Finance Minister Smotrich refuses economic measures to help Palestinian Authority

Middle East Monitor  /  August 9, 2023 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has refused to approve economic measures to assist the Palestinian Authority (PA), local...

[warmongering] Netanyahu calls to ‘produce and use’ a ‘credible’ military threat against Iran

Middle East Monitor  /  August 8, 2023 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that, the "most important thing" is to produce a "credible"...

Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich freezes funds for Palestinian citizens of Israel, East Jerusalem

MEE Staff Middle East Eye  /  August 8, 2023 Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich also holds up educational grants for Palestinians. Israel has frozen funds for Palestinian...

‘Watershed moment’: Over 700 academics equate Israeli occupation with apartheid

MEE Staff Middle East Eye  /  August 8, 2023 Israeli figures who previously refused to equate occupation with apartheid have changed their views amid judicial overhaul...

A single acknowledgement of Jewish settler ‘terror’ changes nothing

Ramona Wadi Middle East Monitor  /   August 8, 2023 For the first time, the US State Department has described the murder of a Palestinian — 19-year-old Qusai Jamal...

[VIDEO] Benjamin – doubletalk – Netanyahu says bet on Israel and Saudi Arabia deepening...

Francine Lacqua & Ethan Bonner Bloomberg  /  August 7, 2023 Netanyahu wants to build ‘economic corridor’ to Europe with Saudis, downplays Palestinian issue as blocking Saudi...

Israeli opposition blasts ‘liar’ Netanyahu’s promise to shelve judicial overhaul

Thomas Helm The National  /  August 7, 2023 Prime Minister tells Bloomberg controversial reforms on appointment of judges will still go ahead. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "gaslighting" the...

Apartheid ‘democracy’

Lawrence Davidson CounterPunch  /  August 8, 2023 The term “democracy” is back in the news from the Middle East. Americans will assume that this has nothing...

The tapestry of Palestinian history: the Palestine Museum in Bir Zeit

Naima Morelli Middle East Monitor  /  August 8, 2023 Duty and care are the words that would best describe the approach of Dr Adila Laidi-Hanieh towards...

Australia reinstates term ‘occupied Palestinian Territories’ for West Bank

Middle East Eye  /  August 8, 2023 Since 2014, Australian officials had avoided using the words ‘occupied’ or "occupation" when referring to the West Bank. The...