Labour’s ‘anti-Semitism crisis’ will continue until all pro-Palestine members are silenced
Asa Winstanley
Middle East Monitor / December 16, 2019
There’s no getting away from the fact that last Thursday’s General Election was a disaster for the left in Britain. Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party lost almost as many seats as it did in the calamitous 1983 election.
Labour’s leader at the time was...
Hamas: PA arrested 195 members in one week
Middle East Monitor / January 14, 2020
Hamas yesterday said that the local security forces of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the occupied West Bank had arrested 195 its members in a week.
The Hamas explained in a statement that the detainees were “ex-prisoners, former political detainees, and university students from...
Tibi: Joint List will not back Gantz if he plans to annex Jordan Valley
Middle East Monitor / January 14, 2020
Arab Member of the Israeli Knesset Ahmed Tibi has pledged that the Arab parties will not back a government coalition led by the Blue and White party if it advances proposals to annex the Jordan Valley, Ma’an news agency reported.
During a Knesset session to discuss...
Jordan’s king: Dialogue with Israel ‘paused’ for 2 years
Middle East Monitor / January 14, 2020
In an interview with France24 broadcast yesterday, Jordanian King Abdullah II has said that dialogue with Israel had been “on pause” for two years.
The king said the reason for the lack of dialogue is the absence of an Israeli government, stressing that “there has been no bilateral...
Israel threatens to kill Nasrallah over repeated warnings to occupation state
Middle East Monitor / January 14, 2020
Israeli minister of intelligence and foreign affairs, Israel Katz, on Monday threatened that Israel would assassinate Hassan Nasrallah over his repeated warnings to the occupation state.
On his Twitter account, Katz posted: “Nasrallah does not stop attacking Netanyahu and threatening Israel. As his ordeal worsens, his arrogance increases.”
The member...
Israel uses intelligence to support its propaganda war
Middle East Monitor / January 13, 2020
The former head of Israel’s National Information Directorate, Yarden Vatikay, has revealed how Israel converts secret intelligence into public campaigns in support of its interests, Israel Defense has reported.
In an exclusive interview with the website, Vatikay said: “The question of using intelligence materials is derived...
Transfer of Palestinian minors from prisons a ‘violation of law’
Al-Jazeera / January 13, 2020
Moving Palestinian children from one Israeli jail to another without adult supervision puts them at risk, activists say.
The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) transferred at least 33 Palestinian child detainees on Monday from Ofer prison to Damoun without the presence of adult representatives, a move slammed...
Israel intelligence helped US kill Soleimani
Middle East Monitor / January 13, 2020
American reports have revealed that intelligence from Israel helped confirm information that led to the killing of the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, NBC News revealed on Friday .
NBC reported that the Syrian Cham Wings Airlines Airbus A320 landed in Baghdad, stating that the American intelligence services, which are...
