PA ‘backtracks’ on UN resolution against Israel amid US pressure

Al-Jazeera  /  February 20, 2023 The UAE, which had drafted the resolution along with PA officials, has dropped the resolution and the vote apparently amid...

Israel’s Netanyahu advances judicial changes despite uproar

Tia Goldenberg AP  /  February 20, 2023 TEL AVIV, Israel – Israel’s government on Monday was pressing ahead with a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s...

[aggression] Several killed in Israeli raids on Syria’s Damascus: State media

Al-Jazeera  / February 19, 2023 Syrian media say Israel fired missiles on Damascus’s Kafr Sousa neighbourhood, killing five and wounding 15. At least five people have...

Jerusalem: Palestinians declare civil disobedience over Israeli crackdown

MEE Staff Middle East Eye  /  February 19, 2023 Organizers say strike action is in response to punitive measures imposed by far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem...

Israeli diplomat removed from African Union summit

Al-Jazeera  /  February 19, 2023 A bloc official says the envoy was removed because she was not duly accredited to attend the event in Ethiopia. A...

Ben-Gvir’s war on Jerusalem has begun

Mariam Barghouti & Yumna Patel Mondoweiss  /  February 18, 2023 Events in Jerusalem over the past few days show that Itamar Ben-Gvir’s declared war on East...

‘Moderate PAC’ is latest big-money push to keep Democrats in line on Israel

Mitchell Plitnick Mondoweiss  /  February 18, 2023 A new Democratic political action committee (PAC) has arisen, dedicated to cultivating what it refers to as “moderate policies.”...

Wave of ‘Israeli spring’ protests leaves Palestinian citizens out in the cold

Bethan McKernan & Quique Kierszenbaum The Observer  /  February 18, 2023 Palestinian minority has been alienated by united opposition against judicial reforms by Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition. As...

I want justice for my brothers who Israel killed

Ru’a Rimawi Al-Jazeera  /  February 18, 2029 The Israeli army took away from me my two siblings, the loveliest human beings I have ever known. In the...

Smotrich, Ben-Gvir demand Netanyahu hand over West Bank authority

Middle East Monitor  /  February 18, 2023 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir have demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...