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Over 10,000 Daily COVID Cases Reported in Palestinian Territories

A Palestinian student receives a dose of Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as a school year begins, in a school near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 1, 2021. (Reuters)
A Palestinian student receives a dose of Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as a school year begins, in a school near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 1, 2021. (Reuters)
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Over 10,000 Daily COVID Cases Reported in Palestinian Territories

A Palestinian student receives a dose of Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as a school year begins, in a school near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 1, 2021. (Reuters)
A Palestinian student receives a dose of Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as a school year begins, in a school near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 1, 2021. (Reuters)

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh urged on Monday citizens to get inoculated against the coronavirus as daily Covid-19 cases in the West Bank, including in Jerusalem, continue to rise.

Health Minister Mai al-Kaila said her ministry recorded 10,444 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with six deaths.

She said the West Bank recorded three deaths, 5,415 new cases and 1,201 recoveries, while the Gaza Strip registered three deaths, 2,369 new cases and 95 recoveries.

In East Jerusalem, the Ministry reported 2,660 new cases.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister called on citizens to get vaccinated, particularly in light of the recent surge related to the spread of the Omicron variant.

During a weekly cabinet meeting in Ramallah, Shtayyeh said wants to avoid lockdown measures his government took at the beginning of the pandemic.

According to figures released by the Health Ministry in Ramallah, just over 30 percent of Gaza's population of about two million are fully vaccinated, compared with 60 percent in the West Bank.

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EU Condemns Israel's West Bank Control Measures

The Israeli settlement of Har Homa, seen from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP)
The Israeli settlement of Har Homa, seen from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP)
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EU Condemns Israel's West Bank Control Measures

The Israeli settlement of Har Homa, seen from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP)
The Israeli settlement of Har Homa, seen from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP)

The European Union on Monday condemned new Israeli measures to tighten control of the West Bank and pave the way for more settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, AFP reported.

"The European Union condemns recent decisions by Israel's security cabinet to expand Israeli control in the West Bank. This move is another step in the wrong direction," EU spokesman Anouar El Anouni told journalists.

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Atrocities in Sudan's El-Fasher Were 'Preventable Human Rights Catastrophe'

Sudanese displaced people who left El Fasher after its fall, sit in the shade in Tawila at the Rwanda camp reception point on December 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Sudanese displaced people who left El Fasher after its fall, sit in the shade in Tawila at the Rwanda camp reception point on December 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
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Atrocities in Sudan's El-Fasher Were 'Preventable Human Rights Catastrophe'

Sudanese displaced people who left El Fasher after its fall, sit in the shade in Tawila at the Rwanda camp reception point on December 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Sudanese displaced people who left El Fasher after its fall, sit in the shade in Tawila at the Rwanda camp reception point on December 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

The atrocities unleashed on El-Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region last October were a "preventable human rights catastrophe", the United Nations said Monday, warning they now risked being repeated in the neighbouring Kordofan region.

 

"My office sounded the alarm about the risk of mass atrocities in the besieged city of El-Fasher for more than a year ... but our warnings were ignored," UN rights chief Volker Turk told the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

 

He added that he was now "extremely concerned that these violations and abuses may be repeated in the Kordofan region".

 

 

 

 

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Arab League Condemns Israel's Decisions to Alter Legal, Administrative Status of West Bank

A general view shows the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League Headquarters (Reuters)
A general view shows the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League Headquarters (Reuters)
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Arab League Condemns Israel's Decisions to Alter Legal, Administrative Status of West Bank

A general view shows the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League Headquarters (Reuters)
A general view shows the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League Headquarters (Reuters)

The General Secretariat of the Arab League strongly condemned decisions by Israeli occupation authorities to impose fundamental changes on the legal and administrative status of the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly in the West Bank, describing them as a dangerous escalation and a flagrant violation of international law, international legitimacy resolutions, and signed agreements, SPA reported.

In a statement, the Arab League said the measures include facilitating the confiscation of private Palestinian property and transferring planning and licensing authorities in the city of Hebron and the area surrounding the Ibrahimi Mosque to occupation authorities.

It warned of the serious repercussions of these actions on the rights of the Palestinian people and on Islamic and Christian holy sites.

The statement reaffirmed the Arab League’s firm support for the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, foremost among them the establishment of their independent state on the June 4, 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.