UN mulls funding legal advisory opinion on Israel occupation

Middle East Monitor  /  December 16, 2022 The Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly yesterday discussed the program budget implications for the year...

Israel’s opposition to criticism exposes its colonial violence

Ramona Wadi Middle East Monitor  /  December 15, 2022 The Times of Israel ran a lengthy article this week pinpointing the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese's...

72 percent of Palestinians support forming armed groups in West Bank, poll finds

Jack Khoury Haaretz  /  December 15, 2022 Poll surveying Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank shows significant drop in support for the two-state solution alongside...

Nizar Banat: Family of slain activist takes Palestinian Authority to ICC

MEE Staff Middle East Eye  /  December 15, 2022 Brother of outspoken campaigner killed in custody last year launches landmark referral against the PA. The family of Palestinian activist Nizar...

EU: MEPs call for international conference supporting two-state solution

Middle East Monitor  /  December 15, 2022 The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted a resolution calling for ending: "The protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the occupation...

2022 was a record year for Jewish settler violence – Palestinians say next year...

Yumna Patel Mondoweiss  /  December 15, 2022 Jewish settler violence against Palestinians soared in 2022. Palestinians say the worrying trend will only worsen as right-wing extremists...

Airlines risk war crimes by assisting deportation of Palestinian activist, rights groups say

MEE Staff Middle East Eye  /  December 15, 2022 Israeli authorities plan to forcibly deport detained activist Salah Hamouri to France for “breach of allegiance” to...

Israel crushes water pipelines with bulldozers in occupied West Bank

Middle East Monitor  /  December 15, 2022 The Israeli occupation army destroyed the main water pipelines in the village of Al-Auja, in the north-east of...

ICC wanted to investigate Israeli war crimes – now it’s caving to us pressure

Marjorie Cohn Truthout  /  December 15, 2022 Two years after launching an investigation of war crimes in Palestine, the ICC is still dragging its feet. Nearly two...

Israel sinks to new low by smearing slain children as ‘terrorists’

Maureen Clare Murphy The Electronic Intifada  /  December 15, 2022 Leave it to innovative Israel to sink to ever-new lows. It isn’t anything new for the state...