New US ambassador to Israel will not visit Jewish settlements, will support normalization

Middle East Monitor  /  January 15, 2022 The new US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides stated on Friday that he will not visit Jewish settlements...

Report: PA committed 2,578 violations in West Bank in 2021

Middle East Monitor  /  January 15, 2022 The Palestinian Authority (PA) has committed 2,578 violations against Palestinians in the West Bank during 2021, the Committee...

Forestation in Negev/Naqab to continue, Israel minister says

Middle East Monitor  /  January 15, 2022 Forestation in the Negev/Naqab region is set to continue with the government refusing to discuss the issue, aides...

‘The Nation’ lifts up Jewish fears over Palestinian realities in a Zionist tract

Philip Weiss Mondoweiss  /  January 14, 2022 The Nation runs a right-wing religious endorsement of Zionism that opposes BDS and leaves out the forced expulsion of...

What’s happening in the Naqab? Israel uproots Palestinians to plant trees

Yumna Patel Mondoweiss  /  January 14, 2022 Over the past week dozens of Palestinians in the Naqab (Negev Desert) in southern Israel have been injured and...

In South Africa as in Palestine: Why we must protect the legacy of Desmond...

Ramzy Baroud Middle East Monitor  /  January 14, 2022 Long before intersectionality became a prevailing concept which helped delineate the relationship between various marginalized and oppressed...

HRW criticizes Biden for weak defence of human rights in Middle East

MEE Staff Middle East Eye  /  January 14, 2022 Rights group also calls out French President Emmanuel Macron for remaining quiet on rights issues in Egypt,...

ICRC urged to check women detainees’ conditions in Israel’s Damon jail

Middle East Monitor  /  January 14, 2022 The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)-run Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees' Affairs on Friday called on the International Committee...

[BDS] Elbit Systems: The Israeli arms company under fire from activists

Shir Hever Middle East Eye  /  January 14, 2022 Now that Elbit's Oldham factory has closed, pro-Palestinian activists are targeting the weapons manufacturer's other sites around...

Many injured as police break up protests in Israel’s Negev/Naqab region

Middle East Monitor  /  January 14, 2022 Several protesters were injured as the Israeli police used brutal force to suppress a demonstration in the Negev/Naqab...