent Israeli domination over large swaths of the West Bank and formal annexation of settlements, the Jordan Valley, and other parts of Area C, while setting conditions that would make the realization of a Palestinian state nearly impossible. Israel. Senior International Correspondent. These restrictions, not based on an individualized assessment of security risk, robbed with rare exceptions the 2 million Palestinians living there of their right to freedom of movement, limited their access to electricity and water, and devastated the economy. Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza Strip in November 2020. On November 3, Israeli authorities razed the homes of most residents of the Palestinian community of Khirbet Humsah in the Jordan Valley for being in an area it designated as a “firing zone,” displacing 73 people, 41 of them children. The coalition agreement between the Likud and Blue and White parties that led to the formation of an Israeli government in May, after three rounds of elections in the preceding year, established a process to bring annexation of additional parts of the West Bank for approval. In response to the US plan, 27 European Union member states, including Germany and France, called for ensuring equal rights for Palestinians and Israelis. Israel continued to enforce its permit regime requiring Palestinian ID holders with rare exceptions to apply for time-limited permits from the Israeli army to enter large parts of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Jerusalem courts in several cases ordered the eviction of Palestinian families from homes in which they had lived for decades in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan largely based on discriminatory laws that favor claims that the land belonged to Jewish owners before 1948 or that allow the state to take over land as “absentee property.”, The difficulty in obtaining Israeli building permits in East Jerusalem and the 60 percent of the West Bank under Israel’s exclusive control (Area C) has driven Palestinians to construct housing, schools, and business structures that are at constant risk of demolition or confiscation for being unauthorized.
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