Netanyahu ‘considering’ Saudi nuclear program in exchange for normalization
Middle East Monitor / September 21, 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is studying the possibility of accepting Saudi Arabia’s request to enrich uranium and have a nuclear program for non-military purposes, as part of a possible normalization agreement between the two countries, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
Netanyahu is...
AIPAC targets black Democrats – while the Congressional black caucus stays silent
Akela Lacy
The Intercept / September 21, 2023
AIPAC has given at least $3.6 million to the CBC’s old guard since last year, while members of the Squad draw the Israel lobby’s ire.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the country’s most influential pro-Israel lobbying group, is recruiting...
Netanyahu asked by MKs not to make concessions to Palestinians
Middle East Monitor / September 21, 2023
At least 12 Likud MKs have sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning him against making concessions to Saudi Arabia in US-brokered normalization talks, The Times of Israel reported on Wednesday.
The MKs from his own party sent the...
Israel expects tension to continue on Gaza border‘
Middle East Monitor / September 21, 2023
Israel expects tension on the nominal border with the Gaza Strip to continue until after the Jewish New Year holiday, news website Walla has reported.
The Israel Defence Forces are apparently on high alert to deal with protests along the Gaza border. Palestinian factions...
‘Every allegation of anti-Semitism was found to be false’
Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada / September 21. 2023
A climate of fear is stifling free speech, academic research and student activism about Palestine at British universities.
This is the direct result of the government-mandated adoption and use of the so-called IHRA definition of anti-Semitism to investigate and punish alleged incidents of...
Murky Israel deal embroils Denmark in scandal
Omar Karmi
The Electronic Intifada / September 21, 2023
An apology, a sacking, a murky procurement process and a dropped lawsuit.
Denmark’s defense establishment is embroiled in a growing scandal over arms purchases from the Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems.
To some, the deal shows how Elbit has positioned itself to step...
The Palestinian women refusing to let their village be demolished
Theia Chatelle
Al-Jazeera / September 21, 2023
The Palestinian Bedouin village of Khirbet Susiya has long been under Israeli threat of demolition. Young Palestinians are learning how to fight back.
Khirbet Susiya, occupied West Bank - Heyam Nawajah never knows what to tell her daughter when she asks why they don't...
Palestinian boy discovers undercover Israeli forces, they kill him: DCIP
Al-Jazeera / September 21, 2023
Israeli forces killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy when he discovered their presence during a raid, rights group says.
Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Israeli special forces have chased and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy who saw them sneaking into Jenin refugee camp during a military...
What’s happening with normalizing ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel ?
AJ Staff
Al-Jazeera / September 21, 2023
Saudi Arabia willing to normalize relations with Israel in exchange for a US defence pact and civilian nuclear program.
For months, Saudi Arabia and Israel – with the United States – have been discussing an agreement to normalize relations.
The US has made it...
[‘democratic values’] Biden warns Netanyahu about the health of Israel’s democracy and urges compromise...
Josef Federman & Aamer Madhani
AP / September 21, 2023
NEW YORK – President Joe Biden raised “hard issues,” including protecting the “checks and balances” in a democracy, in a Wednesday meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pushing the Israeli leader to find a compromise on a judicial overhaul...
