What is the Golan Heights and why is the territory so important to Israel...
Alex Croft
The Independent / December 12, 2024
Israel entered the buffer zone in the Golan Heights hours after Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime crumbled.
The Golan Heights, situated in the southwest corner of Syria and bordering Israel, Lebanon and Jordan, is a 1,000 square mile rocky plateau around 40 miles (60 kilometres)...
[VIDEO] Israeli war crimes documented: Al-Jazeera investigations
Al-Jazeera - @AJIunit / put online on October 3, 2024
Our investigation exposes war crimes in Gaza through the medium of photos and videos posted online by Israeli soldiers themselves during the year-long conflict.
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We expected to have to dedicate considerable resources to identify the Israeli soldiers in photos and videos...
[VIDEO] Susan Abulhawa – This house believes Israel is an Apartheid state responsible for...
Oxford Union / put online on December 5, 2024
Susan Abulhawa speaks in proposition of the motion that This House Believes Israel is an Apartheid State Responsible for Genocide
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Israel advances further in southern Syria and hinders work of UN peacekeepers
Middle East Monitor / December 12, 2024
Israel’s occupation forces have advanced further into southern Syria, as a UN source has confirmed that the Israeli troops are obstructing the work of UN peacekeepers in the occupied Golan Heights, the Palestinian Information Centre has reported.
Israeli soldiers entered the town of Al-Hurriya...
UN General Assembly calls for Gaza ceasefire, reaffirms support for UNRWA
Middle East Monitor / December 12, 2024
The United Nations General Assembly passed two key resolutions yesterday with majority support, reaffirming the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The resolution titled “Supporting the...
Netanyahu tightens grip on power through Gaza genocide
Middle East Monitor / December 12, 2024
Despite overseeing what is widely considered to be a genocide in Gaza and facing an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for war crimes, as well as ongoing corruption charges, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has strengthened his political position, according to a new...
Israel parliament to discuss proposal to dismiss attorney general
Middle East Monitor / December 12, 2024
The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, approved a proposal unanimously on Wednesday to discuss the dismissal of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, Anadolu has reported, citing Israeli media. Fifty-one of 120 Knesset members present voted in favour; the opposition boycotted the vote.
Channel 13 said that...
Israel warns HTS: stay away from border or face consequences
Shafaq News / December 12, 2024
Israel warned Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) not to harm the Druze community in Syria or approach the Israeli border, an Israeli political analyst revealed on Thursday.
Barak Ravid, a political analyst and international affairs expert at CNN, said, "Israel has close ties with Kurdish groups...
Hamas – hemmed in and isolated – finds itself with few options for the...
Mkhaimar Abusada
The Conversation / December 11, 2024
In early December 2024, Hamas announced a major concession: It was prepared to cede future governance of Gaza to a unity Palestinian committee, working alongside its chief political rival, Fatah, to create the body.
Fatah, the party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, has...
Fear and uncertainty in Golan Heights as Israeli troops drive deeper into Syria
Peter Beaumont
The Guardian / December 11, 2024
On the high rocky plateau, the fall of Bashar al-Assad has sown complicated and contradictory emotions.
Majdal Shams – On the outskirts of the Druze village of Majdal Shams, high in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a gate in the fence leads to the supposedly...
