Middle East

In its ongoing battle against the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign Israel is pushing for European political parties to declare the movement “fundamentally anti-Semitic”. The latest drive saw Israel’s Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Ze’ev Elkin, attending a conference in Brussels backed by the Israeli government which proposed a text for prospective MEPs and […]

Qatar

Qatar a Beneficiary of Saudi Khashoggi Debacle

David Harding

Doha (AFP) – Global diplomatic fallout from the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia’s Istanbul consulate may help Qatar in its political stand-off with the kingdom, experts said. The backlash may force Riyadh to ease sweeping sanctions imposed on Doha since the dispute erupted between the former Gulf allies in June 2017. The […]

Iran

In Major defeat for Trump, Int’l Court of Justice Rules for Iran in Lifting Sanctions

TeleSur

(TeleSur) – Iran brought a complaint to the ICJ on grounds that U.S. President Donald Trump’s sanctions violated the 1955 Treaty of Amity signed between the two countries. On Wednesday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague issued a court ruling ordering the United States to remove sanctions imposed on Iran which affect […]

BDS

Avalanche of Criticism for U of Michigan for Fining Professor over Israel Boycott

TeleSur

Organizations across the United States expressed their solidarity with Cheney-Lippold who was punished for refusing to write a recommendation letter. The University of Michigan has faced an eruption of protests in recent days after reprimanding a professor, who refused to write a recommendation letter for a student wanting to study in Israel. The professor had […]

Israel

Israeli PM Netanyahu warns of Plot to Topple him, as Rivals charge Paranoia

AFP

Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Jewish state’s president and a former minister of conspiring to have him toppled, triggering charges of “paranoia” ahead of elections. “I know that a former Likud minister has been holding discussions with the coalition and concocted a subversive plot, with me winning a large […]

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia in “Crisis” following Khashoggi’s Killing, says Minister

Middle East Monitor

Saudi Arabia is in “crisis” over the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the country’s energy minister, Khalid Al-Falih, warned today. Speaking at the Riyadh-held Future Investment Initiative (FII) summit, Al-Falih said that Khashoggi’s killing was “regrettable and unjustifiable.” “We are going through a crisis,” the minister added. The three-day conference, which started today, was […]

Israel/ Palestine

Is Israel Targeting Palestinian Schools, UNRWA, to Cripple Nat’l Movement?

Ramzy Baroud

(Ma’an News Agency) – Several Palestinian students, along with teachers and officials, were wounded in the Israeli army attack on a school south of Nablus in the West Bank on October 15. The students of al-Sawiya al-Lubban Mixed School were challenging an Israeli military order to shut down their school based on the ever-versatile accusation […]

Saudi Arabia

Erdogan Intimates Saudi Crown Prince to Blame for Khashoggi Murder

AFP

By Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi with Gokan Gunes in Istanbul | – Ankara (AFP) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s key speech on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi shows that Turkey wants to shun confrontation with Saudi Arabia and work closely with King Salman while keeping up the pressure on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, analysts say. […]

Featured

Does Turkey Aim to unseat Saudi Crown Prince MBS via Khashoggi Affair?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – | – Turkish authorities are subjecting Saudi Arabia to a Chinese water torture, releasing a bit more of the fruits of their investigation into the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi everyday, seemingly timed to refute whatever lame excuses the Saudis had come up with that day. On Monday, Turkey […]