Middle East

“In order to help make the two-state settlement a reality, we will recognize a Palestinian state as soon as we take office,” Corbyn said. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn received a long standing ovation Wednesday after pledging to officially recognize a Palestinian state once he takes office as prime minister. “In order to help make the […]

Syria

Syria: Israel should ‘Think Twice’ about Bombing after Russian S-300 Air Defence Installed

AFP

Damascus (AFP) – A top Syrian official has said a new air defence system from ally Russia will force Israel to “think carefully” before carrying out any more air strikes in the country. Moscow announced on Monday it would deliver the advanced S-300 air defence system, a week after the Syrian military downed a Russian […]

Israel/ Palestine

World Bank warns Israeli Blockade has put Gaza’s Economy in ‘Free Fall’

AFP

Jerusalem (AFP) – The World Bank warned Tuesday that the Gaza Strip’s economy is in “free fall” as cuts to aid and salaries add to an already crippling Israeli blockade on the Hamas-run enclave. The bank’s report will be presented to the international donor group for Palestinians, known as the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, at […]

International Criminal Court

Bolton Attacked the Int’l Criminal Court for Fear Palestinians will Get Justice

The Conversation

By Philip Leech-Ngo | – U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton is at it again. He recently issued a blistering rebuke of the International Criminal Court (ICC): “We will let the ICC die on its own. After all, for all intents and purposes, the ICC is already dead to us.” Is this another example of […]

Featured

US Isolated: Europe’s Big 3, plus China & Russia Outmaneuver Trump to keep Iran Deal at UN

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Frederica Mogherini, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, chaired a special session of foreign ministers on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly meeting aimed at outmaneuvering Donald Trump on the Iran Deal. The meeting was attended by the European Union “Big Three,” i.e. Britain, […]

Israel

Russia’s Relationship with Israel hits Rock Bottom as it gives Syria S-300 Air Defence System

Antoinette Chalaby-Moualla

By Antoinette Chalaby-Moualla | – Paris (AFP) – From a honeymoon in the years after Israel’s founding, to strained ties after the mistaken downing of a Russian plane in Syria, relations between Israel and Russia have gone through several periods of tensions. These have mainly revolved around disagreements on Middle Eastern issues. – One of […]

Israel/ Palestine

Palestinian Schools & Clinics at Risk if Trump Cuts not Made Up: UNRWA

Middle East Monitor

A UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees said schools and health centres are at risk if it is unable to plug a $185 million funding gap needed to keep operating until the end of the year, the agency’s head said on Monday, Reuters reports. “Currently we have money in the bank … will last I […]

Israel/ Palestine

“No one will leave:” Palestinian Bedouin reject Israeli Ultimatum to Abandon their Town in Palestine

Maan News Agency

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli Civil Administration ordered on Sunday the Bedouin residents of Khan al-Ahmar village, east of Jerusalem, to demolish their homes and to evacuate the area before the start of October. According to local sources, staff members of the Israeli Civil Administration under the protection of Israeli forces stormed Khan al-Ahmar and […]

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Iran: Khamenei Blames Saudi Arabia, Trump’s US for bloody Terror attack on Ahvaz

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – An attack on a military parade in the city of Ahvaz in Iranian Khuzestan has left over 2 dozen dead and dozens wounded. The attackers wore military uniforms. All four were killed at the scene (one of the downsides of assaulting a military parade is that there are lots of […]