Day: 6 March 2022

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Foreign Ministry condemns Israel’s field execution of palestinian young man in Jerusalem

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the crime of field execution carried out by the Israeli occupation forces against a Palestinian young man in occupied East Jerusalem earlier today.

The ministry further denounced the collective punishment measures imposed by the occupation police against the Jerusalemites in the aftermath of the shooting and killing of the young man, who was identified as Kareem Jamal Qawasmi, 19.

The ministry maintained that this heinous crime comes amid a wave of recent escalations by the Israeli police in the city of Jerusalem, which inflicted many casualties among defenseless Palestinian civilians, including children.

The ministry deplored the insistence of the international community and countries that harp on human rights day and night, to ignore Israel’s crimes and the daily violations committed against the defenseless Palestinian citizens, which it stressed rise to the level of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The ministry further condemned their preference to close their eyes to the suffering of the Palestinians.

The ministry called on the Secretary-General of the United Nations to activate the international protection system for the Palestinian people under occupation, as a necessary step to enable the Palestinian people to exercise their right to self-determination and establish their independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital.

It also called on the International Criminal Court to assume its responsibilities and expedite the start of its investigations into the crimes of the occupation and its settlers against the Palestinian people.

Source: Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA)

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Palestine logs 575 COVID cases, four deaths

Minister of Health Mai Alkaila said today that 575 new cases of COVID-19, four deaths and 1,659 recoveries were registered in Palestine during the last 24 hours.

In her daily report on the coronavirus pandemic, Alkaila said two deaths from COVID-19 were registered in the West Bank, while only one death was recorded in Gaza. East Jerusalem also recorded one death from COVID.

A total of 2,070 COVID-19 tests were conducted during the reporting period, with the exclusion of East Jerusalem. In the Gaza Strip, 197 coronavirus tests came out positive, while the West Bank had 128 new cases. East Jerusalem had 250 new cases.

The Health Minister said that in the West Bank, 108 patients of COVID-19 are currently hospitalized, of whom 73 are in intensive care, including 26 on ventilators.

She pointed out that the recovery rate in Palestine has so far reached 97.7 percent, while active cases declined to 1.4 percent. Deaths stood at 0.9 percent of total infections.

Source: Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA)

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Newspaper Review: Dailies highlight the latest on the Russian-Ukrainian crisis

Palestinian Arabic-language dailies focused today on the ongoing Russian military operation in Ukraine and the fierce battles taking place around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv as Russian troops are trying to enter the city.

Al-Quds wrote in bold black: “Putin: the military operation is continuing until the end.” It also wrote in bold red: “Fierce battles are taking place around Kyiv as Russian military advances in other locations.”

Al-Ayyam wrote in bold red: “Russia launches a wide-scale offensive in Ukraine as Israeli Prime Minister starts mediation talks.”

Al-Hayat al-Jadida said in its main news story: “800 Palestinian housing units in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukabbir are facing the risk of Israeli demolition.” Al-Ayyam also reported the same story.

On a different subject, Al-Quds said injuries among Palestinians were reported yesterday during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in the towns of Kafr Qaddum and Abu Dis in the occupied West Bank.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida said the Presidency of the State of Palestine has been thoroughly following up the situation of the Palestinian community in war-hit Ukraine.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida and Al-Ayyam said the Palestinian government and the Palestinian Medical Syndicate reached an agreement yesterday ending plans by doctors working in the government sector to go on a strike later this week.

The two dailies also reported that two years after the outbreak of the COVID pandemic in Palestine, a total of 651 thousand COVID cases and 5,577 deaths were documented in the country ever since.

Source: Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA)