Human Rights

RAMALLAH, July 2 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian economy may lose more than 3.5 billion U.S. dollars annually, if Israel implements its plan to annex parts of the West Bank, a senior Palestinian official said.

Mazen Ghoneim, head of the Palestinian Water Authority, told official Palestinian television that, the Palestinians will lose about 600 million cubic metres of water per year, and at least 73,000 job opportunities, if Israel annexes the Jordan Valley in the West Bank.

(AP) --- Federal authorities in New York on Wednesday seized a shipment of weaves and other beauty accessories suspected to be made out of human hair taken from people locked inside a Chinese internment camp.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials told The Associated Press that 13 tons (11.8 metric tonnes) of hair products worth an estimated $800,000 were in the shipment.

01 July 2020; MEMO: Israel’s navy today opened fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen as they were sailing off the coast of Gaza City, forcing them to return to shore, reported Wafa news agency.

01 July 2020; MEMO: Somalia has rejected as “ridiculous” an offer made by the UAE for the African state to join the war in Yemen in return for financial incentives, the country’s foreign minister has revealed.

01 July 2020; MEMO: The United Nations raised $7.7 billion in humanitarian aid on Tuesday for Syria, where nine years of war have displaced millions in a humanitarian crisis exacerbated by soaring food prices and the coronavirus crisis.

01 July 2020; MEMO: The UK is facing fresh calls to end its arms sale to Israel amidst international outrage over the Zionist state’s planned annexation of Palestinian territory which is considered a war crime under international law.

Tuticorin(TN), Jul 1 (PTI) Personnel at the Sathankulam police station here thrashed a deceased father-son duo the whole night there, with lathis used for allegedly assaulting them and a table carrying blood stains, a woman head constable attached to the station has told a judicial probe.

Mentioning Head Contable Revathy's statement in a four-page report to the Madras High Court Madurai Bench, the Judicial Magistrate probing the deaths said she feared receiving threat if she revealed the facts.

New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) India and Pakistan on Wednesday exchanged lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in their respective custodies as per the provisions of a 2008 agreement.

India handed over lists of 265 Pakistani civilian prisoners and 97 fishermen in its custody to Pakistan, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.

Similarly, Pakistan has shared lists of 54 civilian prisoners and 270 fishermen in its custody, who are Indians or believed-to-be Indians, the MEA said.

Srinagar, Jun 30: Two Kashmiris were killed on Tuesday in an encounter with Indian security forces in Anantnag dist of the Indian Administered Kashmir, Indian officials said.

30 June 2020; MEMO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main coalition partner, Benny Gantz, signalled his opposition on Monday to advance the  plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, where Palestinians want to establish a state.

But Netanyahu was quoted by a spokesman as telling legislators from his right-wing Likud party that annexation steps due to be debated by the cabinet as early as Wednesday did not depend on Gantz’s support.