US-Saudi defence pact tied to Israel deal, Palestinian demands put aside
Samia Nakhoul
Reuters / September 29, 2023
Saudi Arabia is determined to secure a military pact requiring the United States to defend the kingdom in return for opening ties with Israel and will not hold up a deal even if Israel does not offer major concessions to...
Pro-Israel groups call on US law firms to boycott event honouring UN’s Navi Pillay
Azad Essa
Middle East Eye / September 29, 2023
Human rights campaigner continues to face barrage of attacks for documenting Israeli crimes against Palestinians.
Several pro-Israel Jewish groups have urged law firms to rescind their sponsorship of a conference next month over the presence of a former UN high commissioner...
White House to use Civil Rights Act to deter antisemitism, Islamophobia in federal programs
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / September 29, 2023
White House says the move provides safeguards and resources for mitigating and preventing discrimination.
The White House announced on Thursday it would employ the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to combat antisemitism and Islamophobia in programs funded by the federal government.
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Israel signs biggest defence deal with Germany
Middle East Monitor / September 29, 2023
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant yesterday signed the biggest defence deal for the sale of Israel’s Arrow-3 long-range anti-ballistic missile system to Germany.
Officials from both countries signed an agreement committing a $600 million down payment to start the project....
Bad faith, duplicity and cynicism: Britain’s Palestine Mandate, 100 years ago
David Kattenburg
Mondoweiss / September 29, 2023
September 29 marks 100 years since Britain was assigned the role of Mandatory Power in Palestine. Despite a hundred years of bloody conflict and grief, the international community's obligation to decolonize Palestine continues today.
Another speech fest at the UN General...
The ‘Peace Day Effort’ offered ambiguity and impunity
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / September 29, 2023
The EU’s Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, Sven Koopmans, has succeeded in carving out a niche for ambiguity amid all the non-binding UN resolutions, peace initiatives, normalisation agreements and the two-state compromise. The Peace Day Effort,...
‘Revolutionary Youth’ suspends Gaza border protests amid regional mediation
Tareq S. Hajjaj
Mondoweiss / September 29, 2023
Following weeks of protest at Gaza's border fence, the "Revolutionary Youth" have suspended actions following Qatari and Egyptian "mediation" to halt protests.
Weeks after a series of popular protests reminiscent of the Great March of Return started up on Gaza’s borders, the...
Israel destroys main water network in West Bank village
Middle East Monitor / September 29, 2023
Israeli occupation forces yesterday destroyed the main water network in the village of Susiya, south of Hebron/Al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank.
The coordinator of the Protection and Resilience Committee in Masafer Yatta, Fuad al-Amour, reported that occupation forces destroyed...
Ain al-Hilweh: Palestinian security force deploys in school compound in Lebanon refugee camp following...
Ahmad Mantash
AP / September 29, 2023
SIDON, Lebanon – A Palestinian security force deployed Friday in a school complex in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp in the country’s south, replacing gunmen who had occupied it since fighting broke out in late July leaving more than 30 people dead.
The...
Be bold, Bernie [still a ‘two-stater’]
Jennifer Bing
The Electronic Intifada / September 29, 2023
Let’s face it, doing legislative advocacy for Palestinian rights can be a drag. But we’re making progress.
Ten years ago, we didn’t have the small but dedicated group of elected officials in the US Congress that we do today....
