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PA bans Israeli goods to stop spread of virus; Palestinians targeted

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Published: 7 April 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

UN says Israeli security forces carried out 72 search-and-arrest operations in the territories; Palestinian workers for Jerusalem municipality attacked in streets

PA bans Israeli goods to prevent spread of coronavirus (Jerusalem Post)
In the past, the PA banned the entry of settlement products into Palestinian markets.

UN: Settler violence against Palestinians has increased during COVID-19 (Jerusalem Post)
Israeli security forces carried out 72 search-and-arrest operations in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, arresting 64 Palestinians including 10 minors.

Palestinian street cleaners assaulted in Jerusalem in unprovoked attack (Haaretz)
A Jewish suspect is arrested, others are being sought, following the knife and tear gas assault

Three municipal workers from East Jerusalem attacked in ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood (Times of Israel)
Police detain Haredi suspects over assault on sanitation workers that left one man requiring stitches to his head, reportedly for knife wound

Photo: A Palestinian vendor sells vegetables at a market in Gaza City (Ismail Zaydah/Reuters)
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