[Ain al-Hilweh] Fatah leader warns of plot to destroy Palestinian camps in Lebanon
Middle East Monitor / August 4, 2023
The commander of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah), and a member of the movement's Lebanon Command, Major General Munir al-Maqdah, yesterday warned of an "international plot" aimed at "destroying the Palestinian refugee camps...
Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank raid
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / August 4, 2023
Mahmoud Abu Saan, 18, was shot dead by Israeli forces at point blank range, according to eyewitnesses.
Israeli forces killed an 18-year-old Palestinian man during a military raid in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Friday morning.
The official Palestinian news agency, WAFA,...
Germany inks $30m deal to support UNRWA
Middle East Monitor / August 4, 2023
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) yesterday announced that it has signed three agreements with Germany worth €28 million ( $30.6 million) to support Palestinian refugees, Anadolu news agency reported.
The agency said the three agreements were signed by the...
Palestinians’ power-cut protests reflect simmering discontent in Gaza
Nada al-Taher
The National / August 3, 2023
Unemployment and alienation of ruling Hamas group from ordinary people also driving anger.
A rare demonstration in the Gaza Strip last week came amid mounting dissatisfaction over the quality of life in the blockaded Palestinian territory after more than 15 years under the rule of Hamas.
An...
Israel’s protests reveal a clash of myths
Amjad Iraqi
The Nation / August 3, 2023
The “democracy” both sides claim they are fighting to protect is a charade.
On July 24, Israel’s Knesset enacted the first major piece of the far-right government’s proposed “judicial reform,” aimed at undercutting the Supreme Court’s role as a watchdog over the...
Israel: protesters accuses Ben-Gvir of ‘incitement’ against them
Middle East Monitor / August 3, 2023
The Israeli protest organization, Kaplan Force, yesterday accused National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, of "inciting" the police to use violence against them, Anadolu news agency reported.
"Ben-Gvir wants to shed the protesters' blood in the streets," the Kaplan Force said, after Ben-Gvir described the...
Moroccan sentenced to five 5 after Facebook posts criticizing normalized ties with Israel
Middle East Monitor / August 3, 2023
A Moroccan court has sentenced a blogger to five years in prison over posts on Facebook criticizing the normalization of relations with Israel that were deemed "offensive" to the monarchy, according to his lawyer.
Lawyer Hassan al-Sunni told AFP that his client, Saeed...
Palestinian Americans from Gaza face discrimination as Israel visa waiver deal looms: Report
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / August 3, 2023
Palestinian Americans with Gazan identity papers are complaining about being discriminated against by Israel.
US citizens with families in the besieged Gaza Strip are calling on Washington to make sure they are not left behind by a visa-free travel agreement the United...
Israel’s protest movement – and the battle for its soul – really is a...
Anshel Pfeffer
The National / August 3, 2023
Tel Aviv is middle-class Israel's dream, but Jerusalem is its harsh reality.
Few Israelis remember who Eliezer Kaplan was. The country’s first finance minister – the man whose job it was to find the money to build a state – died in...
Why are Israel and Saudi Arabia heading for normalization, and what might stop it...
Adnan Abu Amer
Middle East Monitor / August 3, 2023
Despite US efforts to get Saudi Arabia and Israel to normalize their relations, the process keeps faltering. Israeli officials speak of a long and important list of demands made by the Kingdom to the Americans. Although a normalization agreement...
