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Rep. Tlaib accused of anti-Semitism for comments on Biden pick
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“So long as he doesn’t suppress my First Amendment right to speak out against Netanyahu’s racist and inhumane policies,” Tlaib tweeted. “The Palestinian people deserve equality and justice.”

Tlaib, who is Palestinian-American, was accused of anti-Semitism for bringing up Israel immediately upon Blinken’s nomination because Blinken is Jewish. Several US Jewish groups and commentators alleged that Tlaib only brought Israel into the conversation because of Blinken’s background.

Tlaib was specifically referring to recent controversy in the United States over the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, which supports a variety of boycotts against Israel over its treatment of Palestinians. Tlaib is a prominent supporter of the movement.

#bds #israël #antisémisme (!)

Jordan resumes international flights after delays - Al Monitor

Jordan’s international airport resumed regularly scheduled international flights on Tuesday. The Hashemite Kingdom has had success fighting COVID-19, but its strict travel and movement restrictions have created hardship for citizens and residents.

Queen Alia International Airport outside of Amman will have six flights a day for now, Reuters reported. This number will increase as the airport readies itself to further implement strict health and social distancing guidelines, according to the outlet.

▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/09/jordan-airport-amman-regularly-scheduled-passenger-flights.html

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#Covid-19#Jordanie#Épidémie#Espace_aerien#tourisme#santé#réfugiés#migrant#migration

Coronavirus cases in Israel top 100,000- Al monitor

The number of COVID-19 cases Israel has registered since its initial outbreak topped 100,000 on Friday, the Health Ministry said, as the government weighs reimposing restrictions to curb the spread of the virus.

Israel reported 1,496 new cases on Friday, bringing the total number to 100,716 confirmed infections and 809 deaths. The new numbers reveal that more than 1% of the country’s population of 8.85 million people have at some point been infected with the virus, noted The Jerusalem Post.

▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/08/israel-coronavirus-100000-lockdown-netanyahu-czar-virus.html

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#Covid-19#Israel#Chiffre_officiel#Seconde_vague#Pandémie#Santé#confinement#migrant#migration

Curfew hours extended in Jordan as coronavirus numbers spike-Al Monitor

Jordan will extend an overnight curfew beginning Tuesday amid a surge in new COVID-19 cases, in what Minister of State for Media Affairs Amjad Adaileh said is now the second wave of the virus.

Authorities are extending an overnight curfew for Jordanians from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m., with businesses not permitted to operate between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. On Friday, a 24-hour curfew will be in place in Jordan’s two biggest cities, Amman and Zarqa.

▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/08/jordan-lockdown-coronavirus-measures-covid-spike-curfew.html

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#Covid-19#Jordanie#Quarantaine#Seconde_vague#Épidémie#santé#réfugiés#migrant#migration

Turkey starves Syria’s northeast of water as virus death toll mounts - Al Minitor

Turkey has once again cut water supplies to the Hasakeh region of northeast Syria, and the autonomous administration says Ankara is risking hundreds of thousands of lives in the midst of the pandemic and soaring temperatures to placate Syrians living under Turkish occupation.

▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/08/turkey-starves-water-syria-northeast-coronavirus-hasakeh.html

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#Covid-19#deuxièmevague#migrant#couvrefeu#migration#eau #syrie#rojava#turquie

Lebanon returns to lockdown after post-explosion surge in virus - Al Monitor

The country has registered all-time highs in daily new COVID-19 cases following the massive Aug. 4 explosion.The new lockdown beginning on Friday includes a ban on movement from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Malls are closed and social gatherings are banned. Restaurants can provide only takeout and delivery services. Cleanup and recovery efforts related to the explosion can continue, according to the Lebanese news outlet Naharnet.

#Covid-19#Liban#deuxièmevague#migrant#couvrefeu#migration

▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/08/lebanon-returns-lockdown-surge-covid-beirut-explosion-virus.html

Turkish foreign minister visits Venezuela
▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/08/turkey-foreign-minister-visits-venezuela.html

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Turkey continued its public embrace of Venezuela this week. The United States opposes and sanctions the South American country’s government, but Washington has yet to comment on Turkey’s endeavors there.

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu traveled to Caracas on Tuesday on the 70th anniversary of Turkey and the Bolivarian Republic establishing relations. The minister discussed cooperation and unspecified cultural agreements between the states and met with his counterpart, Jorge Arreaza, Cavusoglu said in a series of tweets. Turkey also delivered coronavirus aid to Venezuela during his visit.

La #turquie n’a pas froid aux yeux...

Health workers in Syrian camp for ISIS families test positive for COVID-19 -Al Monitor
Humanitarians warn that poor conditions in the camp put it at great risk for an outbreak of the virus. These are the first known cases there.

Three health workers tested positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 3, UN spokesperson David Swanson told Al-Monitor.

