Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud ( Middle East Monitor ) – Remarks on 24 May by China’s Ambassador to the UN on the situation in Occupied Palestine were impeccable in terms of their consistency with international law. Compared with the position of the US, which perceives the UN and the Security Council in particular as a […]
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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatters attacking Palestinian town Burqa for Second Time caught on CCTV Cameras
( Middle East Monitor ) – CCTV cameras from a Palestinian home captured the start of an attack by Israeli settlers which damaged property and left some requiring medical treatment in a village near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. It’s the second such attack on Burqa village in as many weeks, Israelis from the […]
In wake of Mexican Senate Vote to Recognize Palestine, Palestinians seek to upgrade to Full Embassy in Mexico City
Revised. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Spanish-language Twitter account for Palestine, “Palestino Hoy,” announced on Thursday that the Palestinian delegation in Mexico City will now be upgraded from a “Special Delegation” to a full embassy, after Mexico fully recognized the state of Palestine. N.B. Some commentators allege that this announcement is solely from the […]
A man without a Strategy: How Netanyahu is provoking Armed Intifada in the West Bank
Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud After signing a military decree on 18 May, allowing illegal Israeli Jewish settlers to reclaim the abandoned Homesh settlement located in the northern Occupied West Bank, the Israeli government has informed the US Biden Administration that it will not turn the area into a new settlement. The latter revelation was […]
Biden Administration to Combat Antisemitism, but won’t Shield Israel from Criticism
Nasim Ahmed Nasimbythedocks ( Middle East Monitor) – Supporters of Israel advocating for the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism have suffered a major blow in their ongoing effort to shield the apartheid state from criticism, following the release of a strategy document by the White House detailing its plan to […]
New Bill of Israel’s Extremist Gov’t Expels, bars from Universities Palestinian-Israeli Students who Raise Palestine Flag
( Middle East Monitor ) – The extremist Israeli government is preparing a law to dismiss Israeli Arab students who raise the Palestine flag or express their support for Palestinian resistance inside universities, Israel Hayom revealed on Thursday. An extremist Israeli Mk from the far-right Otzma Yehudit Party is preparing the law, the Israeli newspaper […]
Digital Data collected by Israel’s Electronic Wolves helps to Terrorise the Palestinians
By Basem Khandakji | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – An Amnesty International report published this month revealed details of the latest systems used by the Zionist state to enhance its comprehensive monitoring of occupied Palestine and its people, who are subject to the surveillance, control and punishment of this fascist security regime. The […]
Confronting Energy Poverty among Palestinians in Israeli-Besieged Gaza
by Asmaa Abu Mezied ( Al-Shabaka ) – Palestinians in Gaza are suffering from a worsening energy crisis due to the Israeli regime’s ongoing siege. As a result, they have adopted different coping strategies, including solar energy technology to offset electricity shortages. Al-Shabaka policy analyst and 2022 Visiting Gaza Fellow Asmaa Abu Mezied examines this reality, […]
The Limits of Saudi Normalization with Israel
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration is devoting what energy the State Department has aside from the effort to defend Ukraine to achieving diplomatic normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia. The premise for this entry of the Saudis into the Abraham Accords is that it would seek an alliance with Israel against Iran. […]