By Brett Sudetic and Giorgio Cafiero | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The upcoming US presidential election’s outcome is bound to significantly impact Iran’s future. President Donald Trump securing another term could leave Tehran continuing to face Washington’s “maximum pressure” campaign—a policy of harsh and sweeping sanctions crippling the country’s already faltering economy, […]
The return of Apartheid, Israeli style
By Adnan Abu Amer | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The possibly temporary postponement of Israel’s annexation of swathes of the occupied West Bank and Jordan Valley arose out of disagreements from within the Zionist state itself as well as other voices warning of the consequences of such a move. The fear is that […]
Qatar’s Victory over Saudi, UAE Blockade Shows UN Court can be Weapon of the Weak
By Daud Abdullah | – A press release issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 14 July described its judgement against Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and UAE as “final, without appeal and binding on the Parties.” Since June 2017, the four countries have imposed a land, air and sea blockade against the State […]
Never Again? 25 Years Ago, Christian Serbs Committed Genocide against 8,000 Bosnian Muslims on European Soil
By Elif Zaim | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide in which more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were brutally slaughtered by Bosnian Serb forces led by Ratko Mladic. The slaughter took place in a supposed UN Safe Area. A quarter of […]
Is More Conflict What the Mideast Needs? Israel’s Dangerous Plan to Annex 1/3 of Palestinian West Bank
By Hazem Ayyad | – ( Middle East Monitor.) – As expected, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu postponed Israel’s annexation plan… on the pretext of finishing his consultations with an American delegation. His decision was not made known for certain to his Foreign Minister, retired General Gabi Ashkenazi, who told Israel’s Army Radio: “It seems unlikely […]
On this Day in 1920, Receipt was Given to Colonial Britain for ‘One Palestine, Complete’; Jews were 11%
By Jehan Alfarra | – On this day in 1920, the first High Commissioner for Palestine Herbert Samuel, was handed the administration of the country by the British government and signed a receipt saying “one Palestine, complete” On this day in 1920, the first High Commissioner for Palestine, 1st Viscount Samuel, Herbert Samuel, was handed […]
Only a Criminal Regime would Coerce Int’l Criminal Court as Trump is Doing — Oh wait
By Tasnim Nazeer | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Trump administration in Washington has attempted repeatedly to block investigations by the International Criminal Court of Justice (ICC) in Afghanistan and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. These investigations are significant for probing into the conduct of American and Israeli citizens but the US President […]
Will Trump’s Caesar sanctions force the Assad Regime to Negotiate, or Simply Increase Syrians’ Misery?
By Muhammad Hussein | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Seeing is believing, as the saying goes. And after seeing the 53,275 photographs proving the torture and arbitrary killings committed by the Syrian regime which were smuggled out by a former police photographer named “Caesar” in 2014, the US has finally decided to impose […]
Israel: Is Netanyahu Poised to Annex 1/3 of Palestinian W. Bank by Fiat, w/out Trump, Parliament?
By Bilal Daher | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The US administration has suspended talks with the Israeli government on the plans to annex large parts of the West Bank, due to the dispute over the plan and its implementation between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and leaders of the Blue and White […]
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