These are the first known cases of the virus in the camp.

Al-Hol hosts more 65,000 people in a desert area of northeast Syria near the Iraqi border. The mostly women and children in the camp have varying degrees of affiliations with IS. Most of the population is from Iraq and Syria, but there are thousands of foreigners as well. The area is within the territory of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. The Kurdish-led statelet’s Syrian Democratic Forces, who are backed by the United States, hold thousands of IS fighters in detention centers as well as their families in al-Hol and other camps.

The workers who tested positive are Syrian nationals working for the Kurdish Red Crescent humanitarian organization, an autonomous administration official responsible for camps told Al-Monitor. They are now isolating at home and are in “good condition" after testing positive at a hospital in the city of Hasakah, the official said.

#Covid-19#Syrie#Rojava#Pandémie#Santé#camp#Al-Hol#migrant#Politique#réfugiés#migration

▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/08/al-hol-islamic-state-is-camp-syria-covid-19-coronavirus.html

Coronavirus not stopping flow of Israeli tourists to Turkey- Al Monitor

“Turkey is the ultimate destination for the Israeli tourist who seeks a close and inexpensive vacation without the requirement to quarantine on arrival,” Germon said. “This is one of the only destinations that allows Israelis to enter and travel in the country after a sample coronavirus test at the airport. The relative proximity — only a two-hour flight — and the cheap hotel prices attract Israelis, who can now stay at a five-star hotel for $80 a night in August. For such a price, many Israelis are willing to quarantine for 14 days when they return to Israel.”

▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/08/israel-turkey-donald-trump-mavi-marmara-flotilla-tourism.html

#Covid-19#turquie#frontière#Israel#Tourisme#migrant#migration

Turkish health officials watch for COVID-19 cases to rise after holiday - Al Monitor
Over the weekend, many Turkish citizens visited family members and popular tourism destinations amid festivities for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or Kurban Bayrami. Health officials are now closely monitoring COVID-19 cases, which they expect to rise after the nationwide holiday travel and are calling for the enforcement of new precautions to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

“You don’t need to be an oracle to know this,” Dr. Sinan Adiyaman, president of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), told Al-Monitor.

#Covid-19#Turquie#Seconde_vague#Pandémie#Santé#vacances#mobilité#migration

▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/08/turkey-health-officials-warn-covid-rise-holiday-eid.html

Turkey suspends Iran and Afghanistan flights due to virus concerns- Al monitor

Turkey suspended flights to and from Iran and Afghanistan yesterday due to coronavirus-related concerns.

The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure said the decision constituted “preventative measures,” the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Turkey stopped nearly all international passenger flights in and out of the country in March amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In June, Turkey, which has a major international transit hub in Istanbul, announced the resumption of international flights.

#Covid-19#Turquie#Iran#Afghanistan#FermetureFrontière#Aeroport#Politique_internationale#migrant#migration

▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/07/turkey-suspends-flights-afghanistan-iran-covid-19.html

The latest reason Australia won’t take back citizens detained in Syria’s prisons for IS? Coronavirus - Al Monitor
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne says COVID-19 has further complicated the possibilities of repatriating Australians captured during the war against the Islamic State in Syria.

#Covid-19#migrant#migration#Camp#Syrie#Rojava#Kurde#DAESH#Prisonniers#Rapatriement#Australie

▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/07/australia-isis-detainees-syria-coronavirus-covid19.html

Iraq issues ’total curfew’ for Eid al-Adha - Al Monitor
COVID-19 cases have increased to historic highs of around 2,000 a day in Iraq.The curfew will be in place from July 30 until Aug. 9, according to a statement today from the Iraqi government. Past total curfew orders in Iraq have mandated a ban on non-essential movement and business, meaning people could only go to local supermarkets and pharmacies.

▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/07/iraq-eid-al-adha-total-curfew-virus.html

#Covid-19#migrant#migration#religion#pelerinage#islam#sante#restrictionsanitaire#pauvrete

Palestinian tribes in #Hebron asked to help stem the spike in COVID-19 cases
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Nayef Hashlamoun considers himself a true believer in nonviolence. He worked with Palestine’s leading nonviolent leader, Mubarak Awad, during the period preceding the first intifada, and he later initiated the Watan Center for Culture in his hometown of Hebron. Hashlamoun told Al-Monitor that he credits what he learned about nonviolence in his latest effort to lead and encourage Hebronites to avoid public gatherings as a way to stem the sudden spike in the spread of the coronavirus in the Hebron district.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health had announced July 4 that 2,576 out of the 4,013 Palestinians who had tested positive for the coronavirus come from the Hebron district. During the same period, nine out of the 16 deaths from the coronavirus also came from Hebron. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh sent four Cabinet ministers to Hebron to assess the situation.

