Netanyahu supports freezing grants for Palestinian areas: Israel MK says

Middle East Monitor  /  August 8, 2023 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich confirmed today that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is backing his decision to suspend...

PA security forces continue detention of Palestinian fighters

Middle East Monitor  /  August 8, 2023 The Palestinian Authority (PA) continues detaining Palestinian fighters in the occupied West Bank, including Islamic Jihad members and...

Israeli minister dismisses US ‘terror’ label after deadly Jewish settler attack

Al-Jazeera  /  August 8, 2023 Avi Dichter brushes off the US use of the term ‘terror attack’ to describe the killing of a Palestinian by...

The uncomfortable truth about Ain al-Hilweh, the capital of Palestinian ‘shatat’ and agony

Ramzy Baroud Middle East Monitor  /  August 8, 2023 The Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon is known as the "capital of Palestinian shatat". The...

Netanyahu: normalization with Saudi not linked to creation of Palestinian state

Middle East Monitor  /  August 8, 2023 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that reaching a normalization deal with Saudi Arabia is not conditional...

Israel to deny Palestinian-Israelis preparation for university, in exact parallel to Apartheid South Africa

Juan Cole Informed Comment  /  August 8, 2023 Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – White Power nationalism in South Africa during the Apartheid period from the 1940s...

In first, Israel’s far-right MK meets EU official

Middle East Monitor  /  August 8, 2023 For the first time since he took office in December, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has held...

Jewish settlers protest building Palestinian homes in West Bank

Middle East Monitor  /  August 8, 2023 Dozens of Jewish settlers yesterday gathered to protest against the construction of Palestinian homes east of the illegal...

The new debate over aid to Israel

Alex Kane Jewish Currents  /  August 8, 2023 Once a consensus position, US funding of Israel now has new detractors from the heart of the political establishment. Last...

A loss of trust and competence sounds the alarm for the IDF

Adnan Abu Amer Middle East Monitor  /  August 8, 2023 As protests continue against the judicial overhaul proposed by the Israeli government, the leadership of the Israel Defence...