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Some of the information indicating that senior officials and the well-connected have received preferential access came from “decision makers who were offered the vaccine but refused them, demanding that the vaccine be given to those who needed them the most,” said Haj Hussein, the executive director of AMAN, an organization that promotes government transparency and fights against corruption. He spoke at a press conference on the subject Monday.
Similar information about preferential access to the vaccine has been received by the Independent Palestinian Commission for Human Rights, an agency that serves as a state comptroller of sorts and monitors the Palestinian Authority institutions and their commitment to human rights.
Sama Abd al-Hadi (Screen capture: YouTube)
Palestinian authorities have reportedly released a disc jockey who was arrested last week after organizing a dance event at a Muslim religious site near the West Bank city of Jericho.
Palestinian Authority police arrested Sama Abd al-Hadi, 30, last Sunday, the day after she performed at Nabi Musa, the traditional burial place of Moses under Islamic tradition.
According to the Kan public broadcaster, al-Hadi was released Sunday, though she was banned from leaving the country and must report weekly to Palestinian police until the end of an investigation.
Ammar Dweik, director of the Independent Palestinian Commission for Human Rights, last week asked the PA to release al-Hadi, saying she had received permission to perform at the venue.
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US President Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly working to get another Arab- or Muslim-majority nation to join the “circle of peace” with Israel by establishing ties with Jerusalem in the coming weeks.
In recent months, the US has brokered a string of normalization treaties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.
Indonesia, Mauritania and Oman have been widely speculated to be the main candidates for Israel to normalize ties with next.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain the first official visit to the two Gulf Arab states by an Israeli prime minister has again been postponed.
Palestinians rights groups slams DJ’s arrest over mosque party
Head of one organization says Sama Abdulhadi received permission from PA to hold dance event at Nabi Musa, slams arrest as not logical , while another says arbitrary step was aimed at satisfying section of local opinion
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Published: 12.30.20 , 11:40
Palestinian human rights groups on Tuesday demanded that Palestinian Authority free a female DJ arrested after a dance party at a Muslim religious site near the West Bank city of Jericho.
Palestinian Authority police arrested 30-year-old Sama Abdulhadi on Sunday, the day after she performed at Nabi Musa, which Muslims traditionally believe is the burial place of Moses.