#israël #Palestine #colonisation #annexion

CENTCOM: No sign of coronavirus in Syria’s IS prisons as riots raise concern - Al Monitor

Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie, the top commander of American forces in the Middle East, said today that his command is concerned about recurring uprisings in prisons holding thousands of Islamic State detainees in northeast Syria.

McKenzie also said the United States is “absolutely” concerned about the coronavirus spreading in the prisons, though no signs of an outbreak have yet been detected.

“We believe the best way to reduce the population of those prisons, in all cases, is repatriation,” McKenzie told reporters in a conference call on Tuesday morning.

“We’re working with a variety of nations to achieve that goal. It’s a slow process, but we believe that’s the best path going forward,” the commander said.

#Covid-19#Syrie#Rojava#Pandémie#Prison#camp#Soulèvement#Al-Hol#migrant#Politique#réfugiés#migration

▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/07/centcom-coronavirus-isis-prison-syria-riots-mckenzie.html

Turkish border province has created the country’s largest potter’s field to bury refugees - Al Monitor

Harrowing photos seen by Al-Monitor show decomposing bodies lying on mountain slopes, almost all of them naked or with only some thin clothes on. Some lie in the fetal position like an unborn baby in a mother’s womb. Worse, many are dismembered. These are the remains of nameless refugees who froze to death in the mountains of Turkey’s eastern province of Van after crossing clandestinely from neighboring Iran, their fates unbeknownst to their loved ones and, until recently, to Turkish authorities themselves.

Local villagers incidentally discovered the bodies after snow in the mountains began to melt in spring, revealing the fate of the most unfortunate among tens of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers who try to cross from Iran to Turkey each year in the hope of reaching Europe. The photos were taken by lawyer Mahmut Kacan, executive board member of the Van Bar Association in charge of migration and asylum issues, whom the villagers alerted about the bodies.

#Covid-19#Turquie#Réfugiés-iraniens#Iran#Passeur#Van#migrant#migration

▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/07/turkey-iran-syria-human-trafficking-deadly-incidents-in-van.html

Palestinian tribes in Hebron asked to help stem the spike in COVID-19 cases - Al Monitor

The Palestinian Ministry of Health had announced July 4 that 2,576 out of the 4,013 Palestinians who had tested positive for the coronavirus come from the Hebron district. During the same period, nine out of the 16 deaths from the coronavirus also came from Hebron. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh sent four Cabinet ministers to Hebron to assess the situation.

Hashlamoun told Al-Monitor that when he noticed the spike in cases, he took the initiative to try and stop the spread through his own family tribe. “Our family belongs to the Ayoubi tribe, and we have a council of elders and a young council. I am active in our tribal affairs because of the need to raise awareness and to address problems from a humanitarian view.”

#Covid-19#Palestine#Hebron#Santé#Deuxièmevague#migrant#migration

►https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/07/hebron-covid19-westbank-palestine-cases.html

PMU pitches in as COVID cases surge in Iraq - Al monitor

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have rehabilitated a hospital, buried victims, sprayed public places with disinfectant and delivered oxygen in recent weeks as part of the nationwide efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic.

From a few dozen recorded deaths per day on June 11 to almost 100 per day a month later, COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the country amid worsening poverty, unemployment and financial hardship.

On July 2, the International Rescue Committee noted, “With the number of confirmed cases standing at 53,708 on July 1 — up from 6,868 on June 1 — the Ministry of Health has announced that hospitals are almost at full capacity” and “schools and universities will be converted into isolation units.”

#Covid-19#Iraq#Crisesanitaire#Pandémie#Milice#Quarantaine#migrant#migration

▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/07/iraq-covid19-pmu.html

Turkey sends coronavirus aid to Iraq - Al Monitor

A Turkish military jet delivered coronavirus-related aid to Iraq today. The assistance comes as Turkey continues its war against Kurdish militants in the country, despite opposition from Baghdad.

#Covid-19#Moyen-Orient#Iraq#Turquie#Frontière#ouverture#Aide_humanitaire#migrant#migration

▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/07/turkey-flight-coronavirus-covid-19-aid-iraq-medical.html

Turkey criticizes exclusion from EU list of safe travelers - Al Monitor

Turkey says it is “disappointed” it did not make the cut for countries whose citizens are allowed to visit Europe this summer starting Wednesday.

The European Union unveiled a list of countries this week from which it will allow tourists as the zone tries to boost its economy amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Turkey, as well as the United States and Russia, notably did not make the list of 14 countries deemed to have low enough coronavirus numbers to warrant nonessential travel.
Turkey allowed businesses to reopen and domestic travel to resume in June after closures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19. Virus cases are still rising by more than 1,000 per day in the country, according to Health Ministry statistics.

#Covid-19#turquie#frontière#Europe#Tourisme#quarantaine#réfugiés#migrant#migration

▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/07/turkey-disappointed-excluded-eu-travel.html