By Mustafa Fetouri | – Is Saudi Arabia losing its military campaign in Yemen despite being the stronger party enjoying the support of its many allies? The Saudi-led coalition includes countries like Egypt, Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Jordan and Morocco, as well as Qatar before it fell out with Riyadh. Major countries […]
Israeli Army Accused Palestinians of self-arson, Then Video emerged of Israelis setting Fires
Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem has released a video showing illegal Israeli settlers setting fire to fields in the occupied West Bank, contradicting the Israeli army’s claim that the blaze was started by Palestinians. The Spokesperson’s Unit of the Israeli army was yesterday forced to change its original statement, in which it claimed to have […]
Would Israelis & Saudis be Targets in any Trump-Iran Conflict?
By Maysam Behravesh | @behmash | – Although neither the United States nor Iran want war, tensions and along with them the likelihood of conflict-triggering miscalculations and accidents, have been running high since the Trump administration designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organisation and revoked sanctions waivers for buyers of Iranian oil. […]
Is Israel Planning total Annexation of Jerusalem and Jordan Valley of Palestine?
By Hamada Fara’na | – The Israeli government and its agencies are launching a concerted programme, with great urgency, to achieve the complete annexation of Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley. They want to be able to impose a fait accompli through superior firepower and America’s diplomatic, economic and military cover. Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem, […]
Dem Presidential Hopeful Accuses “Racist” Israel of “Genocide”
A veteran US politician who has announced his candidacy for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination for 2020 has described Israel as a “racist state” which is committing “genocide” against the Palestinians. The remarks were made on Twitter by 88 year old former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel. “The bloodshed in Palestine and Israel will not cease […]
Saudi Paper, close to Crown Prince, calls on US to Strike Iran
A Saudi newspaper owned by one of the king’s sons has called for military strikes on Iran, as world leaders plea for de-escalation of tension in the region. Iran “must be hit hard” said Arab News in an editorial published yesterday urging the US to not allow Iran’s actions “go unpunished”. The paper insists that […]
3 Million Israeli-Occupied Palestinians Caught in Maze of Military Checkpoints & Squatter Attacks
By Rebecca Stead | – During the 1967 Six Day War, the West Bank and East Jerusalem were occupied by Israel. Fifty-two years later this brutal military occupation remains in place, with the West Bank’s almost three million Palestinian residents subjected to a maze of military checkpoints, attacks by illegal Israeli settlers and a lack […]
The New Drone Wars: Houthis hit Saudi Oil Pumping Stations, avenging Riyadh’s Strikes on Sana’a
Global oil prices rose on the report that Saudis closed the pipeline
Failure to Launch: Trump’s Palestine ‘Deal’ Stillborn
By Asa Winstanley | @AsaWinstanley | – There is seemingly no stopping deluded prospectors digging for nuggets of gold in the empty mine of Palestinian leaders’ capitulation. True, that mine once contained rich seams. Small, but rich enough. In 1993 Yasser Arafat terminated the First Intifada, the popular Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation. In exchange, […]