annexation

Despite a delay in the long-anticipated declaration of an Israeli plan to annex one-third of the already illegally occupied West Bank, including parts of the strategic Jordan Valley, Palestinians decried the plan with some holding protests in Ramallah and Gaza City. Israel's Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said in a radio interview on Wednesday the announcement of the annexation plan was not imminent, despite the July 1 date set by the […]

Palestinian civil society organisations have formed a national campaign that rejects the European Union's conditional funding based its "anti-terror clause". The stipulation, which was included in EU grant proposals late last year, identifies at least seven Palestinian political parties as "terrorist groups", and calls for Palestinian civil society organisations to vet individuals to ensure they are not affiliated with such parties. However, these organisations have described these conditions as "criminalising" […]