Israel passes budget after increasing funds to ultra-Orthodox communities
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / May 24, 2023
Government accused of ‘looting’ public purse after deals with far-right and ultra-Orthodox coalition partners to pass parliament...
Palestine Action pair sent to prison for dismantling weapons factory Elbit Systems
Middle East Monitor / May 24, 2023
Two people who took direct action to dismantle and occupy a weapons factory were given prison sentences on...
PA says US runs Arab-Israeli conflict, not looking for solutions
Middle East Monitor / May 24, 2023
The Palestinian Authority prime minister said on Tuesday that Washington is running the Arab-Israeli conflict, not looking for...
Israel’s Netanyahu and allies pass new budget with sweeping grants for Jewish settlements, ultra-Orthodox
Ilan Ben Zion
AP / May 24, 2023
JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Wednesday passed a new two-year budget, a step that could...
Beneath the rhetorical veneer of Abu Dis
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / May 23, 2023
In 2019, when the Trump administration revealed the so-called "Deal of the Century", a hypothetical capital of...
France officials will not meet with Israel’s far-right finance minister Smotrich
Middle East Monitor / May 23, 2023
Extremist Israeli Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, will struggle to arrange meetings with senior French officials during his planned...
Sudan crisis: How Israel stands to gain
Shady Ibrahim
Middle East Eye / May 23, 2023
A victory for the RSF could be politically and economically advantageous to Israel's regional agenda.
After the fall...
Israel has demolished more buildings in occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, says UN
Middle East Monitor / May 23, 2023
The Israeli occupation authorities have demolished 42 Palestinian-owned buildings in occupied Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, including...
‘There is no safe place in Gaza’ – Palestinians speak out during Israeli assault
Marjorie Cohn
Truthout / May 23, 2023
In a vicious five-day assault, Israeli occupying forces killed 33 Palestinians in Gaza.
On May 18, thousands of Palestinians in...
US university condemned for removing pro-Palestine commencement speech from YouTube
Zainab Iqbal
Middle East Eye / May 23, 2023
Students and activists say speech was removed for its pro-Palestinian content after some critiqued speech as being...
