Israeli police crackdown on Palestinians protesting ‘racist’ budget cuts
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / August 21, 2023
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is withholding millions of shekels which were earmarked for Palestinian towns across the...
[ethnic cleansing] West Bank: Jewish settlers destroy crops in Masafer Yatta
Middle East Monitor / August 21, 2023
Jewish settlers destroyed crops in the Masafer Yatta area to the south of Hebron/Al-Khalil on Sunday, when they...
Netanyahu says Iran behind attacks as Israeli killed in Hebron shooting [which Fatah claims]
Al-Jazeera / August 21, 2023
Israeli army has set up roadblocks around Hebron/Al-Khalil, questioning all Palestinians as manhunt for attacker launched.
An Israeli woman has died...
Cutting US aid to israel doesn’t go nearly far enough
Tariq Kenney-Shawa
The Nation / August 21, 2023
Washington’s ability to pressure Israel using money has long since disappeared. Progressives need to aim much higher.
As the...
Palestine’s quest: Unrecognized realities
Obaid Shah
Middle East Monitor / August 21, 2023
On 21 August, 1969, an arson attack targeted Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, resulting in substantial damage to...
Israel: Palestinian council staff strike in protest at funding freeze
Middle East Monitor / August 21, 2023
Staff at Palestinian-run local councils in Israel went on strike today in protest at the finance minister’s decision...
Washington for first time terms violent Israeli squatter-settlers ‘terrorists’, but US Needs to let...
Mohammed Samaana
Informed Comment / August 21, 2023
Belfast – It was a normal warm summer evening in the Palestinian village of Burqa in Ramallah district...
UK: Documents suggest Israel tried to influence courts against pro-Palestine activists
Katherine Hearst
Middle East Monitor / August 21, 2023
Emails and minutes disclosed in an FOI request show that Israeli embassy officials may have exerted pressure...
Israel allocates $31m to reinforce security in Jerusalem Jewish settlements
Middle East Monitor / August 21, 2023
Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced yesterday the allocation of 120 million shekels ($31.6 million) to reinforce...
Israel: An empowered Jewish settler movement relishes chance to Judaize the Galilee
Ben Lynfield
Middle East Eye / August 21, 2023
In addition to illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, far-right activists want to form Jewish...
