Middle East

By Imen Boudali | Raseef22 | – This article by Imen Boudali was first published by Raseef22, and is being republished as part of a content-sharing partnership with Global Voices. ( Globalvoices.org ) – In May of each year, Tunisia hosts a unique and extraordinary event. The north African country, home to the oldest synagogue […]

Iran

In their Hope for a ‘Middle Eastern NATO’ against Iran, Israel and the US may end up Heartbroken

Middle East Monitor

By Muhammad Hussein | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – As Arab states the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco began establishing ties with Israel over the past few years and warmed towards their old adversary, many saw it as the beginning of a new era. And in some ways, it was: […]

Israel/ Palestine

Faced with Killing of American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, US Priority has been to Preserve Israel’s Impunity

Ramona Wadi

( Middle East Monitor) – The developments in the “investigation” into the targeted killing of Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh point rather too obviously to the preservation of Israel’s ability to act with impunity. Matters went downhill in the aftermath of Abu Akleh’s killing when Israeli military spokesman Ran Kochav put forward an […]

Food Security

The Turkey-Russia-Ukraine Grain Agreement and the Weaponization of Food

John Feffer

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – When Russia bombed the port in Odesa last week, it was not an auspicious beginning to the new deal on grain exports. If anyone believed that this agreement between Moscow and Kyiv would have some positive spillover effect on the war grinding on elsewhere in Ukraine, the Russian […]

Israel

Israel fears a Nightmare Scenario as the Crisis with Russia escalates

Middle East Monitor

By Adnan Abu Amer | – Israel is convinced that Moscow’s threat to close down the Jewish Agency in Russia is retaliation for the Zionist state’s positions on the war in Ukraine. In fact, Israel now fears that the crisis with Russia will escalate further, which has prompted officials in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs […]

Arab World

The New Middle East, Same as the old Middle East – The Meaning of Biden’s Trip

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Assessing President Biden’s Trip to the Middle East. Thanks to Margot Patterson at KKFI for having me on to discuss President Biden’s trip a couple of weeks ago to the Middle East. Listen here, beginning 2:50: The interview references this article at Informed Comment, “Bin Salman: US Whitewashed Israeli Killing […]

censorship

The Human Rights Price of Biden’s Visit to Jeddah

Human Rights Watch

Biden Should Keep Promise on Rights, Call for Release of Activists and Rights Defenders

Featured

EU: In 2021, Israel planned or built 20,030 New Squatter-Settlements In Palestinian Territories, with Massive Spike in E. Jerusalem

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A European Union report on Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory has found that, in 2021 alone, 22,030 units were planned, began being built, or were finished in the West Bank and Occupied East Jerusalem. The report was issued by the European Union office for the Palestinian Territories (the West Bank, […]

Featured

Is it Apartheid Yet? Israeli Supreme Court Allows stripping of Citizenship

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera reports that on Thursday, the Israeli Supreme Court issued a ruling permitting the state to strip citizenship from persons guilty of “undermining confidence in the state through actions such as terrorism, spying and treason.” The case came up of two Israelis of Palestinian extraction who were accused of […]