Palestinians protest against prices hikes, security chaos in West Bank

Middle East Monitor  /  February 7, 2022 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank cities of Hebron-Al-Khalil and Bethlehem staged protests against prices hikes and security...

Israel: cabinet approves submission of ‘racist’ law to Knesset

Middle East Monitor  /  February 7, 2022 The Israeli cabinet agreed yesterday to submit a "racist" law to the Knesset (parliament) despite opposition from members...

Israel set to ‘punish’ Amnesty International in wake of apartheid report

Middle East Monitor  /  February 7, 2022 The occupation state of Israel is planning to punish Amnesty International after the rights organization issued a report...

African Union postpones debate on Israel’s observer status

Al-Jazeera  /  February 7, 2022 Chairman Macky Sall says the new committee will work to build consensus on the matter, warns against divisions. The African Union...

[another smoke screen] Israeli, Palestinian figures propose 2-state confederation

Joseph Krauss AP  /  February 7, 2022 JERUSALEM — Israeli and Palestinian public figures have drawn up a new proposal for a two-state confederation that they...

Embattled PLO meets to choose top Palestinian negotiator

Middle East Eye  /  February 6, 2022 The person chosen for the role is likely to become 86-year-old President Mahmoud Abbas's favoured successor. The embattled leaders...

We don’t use the word apartheid – say the liberal Zionists

Philip Weiss Mondoweiss  /  February 6, 2022 Liberal Zionists are not accepting the reports of the leading human rights organizations, lately including Amnesty International, saying Israel...

Israel has lost the apartheid propaganda war

Asa Winstanley Middle East Monitor  /  February 5, 2022 Who wrote the following quote? "Whereas the Afrikaner apostles of apartheid in South Africa, for example, brazenly proclaimed...

Amnesty says Israel is an apartheid state. Many Israeli politicians agree

Chris McGreal The Guardian  /  February 5, 2022 While some in Washington DC and US media decry Amnesty’s conclusions, it’s a different story among some Israeli...

Choosing Mahmoud Abbas successor will trigger struggle, report says

Middle East Monitor  /  February 5, 2022 Israeli journalist Nadav Shragai expects that choosing a successor to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas will trigger...