Middle East

(Informed Comment) – In response to the furor that arose this fall over the disciplining of Professor John Cheney-Lippold for declining to write a letter of recommendation for a student to do summer study at Tel Aviv University, the administration of the university has appointed a faculty commission (which is light on humanists) to consider […]

Israel/ Palestine

Israeli Army Snipers Wound another 33 Palestinians on Friday March of Return

Maan News Agency

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Thirty-three Palestinians were injured during the 37th Friday of “The Great March of Return” along the eastern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip. A Ma’an reporter said large crowds of Palestinians gathered by the return camps near the eastern Gaza border, in order to participate in the weekly protests to break […]

Israel/ Palestine

Israeli Gov’t Strong-arms Germany to Boycott Israeli Orgs Calling for Palestinian Rights

Middle East Monitor

London (Middle East Monitor) – Assault on free speech has been a common feature of Israeli governments. This week another example of its efforts to silence critical voices was revealed by the +972 magazine, which reported details of a campaign by the right-wing Netanyahu government to de-fund independent publications and human rights organisations. In an […]

Egypt

Sean Penn Smeared in Arabic Press as “Muslim Brotherhood” for Khashoggi Documentary

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The October 2 murder of dissident Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi is still shrouded in some mystery despite extensive leaks by Turkish intelligence and the CIA/ NSA. The Arabic press is reporting that actor Sean Penn has shown up outside the consulate where Khashoggi was murdered with […]

Israel/ Palestine

Tourism to Palestine Spikes to 2.8 mn despite Israeli Sabotage Attempts

Maan News Agency

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The number of tourists and pilgrims who will visit Palestine by the end of 2018 will exceed the 2.8 million mark, according to the Palestinian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Rola Maayaa. Maayaa told the Palestinian Authority (PA)-owned news agency, Wafa, in an interview, “There is a significant increase in the number […]

Israel/ Palestine

In Both Irelands, Movement to Stand against Settler Occupation of West Bank

Mohammed Samaana

Israel diplomatic efforts in both the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland, UK, have failed to halt the momentum of Irish solidarity with the Palestinian people. Visits by members of the Israeli Likud Party to meet politicians in Belfast are increasing. The Israeli ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev, was in Belfast as well […]

Featured

“A Smoking Saw”: Bin Salman Loses Support of Key GOP Senators with CIA Briefing

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Among the things Saudi Arabia wants from the United States is support for its war on Yemen and permission to buy from US arms corporations state-of-the-art military weaponry. Both things are now in peril, as key Republican senators reacted to a secret briefing by Gina Haspel, director of the Central […]

Israel

Israel: Thousands of Women Protest State Inaction over Femicide

TeleSur

Concerts and performance art filled the region as women protested the state’s inaction in the face of injustice. Some 20,000 women are banding together to denounce the state’s deadly negligence which is victimizing women across Israel in a nationwide march Tuesday. Black coffins, puddles of red paint, roadblocks, and “die-ins” were erected throughout the Tel […]

Israel/ Palestine

Israel Violence spikes as it Kills 24, injures 232 Palestinians in November

Maan News Agency

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A total of 24 Palestinians have died and 232 others were injured in the month of November from Israeli army-related attacks, according to a report, on Monday.The International Relations Department in the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) reported that 21 Palestinians have died in the besieged Gaza Strip and three in the occupied […]