Israel arrests Islamic Jihad senior leader
Khaled Abu Zina
Middle East Monitor / August 4, 2023
Israeli occupation forces yesterday arrested the senior leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, Sheikh Khaled Saleh Abu Zina, from the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank.
Israeli occupation forces, backed by dozens of military vehicles, raided...
The UN cut their food aid this summer. These Palestinians now struggle to find...
Julia Frankel
AP / August 4, 2023
JENIN, West Bank – Except for a small bag of lentils and the orange juice she reserves for guests, there is no food in Ashwaq Abu al-Wafa’s house in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
Ever since the U.N. cut her food...
Third Temple: Israel’s Occupation Is Coming Home
Etgar Keret
The Nation / August 4, 2023
Netanyahu’s government is not here to debate—it’s here to rule, and any resistance is an intifada.
You know the story about the guy who spends his whole life eating health food and exercising, and in the end a refrigerator crushes him to...
[too little too late] An American billionaire says he will stop funding the think...
Isabel DeBre
AP / August 4, 2023
JERUSALEM – An American billionaire and major donor to a Jerusalem think tank backing the Israeli government’s divisive judicial overhaul said on Friday that he would stop giving to the conservative group.
The decision by Arthur Dantchik, a 65-year-old libertarian multibillionaire from New...
Palestinians incite against Gaza once again
Motasem A. Dalloul
Middle East Monitor / August 4, 2023
Early this week, hundreds of people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis took to the streets calling for the Administrative Committee in the besieged enclave to provide them with a better quality of life. They also called for lifting...
Damage from clashes could delay start of school year in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian camp,...
Abby Sewell
AP / August 4, 2023
BEIRUT – Damage to the school complex in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp from recent clashes between factions could delay the start of the school year for some 6,000 children, a United Nations official said Friday.
The concern arose after heavy street battles broke out...
Israel contemplates forging ties with far-right party accused of Holocaust denial
Middle East Monitor / August 4, 2023
Israel's Foreign Minister, Eli Cohen, is looking to change Israel's stance toward Romania's far-right AUR party, known for its anti-Semitic positions and denial of the Holocaust, reported the Haaretz. The move comes as Israel strengthens ties with far-right leaders in Europe and...
Palestinians say water crisis is ‘political’, expect conditions to worsen
Qassam Muaddi
The New Arab / August 4, 2023
As Israeli water company 'Mekorot' announced its reduction of water share of Bethlehem and Hebron, Palestinians expect their already-grave lack of access to water to aggravate.
The Israeli decision to reduce the water share of the Palestinian governorates of Hebron and Bethlehem will...
Israel no longer serves US interest, says ex-senior White House official
Middle East Monitor / August 4, 2023
American support for Israel no longer serves strategic US interests, says Steven Simon, Washington's former National Security Council senior director for the Middle East and North Africa. Simon, who directly managed the Israel-Palestine file, served under the administration of former US...
Israeli extremists shamefully propose ‘Puerto Rican’ model for Palestinians
Juan Cole
Informed Comment / August 4, 2023
Ann Arbor – Yair Wallach in a post at X notes that Jewish Power Party member Amihay Eliyahu proposes that Palestinians be treated by Israel as Puerto Ricans are by the United States. This is a horrible and outrageous idea from the extremist...
