Russia accuses US of promoting ties between Israel and Arabs before Israeli-Palestinian peace deal
Edith M. Lederer
AP / September 28, 2023
UNITED NATIONS – Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of promoting Israel’s normalization of relations with Arab nations and circumventing the Arab Peace Initiative launched by Saudi Arabia in 2002, which calls for a settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict before...
Saudi-Israel normalization: The grand illusion
David Hearst
Middle East Eye / September 28, 2023
There will be no peace between Israel and any Arab nation until the Palestinian conflict is resolved through shared sovereignty over the land.
"Generally speaking, the region’s about as stable as it has been in many years," a senior US administration official told The Washington...
[VIDEO] Jerusalem: Jews caught on video jumping on Muslim graves
Middle East Monitor / September 28, 2023
Israeli Jews have been caught on video jumping on Muslim graves at Bab al-Rahmeh Cemetery on the eastern side of Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied Old City of Jerusalem. The footage has sparked strong criticism from the Islamic Waqf (Religious Endowment)...
UN official reiterates illegality of Jewish settlements in occupied West Bank
Middle East Monitor / September 28, 2023
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process reiterated on Wednesday the illegality of Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Tor Wennesland made his comment to the UN Security Council as he stressed the importance of ending the...
Israel’s High Court hears a challenge to a law that makes it harder to...
Tia Goldenberg & Moshe Edri
AP / September 28, 2023
JERUSALEM – Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday was hearing a challenge to a law that makes it harder to remove a sitting prime minister, which critics say is designed to protect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has been working...
Germany and Israel sign an agreement for Berlin to buy a US-Israeli missile defense...
AP / September 28, 2023
BERLIN – Germany and Israel on Thursday signed an agreement for Berlin to buy the sophisticated Arrow 3 missile defense system, designed to intercept long-range ballistic missiles. The development is the latest step in Berlin’s bid to strengthen its air defenses following Russia’s...
Israel: Police to use Pegasus spyware to probe mass shooting of Palestinian citizens
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / September 28, 2023
Attorney general permits police to use the notorious program to wiretap people but not extract data.
Israeli police will be allowed to use Pegasus spyware to investigate a mass shooting that left five Palestinian citizens of Israel dead on Wednesday, local media has said.
Attorney General...
Top Israel court hears challenges to law limiting grounds for PM’s removal
Middle East Monitor / September 28, 2023
Israel’s Supreme Court heard arguments, on Thursday, against a law passed by the ruling coalition limiting conditions for any removal of Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, from office, in the latest showdown among branches of government to grip the nation, Reuters reports.
Political watchdog groups...
Israel has no place in the US Visa Waiver Program
Osama Abu Irshaid
Al-Jazeera / September 28, 2023
Israel prevented me, an American citizen of Palestinian origin, from visiting my ancestral homeland for decades. It should not be rewarded with visa-free travel.
At 81, my father still recounts stories about our village, Nuris, and his place of birth, Bisan (Beit...
US Visa Waiver Program: Why Arab Americans angered by Israel’s admission
Ali Harb
Al-Jazeera / September 28, 2023
Advocates say US government is turning blind eye to violations against its own citizens’ rights to give perk to Israel.
Washington, DC – The Biden administration’s decision to allow Israelis to travel visa-free to the United States has drawn the ire of Arab Americans who say...
