Heavy fighting continues in Lebanon’s Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp despite ceasefire

Nada Homsi The National  /  August 1, 2023 Residents of Lebanon site fear escalation could lead to Lebanese army intervention. A ceasefire to end days of deadly clashes in Lebanon’s largest...

Israel’s judicial crisis is not surprising

Izzeddin Araj Mondoweiss  /  August 1, 2023 Israel's settler-colonial ideological mission not only impacts Palestinians but prevents the country from being a democracy for Jews as...

US lawmaker says high-tech investment ‘leaving Israel’ amid judicial overhaul

MEE Staff Middle East Eye  /  August 1, 2023 Ro Khanna says he told Israeli president that venture capital firms in California are worried about investing...

The PA is an obstruction to Palestinian unity

Ramona Wadi Middle East Monitor  /   August 1, 2023 The entire world recognizes the Palestine Liberation Organization as the sole representative of the Palestinian people, but...

Annexation in the name of archeology

Alon Arad & Talya Ezrahi +972 Magazine  /  August 1, 2023 Armed with huge budgets, far-right Israeli ministers are pushing ahead with plans to displace Palestinians...

Saudi Arabia: Israel will not block [?!] civil nuclear program, says official

MEE Staff Middle East Eye  /  August 1, 2023 National security adviser says Israeli consent not needed for Riyadh enriching uranium for research, as road to...

Palestinian shot dead after six Israelis wounded in Jewish settlement

Al-Jazeera  /  August 1, 2023 Palestinian health ministry identifies suspect in shooting attack as Mohannad al-Mazraa, 20, from a nearby West Bank town. A Palestinian has...

How Washington shapes ICC to its own aims

Maureen Clare Murphy The Electronic Intifada  /  August 1, 2023 Anyone supposing that the newfound enthusiasm in Washington for the International Criminal Court would open the door for...

Israel’s spy veterans take on their government over judiciary overhaul

Jonathan Saul Reuters  /  August 1, 2023 HERZLIYA, Israel - Every morning Amir sets up a protest stand to warn passersby that Israeli democracy is in...

Netanyahu slams Biden over criticism of judicial overhaul

Middle East Monitor  /  August 1, 2023 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has slammed the Biden administration in Washington over its criticism of his judicial...