Major German bank recommends not buying Israel currency
Middle East Monitor / September 11, 2023
Deutsche Bank, a major bank in Germany, has recommended not buying the Israeli shekel due to the dramatic depreciation in its worth, Israeli media reported yesterday.
According to Globes magazine, the bank cited “inability of the various parties to reach agreement on legislation introducing...
Democratic mega-donor Haim Saban calls Bernie Sanders a ‘self-hating Jew’ over criticisms of Israel
Michael Arria
Mondoweiss / September 11, 2023
In a recent interview billionaire and Democratic mega-donor Haim Saban said that Bernie Sanders was a "self-hating Jew" and an "Israel-hater," and defended his support for the lobbying group AIPAC.
In a recent interview Democratic mega-donor Haim Saban attacked Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)...
The Oslo trap: How the PLO signed its own death warrant
Raef Zreik
+972 Magazine / September 11, 2023
From asymmetrical concessions to renouncing armed struggle, the fate of the Palestinians was sealed before Arafat and Rabin even shook hands.
The Oslo Accords were brokered when I was a young lawyer at the start of my career, after years of living...
Israel and its occupation exact a high price from Palestinians
Michael Jansen
Informed Comment / September 11, 2023
Last week, the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People called for Israel’s “immediate and unconditional” pull out from East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. Its annual report cited Israel’s breaches of key tenets...
British Foreign Secretary visits Israel to highlight close ties at precarious time for the...
AP / September 11, 2023
JERUSALEM – The British Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, arrived in Israel on Monday for a three-day visit to a country in turmoil, facing its biggest protest movement in history and heightened violence in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen hailed Cleverly’s...
Israel’s unprecedented collapse creates an opportunity for Palestinians
Ramzy Baroud
Arab News / September 18, 2023
From its very onset, Israel constructed a brand for itself — a powerful gimmick that was predicated on two main pillars: democracy and stability.
The main target audience for this brand has been powerful Western states that have wielded disproportionate...
UK foreign minister to warn of Iran threat on visit to Israel
Reuters / September 11, 2023
LONDON – British foreign minister James Cleverly will travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories this week, where he will press for renewed dialogue on a two-state solution and commit to tackling threats to regional security, including from Iran.
On the visit that begins...
Oslo Accords architect Rod Larsen: Historic agreement began with chance encounter in Cairo
Mina Aldroubi
The National / September 11, 2023
Terje Rod Larsen tells The National the protocols had a 'ripple' effect in the region 30 years after signing.
Yasser Arafat’s uncanny resemblance to his brother, Fathi, and a chance encounter in Cairo with the Oslo Accords architect were the starting points that...
Protests against Israel’s judicial overhaul kick off at Supreme Court a day before crucial...
Ohad Zwigenberg
AP / September 11, 2023
JERUSALEM – Thousands of Israeli protesters flooded the streets outside Israel’s Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Monday, a day before it hears a pivotal case against the curbing of the high court’s powers by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government.
Beating drums, waving...
More than 40 Israeli firms among ‘world’s worst arms dealers’ at London weapons fair
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / September 11, 2023
Activists promise two-week 'resistance' campaign against annual Defence and Security Equipment International event.
Dozens of Israeli arms companies are set to take part in London's annual arms fair on Tuesday, an event campaigners have branded "a marketplace in death and destruction".
The Defence and Security...
