Israel: Secular citizens feel threatened by new government, study finds

MEE Staff Middle East Eye  /  January 6, 2023 Majority of country's population feels democracy and rule of law are being eroded. A significant majority of secular...

Analysis: New Arab allies face quandary as Israel shifts hard-right

Nidal al-Mughrabi Reuters  /  January 6, 2023 GAZA/JERUSALEM/DUBAI – Israel's sharp tilt to what is likely to be the most hard right government in its history...

[VIDEO] Israel limits celebrations planned for Palestinian prisoner freed after 40 years

Middle East Monitor  /  January 6, 2023 Israel Police yesterday imposed restrictions on celebrations being held to mark the release of Karim Younis, a Palestinian...

Israel kills three children as 2023 dawns

Tamara Nassar The Electronic Intifada  /  January 5, 2023 In just the first few days of the new year, Israel killed four Palestinians, including three children. Israeli...

Israel-Palestine: How will far-right government tackle the ‘demographic problem’ ?

Feras Abu Helal Middle East Monitor  /  January 6, 2023 Notions of exporting Palestinians to Europe will not work, as refugees continue to demand their right...

As young Gazans die at sea, anger rises over leaders’ travel 

Fares Akram & Isabel Debre AP  /  January 6, 2023 JERUSALEM – Khaled Shurrab had been waiting more than half his life to get out of...

Israel plans to demolish dozens of Palestinian schools, education watchdog warns 

Middle East Monitor  /  January 6, 2023 The Arab Campaign for Education for All (ACEA) yesterday warned that Israeli occupation forces have delivered demolition orders...

HRW former head denied Harvard fellowship over ‘anti-Israel bias’

Al-Jazeera  /  January 6, 2023 Kenneth Roth, the longtime head of Human Rights Watch, had his fellowship offer rescinded because of the organization’s criticism of...

Decoding Israeli ‘extremism’ Richard Falk 

CounterPunch  /  January 6, 2023 “These are the basic lines of the national government headed by me: The Jewish people have an exclusive and unquestionable right...

Israeli government plan to limit judicial powers sharply criticized

Ben Lynfield The Guardian  /  January 5, 2023 Grave concerns over Netanyahu coalition’s plan to invalidate supreme court decisions with simple majority. Civil liberties and human rights...