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Note: An updated list of resources* where you can track updates and developments in Palestine is available at the end of this report. Please feel free to send us more accounts that we can add to the list.

Curfew for Syrian Residents in Nahr Ibrahim [here]

Nahr Ibrahim’s municipality issued a decision to impose a curfew on Syrian and foreign residents on June 7 noting their  “unjustified movement” around town, and referring to public health concerns and fear of more spread of COVID-19 as a result.

More Bangladeshis Evacuated [here]

417 undocumented Baldeshi workers were evacuated on June 8, out of a total of 7,000 who were registered. Many of those evacuated had to resort to borrowing money from their families in Bangladesh in order to pay the 400 USD for the flight ticket.

Documentary on Domestic Work [here]

“Makhdoumin”, a documentary on domestic work directed by Maher Abi Samra,  will be available online for free live streaming  from June 10 – June 16. The film was coupled with the launch of a website containing comprehensive information of the job market of domestic work and the research conducted for the making of the film.

Upcoming Play on Kafala [here]

New play “The Black Hole – الثقب الأسود” will be performed this week in Beirut on the Kafala system and the complicity of Lebanese citizens in the ongoing systemic injustice. The play is written and directed by Hashem Adnan, and will be performed by several migrant domestic workers.

*Resources for instant updates and news on Palestine:

• Sheikh Jarrah Units on Instagram and Facebook

• Muna El-Kurd on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter

• Mohammed El-Kurd on Instagram and Twitter

• Key48Rturn on their website, Instagram and Facebook

• Eye on Haifa on Instagram

• Save Silwan on Instagram and Facebook

• Timeline of events and attacks regularly updated by Beirut Today

• Let’s talk Palestine on Instagram 

• PaliRoots on Facebook and Instagram

• AJ+ on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

• Eye On Palestine on Instagram and Twitter

• Al Jazeera on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

• Documenting Palestine on Facebook and Instagram

• Hidden Palestine on Instagram and Facebook

• Middle East Eye on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

• Megaphone News on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

• Electronic Intifada on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

• We Are Not Numbers on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

• Jewish Voice for Peace on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

• Palestinian Youth Movement on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

• Institute for Palestine Studies on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

• Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement on Facebook and Twitter

• The Institute for Middle East Understanding on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter