By Faisal Bodi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – One of the many myths underpinning western support for Israel’s colonisation of Palestine is that its Jews live in a perpetual state of hostility with the region’s Muslims. Despite all the evidence pointing to the contrary, Zionist propagandists and apologists have successfully sold the […]
Shireen Abu Akleh: An Independent and International Investigation must be Held into her Killing
By Ian Black | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Shireen Abu Akleh’s death may well turn out to be a landmark event in Israel’s global reputation and, perhaps, even its domestic politics. The killing of the high-profile Palestinian-American journalist, who worked for Al Jazeera covering Israel and the occupied West Bank, has been […]
Shireen Abu Akleh Exemplified Speaking Truth to Power
By Iqbal Jassat | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Since the shattering news broke of the brutal killing of one of Palestine’s most iconic journalists, an unmistakable sense of anger began to surface across newsrooms in the Arab world and in many different parts of the world, including South Africa. Shireen Abu Akleh […]
Shireen Abu Akleh: A Quarter of a Century of Coverage ended with an Israeli Bullet to the Head
( Middle East Monitor ) – She carried her belongings and went with the Press team into the field to begin the news coverage. She was ready to deliver her visual news report, as she had done for the past 25 years, but her last report made her the topic of the coverage, which was […]
Did the Ukraine War lead to Turkish-Saudi Rapprochement?
Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Turkish President Recep Erdogan visited Jeddah in July 2017 and met Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to mediate for an end to the blockade imposed on Qatar by the Saudis, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt. “No […]
How Long can Israel’s Minority Government survive Wave of Racial, Petty Partisan Rivalries?
Motasem A Dalloul | – Before forming the current dilapidated government coalition last year, the Israeli occupation state went through four elections in two years. Even after the fourth elections, neither of the Israeli parties has succeeded in winning enough seats in parliament to form a stable one-party government or a strong coalition government. There […]
Who enjoys freedom of worship in Israel?
Mohammad Makram Balawi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Images of at least one Israeli drone dropping tear gas on Muslim worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan marked a new phase in the occupation’s aggression against Palestinian land and people . . . We have now seen countless incidents […]
Israel’s Illegal Blockade Means Palestinian fishermen in Gaza Struggle for a Catch to feed their Families
By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – As International Workers’ Day approaches in the besieged Gaza Strip, the precarity of the fishing industry evokes a sense of persistence and insistence amid obvious anguish and hardship. Fishing along the blockaded coastal enclave is one of the most dangerous professions in the world, […]
Why the French Election is Haunted by the Ghost of Colonialism in Algeria: Roots of Far-Right Le Pen
By Mustafa Fetouri | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Whether France is voting, commemorating D-day or debating French identity in terms of Republic Values, Algeria is always present in some way. It is almost impossible to discuss anything of substance in France in which Algeria does not feature and, sometimes, dominates the debate. […]