( Middle East Monitor ) – Eid Al-Adha, or the “Feast of Sacrifice”, is right around the corner and Muslims around the globe are preparing for one of Islam’s most significant festivals, Anadolu Agency reports. It is the second major festival for Muslims after Eid Al-Fitr, which is celebrated at the end of Ramadan, the […]
Israel Approves thousands of illegal Building Permits in Palestinian West Bank
( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel’s nationalist-religious government approved the construction of 5,700 additional illegal housing units for Jewish settlers in the Occupied West Bank on Monday, despite US pressure to halt settlement expansion that Washington sees as an obstacle to peace with Palestinians, Reuters reports. The plans for approval of the housing units in various areas of […]
Israeli Squatters Build new Outposts in Palestinian West Bank amid Rising Violence
( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel’s National Security Minister, on Friday, urged tougher military action against Palestinian resistance fighters in the Occupied West Bank and urged Israeli settlers to expand their presence there, despite surging violence and international calls for a halt to new construction, Reuters reports. Itamar Ben-Gvir, a far-right member of Prime […]
World’s Condemnation of Israeli Squatter Attacks on Palestinians is a Cover for Doing Nothing
by Motasem A Dalloul abujomaaGaza ( Middle East Monitor) – Dangerous mobs of extremist Jewish settlers have been rampaging through towns and villages in the occupied West Bank attacking Palestinians and their homes, shops, farms and vehicles, including ambulances. Cars with Palestinian number plates have had stones thrown at them by settlers on road […]
Europe Ignoring Israeli War Crimes under Guise of Combating anti-Semitism, New report Finds
( Middle East Monitor ) – The chilling repercussions of the highly controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism have been revealed in a recent report by the European Legal Support Centre (ELSC). Titled “Suppressing Palestinian Rights Advocacy through the IHRA Working Definition of Anti-Semitism”, the report by the independent Dutch-based organisation uncovered […]
Official Report: Palestinian-Israelis Pay higher Interest Rates on Loans in Israel than Jews
( Middle East Monitor ) – Arab citizens in Israel pay higher interest rates on bank loans than Jews, Israel’s Hebrew newspaper Maariv reported on Friday citing an official report. The report, which was conducted on banking in the Arab sector in Israel, found that there is less competition in offering services to Arabs compared […]
The UN’s World Food Program is Stopping Aid to 200,000 Palestinian Refugees from Israel in Besieged Gaza Strip
Wafa Aludaini wafa_Gaza ( Middle East Monitor) – Dozens of Palestinian children rallied on Tuesday morning in front of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) headquarters in Gaza City to protest against the halt and suspension of the World Food Program (WFP) in the besieged Gaza Strip. The protesters called on the head of the […]
Israeli Squatters attacking Palestinian town Burqa for Second Time caught on CCTV Cameras
( Middle East Monitor ) – CCTV cameras from a Palestinian home captured the start of an attack by Israeli settlers which damaged property and left some requiring medical treatment in a village near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. It’s the second such attack on Burqa village in as many weeks, Israelis from the […]
A man without a Strategy: How Netanyahu is provoking Armed Intifada in the West Bank
Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud After signing a military decree on 18 May, allowing illegal Israeli Jewish settlers to reclaim the abandoned Homesh settlement located in the northern Occupied West Bank, the Israeli government has informed the US Biden Administration that it will not turn the area into a new settlement. The latter revelation was […]
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