2023 is already the deadliest year on record for Palestinians in occupied West Bank,...
Peoples Dispatch / August 22, 2023
The UN’s Middle East envoy, Tor Wennesland, said over 200 Palestinians have been killed in the Occupied West Bank this year. He blamed “unilateral acts” by Israel, including increased settlement expansion, demolition of Palestinian homes and other structures, and settler violence
The UN’s...
Friend or foe ? – Russia’s West Jerusalem Consulate is very worrying
Ramzy Baroud
Middle East Monitor / August 22, 2023
Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, a global cold war has also kicked in.
As a strong ally of Washington and the home of a massive constituency of Russian, Ukrainian and East European Jews, it was only natural that Tel...
Hebron schools suspended following city closure by Israeli army
Middle East Monitor / August 22, 2023
The Palestinian Directorate of Education in the city of Hebron/Al-Khalil in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, announced the suspension of school activities last night. The directive came into effect today, Anadolu has reported.
The decision followed the closure of all main routes into Hebron by...
In Israel, Mayor Eric Adams of New York City stays neutral on divisive judicial...
Julia Frank
AP / August 22, 2023
JERUSALEM – New York City Mayor Eric Adams visited Jerusalem holy sites and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, continuing a three-day official trip to Israel at one of the most tumultuous times in the country’s 75-year history.
Adams sought to...
17-year-old Palestinian killed during Israeli military raid in northern West Bank
AP / August 22, 2023
JERUSALEM – Israeli security forces stormed into a town in the north of the West Bank on Tuesday, leading to fighting that killed a 17-year-old Palestinian, according to Palestinian health officials, the latest violence to grip the occupied territory.
The Israeli military conducted an...
Palestinian teen killed in Israeli raid in northern occupied West Bank
Al-Jazeera / August 22, 2023
About 50 Palestinians are arrested by Israeli forces, including two suspects allegedly involved in shooting attack on Monday.
Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during a raid in a town in the northern occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials say.
Othman Abu...
[BDS] Latin American anthropologists pass resolution in solidarity with Palestinians
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / August 22, 2023
The passage of resolution comes after largest association of US anthropologists endorsed a boycott of Israeli academic institutions.
An association of anthropologists in Latin America have endorsed a resolution that affirms support for the Palestinian people, just weeks after the US's largest association...
Israel in the middle of escalation not seen for a long time, says senior...
Middle East Monitor / August 22, 2023
The head of the Israel Defence Forces Central Command, Major General Yehuda Fox, said on Monday that the state is in the middle of a major escalation and wave of Palestinian resistance attacks that it has not seen for a long...
Liberal Zionists hit rock bottom on faith that Israel will redeem itself
Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss / August 22, 2023
For years the liberal Zionist position was, We stand with the better angels of Israel’s nature, Israel will redeem itself. And all they’ve gotten for that good faith is fascism and virulent racism and occupation.
Now that’s changing. American liberal Zionists are turning...
The international community feigns ignorance over Israel’s colonial violence
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / August 22, 2023
In May this year, the Norwegian Refugee Council warned that over 6,550 students risked the loss of their education if Israel went ahead and destroyed 57 schools in the occupied West Bank. Last week, Israel demolished an elementary school for Palestinian children...
