The war against Palestinians on campus keeps getting more absurd
Saree Makdisi
The Nation / October 3, 2023
It’s become so predictable: Palestinians try to gather at a university and all hell breaks loose.
The 2023 Palestine Writes Literature Festival took place as scheduled on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania late last month. The festival—which bills itself as “the only...
Advisory opinions and wasting time for Palestinians
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / October 3, 2023
In December last year, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution that requested the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to give an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s military occupation, only for the court to respond with statements that the...
[VIDEO] Jews spitting on the ground beside Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land sparks...
Isabel DeBre
AP / October 3, 2023
JERUSALEM – A video that shows ultra-Orthodox Jews spitting on the ground beside a procession of foreign Christian worshipers carrying a wooden cross in the holy city of Jerusalem has ignited intense outrage and a flurry of condemnation in the Holy Land.
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Meet Shlomo Karhi, the outspoken Israeli minister visiting Saudi Arabia
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / October 3, 2023
Communications minister, who is in Riyadh, has made controversial remarks on gay pride, the Palestinian flag on campuses and media regulation.
Shlomo Karhi is the second Israeli minister to visit Saudi Arabia in a matter of days, as talk of a normalization of ties between the two...
Syria: Israeli air strikes near Deir al-Zor leaves two soldiers wounded
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / October 3, 2023
Israeli strike in eastern Syria marks a shift from previous strikes focused on Damascus and Aleppo.
Two Syrian soldiers were wounded following an Israeli air strike on late Monday night in eastern Syria, Syrian state media said.
The attack on military posts in Syria’s Deir al-Zor region represents...
Israeli forces attack, expel Palestinian worshippers from Al-Aqsa Mosque
Middle East Monitor / October 3, 2023
Israeli occupation forces today attacked Palestinian journalists and forced Muslim worshippers out of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, reported WAFA news agency.
Under the pretext of disturbing the Jewish settlers who stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform Talmudic rituals and prayers to mark the...
The dangerous exceptionalism of Christian Zionism
Halah Ahmad & Mimi Kirk
Al-Shabaka / October 3, 2023
In recent years, much has been written about the overwhelming support former President Donald Trump has received from white evangelical Christians, particularly Christian Zionists. Less examined is the relationship between white supremacy and Christian Zionism, namely their overlapping ideologies...
Israel blocked UK foreign secretary from visiting Palestinian village terrorized by Jewish settlers
Lubna Masarwa & Peter Oborne
Middle East Eye / October 3, 2023
Israeli authorities prevented James Cleverly from visiting Ain Samiya, a village that was emptied in May after years of settler violence, Middle East Eye can reveal.
Israeli authorities prevented British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly from visiting a Palestinian village that was...
Jordan, UNRWA officials discuss Palestine refugee crisis
Middle East Monitor / October 3, 2023
Director-General of the Department of Palestinian Affairs in the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, Rafiq Kharfan, met with the Director of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Affairs in Jordan, Olaf Becker, in Amman yesterday.
The officials discussed several issues...
Position paper: Personal data protection draft law by decree from a human rights–based perspective
7amleh / October 3, 2023
This paper aims to review the Personal Data Protection Decree draft, presenting a clear position on it—a stance deeply rooted in the bedrock principles of the 2003 Amended Basic Law and the relevant international conventions and standards. Through the prism of this analysis,...
