As Netanyahu moves to ban the United Arab List (Ra’am), which traces its roots to the southern branch of the Islamic Movement in 1948 Occupied Palestine, party leader Mansour Abbas has announced a split from the Islamic Movement.

Over two years of relentless Israeli bombardment and mass killings in Gaza, only a handful of protests and small vigils have been held by ’48 Palestinians, mostly emerging in the later stages of the aggression.

Hikmat al-Hijri, the head of the Druze religious authority in Syria’s Sweida province, has begun openly expressing his intention to isolate the region and keep any emerging entity beyond the control of the central government.

The closure of Alquds Fund comes amid broader Israeli efforts to Judaize occupied Jerusalem, including extensive excavation work, archaeological digs, and the construction of synagogues around al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Israeli Occupation’s move to ban UNRWA’s operations in occupied Jerusalem dealt a heavy blow to the humanitarian assistance network that supports nearly 6 million Palestinian refugees worldwide.