( Middle East Monitor ) – For Israeli officials who disagree with the meetings between Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, the latter’s remarks during a press conference in Germany provided an opportunity to showcase their opposition. Abbas later retracted his statement about Israel committing 50 holocausts against the Palestinians […]
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Israel/ Palestine
No, Israel hasn’t Committed 50 Holocausts against Palestinians or Even One; but it has Committed Apartheid
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The head of the rump Palestine Authority that has a presence in 40% of the West Bank, Mahmoud Abbas, created a scandal when he said on Tuesday at a news conference in Berlin with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, “From 1947 to the present day, Israel has committed 50 massacres in […]
Israel’s Latest War on the Palestinians Reveals How Alone and Vulnerable they Are
Belfast (Special to Informed Comment) – Some have puzzled over why Israel launched its attacks on Palestinian in Gaza and the West Bank at the beginning of August.The military action had not been preceded by any notable Palestinian activity. There is, however, no great mystery. It has become customary for an Israeli Prime Minister to […]
Gaza: Amid death and destruction, the latest conflict highlights the depths of its humanitarian crisis
By Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle | – Israel launched multiple air strikes on Gaza on August 5, in another eruption of open warfare between Israel and Palestinian militants. The latest attacks come just over a year after hundreds were killed in an intense period of conflict in the territory. Israel announced its missile strikes […]
Despite Abraham Accords, Palestine is a deeply rooted emotional, cultural and spiritual issue for Arabs and Muslims
( Middle East Monitor ) – It seemed that it was all but a done deal: Israel was finally managing to bend the Arabs to its will, and Palestine was becoming a marginal issue that no longer defined Israel’s relations with its neighbours. Indeed, normalisation with Israel was, well, normal, and the Arabs, it seemed, […]
How AIPAC went from Lobbying for Israel to quashing Progressives and backing Jan. 6 Insurgents
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – The American-Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) zealous financial backing of many of the 137 House Reps and Senators who voted to overturn the 2020 Election is a bad sign for American democracy. In a better ordered world, these members of Congress would all be expelled for sedition. While […]
As Palestinians Unite Across borders, is the Israeli power to Deter Resistance Eroding?
By Hazem Ayyad | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Israeli Defence Minister, Benny Gantz, summed up the tense scene in Gaza and its environs by saying: Life will not be normal in the Gaza Strip as long as the life routine is not normal in the settlements around it. The settlers in this area […]
Israel bombs Civilian Apt. Bldg. in Gaza City, Killing 10, Wounding 55; When Russia does it, it is a War Crime
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Maram Humaid at Al Jazeera English reports that Israeli fighter jets bombed the civilian Palestine Towers apartment building in downtown Gaza City on Friday, killing 10, including a five-year-old girl, a Quds Brigades commander and wounding 55 other persons. The little girl, Alaa Qadooum, and her father were on a […]
Israel’s Visa refusal to Palestinian Harvard Fellow sparks calls for Boycott of Apartheid State
By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel has refused to grant a visa permit to one of Gaza’s highly acclaimed poet and former Harvard fellow, Mosab Abu Toha. Author of one of the shortlisted books for this year’s Palestine Book Awards (PBA), Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: […]
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