Japan pledges $1m to UNRWA to help rebuild Jenin refugee camp

Middle East Monitor  /  August 16, 2023 Japan has pledged to give $1 million to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in...

Dozens injured as Israeli forces raid Nablus, blow up building

Ayman Nobani Al-Jazeera  /  August 16, 2023 Israeli forces say they destroyed a bomb-making lab in Balata refugee camp, but Palestinians said homes were destroyed. Nablus, occupied...

[‘Third Temple’] Israel’s red cow will blow up the region

Mohammad Makram Balawi Middle East Monitor  /  August 16, 2023 A report by the Hebrew Channel 12 a few days ago highlighted the repercussions of the rise of...

Israel’s Foreign minister says Paraguay will open an embassy in Jerusalem

MEE Staff Middle East Eye  /  August 16, 2023 The Latin American state would become the fifth country to relocate from Tel Aviv in past five...

The true face of Israel’s protest movement

Neve Gordon Al-Jazeera  /  August 16, 2023 Are protesting Israelis really longing for ‘a better democracy for the good of all the people’? In a glowing profile, The...

How the Bible has been used to colonize Palestine

Jeff Wright Mondoweiss  /  August 16, 2023 Mitri Raheb's latest book is a provocative examination of how the Bible has been used to support Israeli settler...

Jewish settlers: a double war against Israelis and Palestinians

Adnan Abu Amer Middle East Monitor  /  August 16, 2023 The Israeli General Security Agency, Shin Bet, has recently issued a document in which it accuses...

Netanyahu’s cabinet spars over military reservists’ judicial protests

Maayan Lubell Reuters  /  August 15, 2023 JERUSALEM – Ministers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet sparred on Tuesday over the military's handling of reservists protesting...

Israeli bus driver orders girls to ‘cover up’ and sit at the back of...

MEE Staff Middle East Eye  /  August 15, 2023 Women say they are being treated as second-class citizens in Israel following a series of discriminatory incidents. An Israeli public...

Is Israel on its way to becoming a religious ‘halachic state’ ?

Peggy Cidor Middle East Eye  /  August 15, 2023 As the nationalist, ultra-Orthodox influence grows, a decades-old question about the role of religion in the state...