Israelis launch campaign to free killer responsible for deadly arson attack
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / September 21, 2023
More than 6,000 Israelis have donated to a campaign to free a prisoner convicted of killing three Palestinians in an arson attack.
Thousands of Israelis have launched a campaign to raise money to free an Israeli who is in jail for killing three...
Turkey and Israel will explore joint drilling in East Mediterranean, Erdogan says
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / September 21, 2023
Greece and Turkey are both courting Israel over energy cooperation.
Turkey and Israel will explore joint energy drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday told journalists who accompanied him to the United Nations General Assembly in New...
Saudi Arabia could enrich uranium in possible Israel normalization deal: Report
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / September 21, 2023
Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed Israeli specialists to cooperate with US on finding ways Saudi Arabia could enrich uranium.
Israel has been secretly working with the US to establish a uranium enrichment operation in Saudi Arabia as part of efforts to strike...
Israel says its tanks hit two structures used by Syrian army in Golan area
Reuters / September 21, 2023
JERUSALEM – Israel's military said on Thursday that its tanks had struck two "temporary structures" used by the Syrian army in the area of the Golan Heights in violation of a 1974 disengagement accord.
"The strike was carried out after IDF (Israel Defense Forces)...
Gaza: Israel closure of Erez crossing puts Palestinian jobs at risk
Mohammed al-Hajjar & Nadda Osman
Middle East Eye / September 21, 2023
Workers in Gaza fear they will no longer have jobs in Israel and the occupied West Bank once the crossing opens again.
Palestinian workers from Gaza say they fear for their livelihoods amid the Israeli closure of the Erez crossing in Gaza.
The...
Netanyahu-Biden meeting illustrates the political madness of the U.S.-Israeli relationship
Mitchell Plitnick
Mondoweiss / September 21, 2023
Biden continues to shower Netanyahu with gifts while his government continues to slight U.S. wishes — proceeding with the judicial overhaul and escalating Israeli military and settler aggression against Palestinians.
The long-awaited meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Palestinian leader Abbas tells UN there can be no Mideast peace without his people...
AP / September 21, 2023
UNITED NATIONS – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday that there can be no peace in the Middle East without his people enjoying their “full and legitimate national rights.”
It was the closest he came in a nearly 25-minute...
Israeli export ban piled economic misery on Palestinians of Gaza, as youths increase emigration
Juan Cole
Informed Comment / September 21, 2023
Ann Arbor – Palestinian authorities are increasingly concerned about what they see as an increase in emigration by young Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, which has been under Israeli siege since 2007. They cite lack of jobs, a poor economy, high prices, and...
It’s time for Biden to get Netanyahu the Nobel Peace Prize
Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss / September 21, 2023
The news from the Biden-Netanyahu meeting at the United Nations yesterday is that Benjamin Netanyahu is now soaring politically despite the drag of his fascistic coalition, the widespread protests at home over his attack on the courts, and his murderous policy toward Palestinians. Oh,...
Saudi Arabia ‘getting closer’ to normalizing relations with Israel, crown prince says
Bethan McKernan
The Guardian / September 21, 2023
In a rare interview with Fox News, Mohammed bin Salman said major progress must be made in creation of a Palestinian state.
A potential normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia, and what those negotiations could mean for the Palestinians, are top of...
