More Israeli apartheid in action
‘Only 12 hours of running water’ per week in East Jerusalem neighbourhood
Ir Amim, a Jerusalem-focused Israeli rights group, has said that Kfar Aqab residents are only receiving 12 hours of running water per week “in the middle of extreme heat … and there seems to be no concern from the Jerusalem municipality”.
Kfar Aqab is one of seven Palestinian neighbourhoods that are part of the Israeli-run Jerusalem municipality but located beyond the Israeli separation barrier.
“Its residents receive little to no municipal services, yet Palestinians are often pushed to move there in order to avoid home demolitions,” the group said.
“The Jerusalem municipality is responsible for meeting the basic needs of all its residents – Israelis and Palestinians – and it is neglecting the latter.”
1/3 In the middle of extreme heat, residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Kfar Aqab are receiving only 12 hours of running water per week.
12 hours per week.
And there seems to be no concern from the Jerusalem municipality. pic.twitter.com/L4QlNMMuEB
— Ir Amim English (@IrAmimAlerts) June 25, 2024
Netanyahu announces huge land discounts for reservists
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he will grant “unprecedented discounts” on land in the Negev and Galilee to Israeli military reservists to “strengthen the settlement in these areas”.
He said on X that reservists are now entitled to a discount of up to 91 percent on the price of land in “national priority areas”. For example, a lot that was worth 700,000 shekels ($187,000) will now only cost 72,800 NIS ($19,400) for eligible reservists, he said.
“This is great news for our reserve soldiers, the defenders of the country, who contribute greatly to its security. We want to make it easier for them and their families to settle in the Negev and the Galilee and strengthen the settlement in these areas,” Netanyahu wrote on X.
Negev (desert) is the South point of Israel, wedged between Egypt and Jordan. Galilee is in the North against the border with Lebanon. (West Bank is in between on the Eastern side of Israel)
Hamas leader says any agreement that excludes ceasefire is ‘not an agreement’
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh has issued a statement following the recent killing of his sister, saying any ceasefire proposal that does not guarantee an end to Israel’s offensive in Gaza is “not an agreement”.
“If the criminal enemy thinks targeting my family will change our position or that of the resistance, they are delusional,” the statement says.
“The movement provided all possible flexibility, and agreed without hesitation to all the projects that were proposed, provided that the result would be a cessation of crimes, an end to the aggression, and a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.”
Haniyeh’s sister is among 10 people reported killed in an Israeli attack on Shati camp.
UN Palestinian envoy urges immediate cease-fire to undermine Netanyahu’s goals
“We are well aware of the objective of the conflicting messages from Israeli leaders, notably Netanyahu himself, suggesting this is all a scheme and that the assault will continue under any circumstances,” Riyad Mansour said at a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue.
“The aim is to sabotage the US initiative without taking the blame for it, to sabotage the efforts of Egypt and Qatar and the international community as a whole.”
Mansour said the best way to “frustrate” Netanyahu’s objectives was is by securing an “immediate cease-fire”.
“Achieve an immediate cease-fire now so as not to allow them to continue playing with the minds of so many of you. The best way to save human life is by achieving an immediate cease-fire,” he noted.
Israeli forces targeted five displacement camps in less than 48 hours: Civil defence
Israeli forces have deliberately targeted five displacement camps within less than 48 hours, Gaza’s Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal has told Al Jazeera.
- Israeli forces deliberately target Civil Defence personnel while they are working.
- Israeli forces are adopting a new policy of intensive targeting of residential homes.
- There are more than 10,000 missing people still under the rubble.
- We need advanced equipment to recover those missing under the rubble.
Leaked camera clips show Israeli forces attacking Palestinian woman
Al Jazeera has obtained leaked clips from a camera installed on a police dog showing it attacking an elderly Palestinian woman in her home in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip.
The elderly Palestinian woman told Al Jazeera that she was attacked while she was sleeping in her home, and she was mauled and suffered fractures.
The video is too graphic to post here.
