Day: May 7, 2023

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Settlers set up a new colonial outpost northeast of Jerusalem

Extremist Israeli settlers placed caravans last night on a Palestinian land near the town of Mekhmas, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, ushering in a new settlement outpost, according to local sources. Witnesses told WAFA that scores of Israeli settlers occupied a Palestinian-owned land in a strategic area near the town where they erected caravans and other structures in a prelude to establish a new settlement outpost. Israeli settlement activities in the occupied West Bank are illegal in international law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention which expressly prohibits the relocation of the civil population of the occupying power to the land of the occupied.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA

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Israel to halt construction, remove container near Jerusalem

Israeli authorities Sunday issued an notice including orders to halt the construction of a cement wall, and remove a container in the town of Qalandiya, southwest of the occupied West Bank city of Jerusalem. Local sources said that the Israeli forces raided the town and handed two notices including a halt on construction order against a wall made of cement, and another ordering the removal of a container. The soldiers also told a farmer to dismantle a sheep barn. The orders were given under the pretext that the structures were built without a permit. Israeli forces also photographed a number of Palestinian houses and structures in the area.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA

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Irish TD urges government to divest from business operating in Israeli settlements

Irish Teachta Dála (TD) John Brady urged today the Irish Government to divest from businesses currently operating within the illegal Israeli settlements. ‘There must be consequences for all breaches of international law. Ireland must divest itself of holdings in companies currently listed as operating within the illegal Israeli settlements shareholders,’ Brady said in a tweet. Brady urged the Irish Government to support his proposed Illegal Israeli Settlement Divestment Bill, which mandates the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) ‘to divest itself of all current assets, and to prohibit future investments in any companies which operate in the illegal Israeli settlements.’ He continued, ‘The Irish government can’t on one hand condemn the illegal actions of Israel and on the other be shareholders in Israeli banks and other businesses that are on the UNHRC database of companies operating in breach of international law in the occupied Palestinian Territories.’ The Irish lawmaker said taxpayers in Ireland are currently shareholders in nine companies operating within illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. ‘By taking the decision to invest Irish taxpayers’ money into companies which are on the UN database, the government, through ISIF have made the Irish people stakeholders in the war crime that is the ongoing illegal annexation of Palestinian territories.’

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA

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Palestinians rebuild school hours Israeli forces demolished it

Hours after Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian school in the Palestinian village of Bayt Ta’mar, to the east of Bethlehem in the south of the West Bank, Palestinian residents and activists were ready to rebuilt the school again. Earlier today, Israeli occupation authorities demolished the donor-funded Jibb Al-Deeb School, six years after the same school was rebuilt after being demolished by the occupation authorities in 2017. Palestinian residents and activists and crews from the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission rebuilt the school, which houses about 60 students from the first to the fourth grade. Bassam Jabr, the Director of Education in Bethlehem, told WAFA the school, also called Challenge 5 School, was demolished in 2017 before it was rebuilt in the same year.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA

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House endorses new litigation bills

During a session chaired by Lower House Speaker, Ahmed Safadi, and in presence of Prime Minister Dr. Bishr Khasawneh and the Cabinet, deputies on Sunday approved amendments to 2023 Civil Procedure Code and Sharia Trial Procedures Law, as sent from the government. The first bill’s validating reasons came to streamline litigation procedures and complete court proceedings by expanding integration of modern e-technologies. Under amendments, lawsuit parties shouldn’t attend to courts in some judicial procedures. Meanwhile, the mandating reasons for Sharia Trial Procedures Law came to facilitate litigation procedures and complete proceedings without presence of the lawsuit parties to Jordan’s Sharia courts to spare time and shorten litigation period. The amended draft law also aims to enable Sharia courts to integrate modern technology in their activities.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Jordan prioritizes national social protection strategy-Bani Mustaf

Minister of Social Development, Chairwoman of National Aid Fund (NAF), Wafa Bani Mustafa, said Jordan has attached “utmost” importance to Jordan National Social Protection Strategy, based on His Majesty King Abdullah II’s vision and directives to become an “essential” axis, similar to Jordan’s economic and institutional modernization paths. Bani Mustafa made the remarks during her meeting with Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs, Hector Hajjar, and the accompanying delegation to learn and benefit from Jordan’s expertise in social protection field. Bani Mustafa said this visit reflects Jordanian-Lebanese partnership in social protection area, stressing her keenness to continue this joint cooperation. She also social protection enjoys “great” importance to counter crises that struck citizens and affected the most vulnerable society groups. As for Jordan National Social Protection Strategy, she said it 3 axes aimed to providing assistance to the target groups, empowering social services, and creating decent job opportunities. Under the strategy, Bani Mustafa said the ministry and NAF seek to provide the “best” services, noting that digitization and electronic payment accelerated their service-related improvement. Bani Mustafa also lauded the ministry’s donors and supporters, including the World Bank, UNICEF and World Food Organization (WHO). The government supported continuity to implementing social protection programs and strengthened the strategy with financial resources, which was reflected in the services provided to beneficiaries, according to Bani Mustafa. For his part, the Lebanese minister commended Jordan’s expertise in social protection field, stressing that the Kingdom preceded many countries in implementing this strategy on the ground. “Lebanon seeks to benefit from Jordan’s social protection expertise to advance this sector in Lebanon, which would help outreach the poorest groups,” he said, stressing the need to benefit from Jordan’s strategy and cash support programs.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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