Itamar Ben-Gvir is trying to make Al-Aqsa Mosque compound a ‘shared site’
Jonathan Ofir
Mondoweiss / January 11, 2023
Itamar Ben-Gvir wants to normalize Jewish worship at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as a precursor to full Israeli control over...
I once ran Human Rights Watch – Harvard blocked my fellowship over Israel
Kenneth Roth
The Guardian / January 10, 2023
I was told that my fellowship at the Kennedy School was vetoed over my and Human Rights Watch’s...
Amnesty slams Israel’s ‘repressive’ ban on Palestine flag
Middle East Monitor / January 11, 2023
Amnesty International has criticized Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's "repressive" ban on raising the Palestinian flag...
Israel: far-right MK calls for arrest of opposition leaders for ‘treason’
Middle East Monitor / January 11, 2023
An Israeli parliamentarian from the extreme far-right Otzma Yehudit party called on Tuesday for the arrest of opposition...
Biden’s response to Israel’s far-right government: avoid confrontation
Chris McGreal
The Guardian / January 11, 2023
As Netanyahu takes an aggressively anti-Palestinian line, the White House will seek to avoid the humiliations heaped on...
PA suppresses protest calling for release of political detainees
Middle East Monitor / January 11, 2023
Dozens of masked members of the PA security services attacked the participants including the families of political detainees.
The...
West Bank: Two Palestinians shot dead by Israeli fire in separate incidents
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / January 11, 2023
Ahmad Abu Junaid, 21, was shot in a fire exchange while Sanad Mohammad Samasra, 19, was killed...
Bill offers Netanyahu government more sway over Israeli court picks
Reuters / January 11, 2023
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to reorder the panel for selecting judges such that his hard-right government's...
Masafer Yatta: Jewish settlers protected by soldiers attack Palestinian farmers
Middle East Monitor / January 11, 2023
The Israeli army today ordered two Palestinian residents to remove their properties while Jewish settlers raided and destroyed...
Democracy in Israel under assault from the top
The Guardian / January 11, 2023
Editorial
Even some on the right are having second thoughts as a government of extremists attacks the country’s institutions.
Almost half...
