( Middle East Monitor ) – The Palestinian people rightly saluted Hisham Abu Hawash as a brave man who was prepared to die in pursuit of his freedom. On 4 January, the occupation state of Israel agreed to his release following his almost five-month long hunger strike. Images of Hisham’s frail, almost skeletal body were […]
Palestinian Hisham Abu Hawash was never Charged or Convicted of a Crime but he Almost Died in an Israeli Jail
By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – After 141 days on hunger strike in an Israeli prison, Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash has agreed a deal with the occupation authorities that his administrative detention will end on 26 February. The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission announced the deal between Abu […]
Why is Popular Resistance in the Occupied West Bank Increasing?
( Middle East Monitor ) – Recent weeks rank among the most turbulent in the West Bank, with massive protests taking place in different parts of the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. From tension in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah that led to a bloody escalation last May, to the weekly protests being held since […]
New Leftist President of Chile is an ardent supporter of Palestinian Rights
( Middle East Monitor ) – In Chile, where the largest population of Palestinians in Latin America resides, the Leftist candidate Gabriel Boric has won Chile’s presidential election after he defeated his far-right rival José Antonio Kast by 10 points. 35-year-old Boric’s victory represents a major revival for Chile’s progressive left. The President-elect, Gabriel Boric, […]
Is China challenging the U.S. in the Gulf? Beijing aids Saudi Arabia’s Ballistic Missil Program
By Necmettin Acar | ( Middle East Monitor) – Last week, US intelligence agencies shared information revealing that Saudi Arabia is developing a ballistic missile with the support of China. Shortly afterwards, the fact that Iran launched an exercise called “The Great Prophet 17”, in which it also used ballistic missiles, put the Gulf back […]
Israeli Army loses control of Squatter-Settlers who are attacking Palestinians ever more Brutally
Adnan Abu Amer | – ( The Middle East Monitor) – The attacks carried out by the Israeli settlers against the Palestinians in the West Bank alongside violations of the occupation soldiers have continued to the extent that they have prompted Israeli alerts and fear that these attacks will ignite the security situation in the […]
American Colonialism Left Iraq in Environmental Crisis, Polluted, Corrupt and Crime-Ridden
By Haifa Zangana | – (Middle East Monitor ) – The devastation caused by man to the environment is no longer a secret; nature is striking back painfully, after decades of warnings by scientists of a catastrophic future that requires quick, radical solutions. There is no more room for procrastination in the face of hurricanes, […]
In First, the US Congress has Voted to Combat Islamophobia: What implications for Biden’s Foreign Policy?
By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Judging by this week’s close vote on combating Islamophobia, and sensational revelations by a major US Muslim group, President Joe Biden’s attempt to move the US into a new period of history and exit the post-9/11 era while remaining, just about, the sole superpower, […]
No Steady Electricity, Little Potable Water – Palestinian Gaza under Israeli Occupation is a Place of Slow Death
By Rasheed Hassan | – Without explanation or premise, I must stress that the situation in the Gaza Strip is no longer bearable; that our two million people there have lost the ability to tolerate their plight and have patience; and that the resistance factions are no longer able to maintain the truce on the […]
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