‘Your grandparents couldn’t return to Al-Sajara – but I know they died hoping’
Vera Sajrawi
+972 Magazine / September 22, 2023
Little remains of the village from which +972 editor Vera Sajrawi’s grandparents were uprooted in 1948. Living out the rest of their lives close by as internal refugees, they yearned for what was taken from them.
“Every time we honor...
UAE landing station confirmed for fibre optic cable set to link Israel to Gulf...
Paul Cochrane
Middle East Monitor / September 22, 2023
Leaders of Israel and Saudi Arabia have both recently said cables and trade routes linking Europe to India are potential benefits of any normalization deal.
An agreement to land a proposed fibre optic cable running between India and Europe...
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in Jenin raid
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / September 22, 2023
Abdullah Abu Hassan succumbed to his wounds after being shot in an Israeli raid that injured many others.
Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian from the town of Al-Yamoun, west of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
The Palestinian has been identified...
Netanyahu shows map of ‘New Middle East’ – without Palestine – to United Nations
Brett Wilkins
Common Dreams / September 23, 2023
Netanyahu’s map makes clear “what normalization really seeks: eliminating Palestine and Palestinians from the region”.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angered Palestinians and their defenders Friday after presenting a map of “The New Middle East” without Palestine during his speech...
Israel-Saudi Arabia: Netanyahu promotes normalization with new map erasing Palestine
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / September 22, 2023
Illustration shown by Israeli prime minister at UN includes occupied West Bank and Gaza as part of Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a new map erasing Palestine during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) 78th session on...
Israeli drone hits Gaza as violent protests rage
Nidal al-Mughrabi
Reuters / September 22, 2023
GAZA – An Israeli drone hit outposts in the Gaza Strip on Friday as violent protests persisted along the separation fence, while in a separate incident, troops shot dead a Palestinian fighter during a raid in the occupied West Bank.
The...
Israeli forces arrest leader of Palestinian Lions’ Den group in West Bank raid
The New Arab / September 22, 2023
Israeli forces have arrested one of the leaders of the Palestinian armed group the Lions' Den (or Areen al-Ossud in Arabic), Khaled Tabila, according to a report by The New Arab's Arabic language sister site Al-Araby al-Jadeed on Friday.
Before his arrest, Tabila - also known...
At UN, Latin America’s presidents call for establishing a free Palestine
Eman Abusidu
Middle East Monitor / September 22, 2023
Latin American heads of state proclaimed the rights of Palestinians and called “for the necessity of establishing a free Palestinian state” at the United Nations General Assembly’s 78th Session.
Held between 19-26 September, the UN meet brought together heads...
DR Congo to move embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Netanyahu says
Al-Jazeera / September 22, 2023
If the move goes ahead, DR Congo will join a small group of countries with embassies in the disputed city of Jerusalem.
The Democratic Republic of Congo will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Saudi commitment to Palestinian statehood unclear after crown prince interview
Rayhan Uddin
Middle East Eye / September 22, 2023
Mohammed bin Salman's failure to mention specific concessions over Israel normalization deal raises eyebrows among Palestinians.
Saudi Arabia has long maintained that it wouldn’t restore ties with Israel until Palestinians got their own state - but that position appears to have become less clear...
