PA called on to release Palestinian journalist from prison

Middle East Eye  /  August 1, 2023 The Forum of Palestinian Journalists (FPJ) called on Monday for the Palestinian Authority to release journalist Sami al-Sa'e...

Thousands take to streets in Gaza in rare public display of discontent with Hamas

AP  /  July 31, 2023 Several thousand people briefly took to the streets across the Gaza Strip to protest the territory’s chronic power outages and...

Palestinian reconciliation talks end with no sign of progress

Thomas Helm The National  /  July 31, 2023 Prospect of a Hamas-Fatah unity government remains distant despite deteriorating situation in West Bank. Reconciliation talks between rival Palestinian factions have...

Father and son

Steve France Mondoweiss  /  July 31, 2023 Raja Shehadeh’s new memoir tells of his father, himself, and the cost of resistance. WE COULD HAVE BEEN FRIENDS, MY...

Israel expanded an apartheid law last week – no one is talking about it

Jonathan Ofir Mondoweiss  /  July 31, 2023 Israel broadened a racist law that allows communities to exclude non-Jews based on "social and cultural cohesion." Whereas judicial...

Balancing act is over: Israel protests are not about democracy, but ideology

Ramzy Baroud Middle East Monitor  /  July 31, 2023 The late Israeli commentator, Uri Avnery, wrote, "I am increasingly worried that the Israeli-Palestinian struggle … is assuming...

Iran says Saudi Arabia-Israel rapprochement would harm regional peace

Reuters  /  July 31, 2023   DUBAI, July 31 (Reuters) - Normalization of ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel would harm regional peace and stability, Iran's...

No Palestinian concessions to secure deal on Saudi ties, Israeli minister says

Reuters  /  July 31, 2023 JERUSALEM – A key party in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government will not agree to any concessions to the...

Road to normalizing ties with Saudi Arabia ‘still long’: Israeli official [opposition within Netanyahu’s...

Al-Jazeera  /  July 31, 2023 Members of Israel’s hard-right government have ruled out concessions to Palestinians as part of any deal with Riyadh. Israeli Prime Minister...

Mossad chief held secret US talks about Saudi normalization: Report

Middle East Monitor  /  July 31, 2023 Israeli intelligence chief, David Barnea, held undisclosed talks in Washington about the Biden administration's ongoing push to normalize...