PA slams US State Department for removing it from country list
Middle East Monitor / August 27, 2019
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has slammed the US State Department for removing it from its online list of countries, saying the move constitutes yet more evidence of the US’ alignment with the Israeli right-wing.
Previously the State Department website featured the “Palestinian Territories” under...
A meeting between Israel’s army chief and a Palestinian millionaire reflects the PA’s loss...
Adnan Abu Amer
Middle East Monitor / July 29, 2019
Official Palestinian-Israeli relations have been put on hold since 2014, but this didn’t stop Israel’s Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Aviv Kochavi, from having a secret meeting with Palestinian millionaire Bashar Al-Masri in May. The two met in Ramallah and...
How the US media demonizes Iran
Lesson 1: When the missile is American, use the passive voice.
Serge Halimi & Pierre Rimbert
The Nation / August 19, 2019
Imagine an Iranian drone had been shot down over Florida or just off its coast. Rather than arguing about its exact position, we would surely be shocked at its presence almost 7,000...
Naar Israel en terug in 36 uur
Elias Abdullah
MO* - Mondiaal Nieuws / 22 augustus 2019
Elias Abdullah — Zoon van een Iraakse vader en Belgische moeder. Studeerde Arabistiek en Islamkunde en is gepassioneerd door het Midden-Oosten. Werkt momenteel als vrijwillig vertaler met migranten op Samos.
26 juni 2019, ik vertrek ‘s ochtends vroeg vanuit Zaventem naar Tel Aviv. Eindelijk...
PA rescinds ban on LGBTQ group after protests
Jaclynn Ashly
The Electronic Intifada / August 27, 2019
The Palestinian Authority has rescinded a ban on a gay and transgender advocacy group that caused outrage among human rights organizations and fear among some of its members and after a huge backlash.
But rights groups say the PA must go further then...
Israel, Iran and Lebanon send warnings after drones downed and air strikes
Israel says Iran has 'no immunity,' Iran denies strike and Lebanon warns of 'new aggression'
The Middle East Eye / August 24, 2019
Israeli air strikes in Syria and the downing of drones over Beirut set off a volley of warnings and denials between Israel, Iran and Lebanon on Sunday.
The Lebanese...
Israel’s ban on Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar backfires
Marjorie Cohn
Truthout / August 24, 2019
During Congress’s August recess, a group of 41 Democratic and 31 Republican congress members travelled to Israel on a delegation sponsored by American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). AIPAC subsidizes congressional trips to Israel in order to further the “special relationship” between Israel and...
Let’s take a moment to remember the grandmothers who shape our lives
These women form the backbone of our communities, yet their contribution often goes unseen and unpraised
Shelina Janmohamed
The National / August 22, 2019
Last week, amid the tirades and pervasive trolling, the internet did something magnificent. It gave us a heartfelt celebration of those who shaped us but whose stories are...
Number of Palestinians displaced by Israel in 2019 already exceeds 2018 total
Middle East Monitor / August 23, 2019
The number of Palestinians displaced by Israeli occupation authorities in the first seven months of 2019 has now exceeded the total number of people displaced in all of 2018.
According to new data published this week by UN OCHA, Israeli forces in the occupied Palestinian...
Lindsey Graham’s blank check – Why a defense agreement with Israel would be a...
Philip Giraldi
Strategic Culture Foundation / August 22, 2019
Two world wars began because of unconditional pledges made by one country to come to assistance of another. On July 5, 1914, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany pledged his country’s complete support for whatever response Austria-Hungary would choose to make against Serbia after the...
