( Human Rights Watch ) – Nadim M., a pseudonym for a 60-year-old father of four, was forced to flee Tulkarem refugee camp in the West Bank of the Occupied Palestinian Territory in January 2025 when Israeli military forces raided the camp and stormed his home. He told Human Rights Watch that Israeli soldiers restrained […]
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Middle East
Why Israeli Soldiers and their Leaders are increasingly at Risk of Arrest Overseas
By Shannon Bosch, Edith Cowan University (The Conversation) – In late December 2008, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert authorised Operation Cast Lead in response to rocket attacks from Hamas-controlled territory in Gaza. The three-week military assault killed around 1,400 Palestinians, including more than 300 children. Thousands of homes were destroyed, and hospitals, UN shelters, power […]
Who is Ready to Die for Trump’s Gaza Plan? So Far, Nobody
( Code Pink ) – On November 17th, 2025, the UN Security Council passed a resolution to endorse President Trump’s plan for Gaza, including a transitional government headed by Trump himself and an International Stabilization Force (ISF) that is expected, among other tasks, to disarm Hamas, a task that Israel has failed to do through two years of […]
Protesting Canada’s Detention of Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk over Palestine Rights Advocacy
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association of North America | – Letter regarding the detention at the Canadian border of Emeritus Professor Richard Falk The Right Honourable Mark Carney Prime Minister of Canada pm@pm.gc.ca mark.carney@parl.gc.ca The Honourable Anita Anand Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita.Anand@parl.gc.ca . . . Mme. Erin O’Gorman President, Canada […]
Trump using Jews to Ban Free Speech: The Ultimate in Antisemitism
By Mattea Kramer ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Rooting out terrorism and antisemitism was the supposed reason that plainclothed ICE agents arrested doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk on a street in Somerville, Massachusetts, after she coauthored an op-ed calling on Tufts University to divest from companies with ties to Israel due to the killing and starvation of […]
Türkiye to host Climate Meet COP31: Can it Rise to Green Energy Leadership Challenge?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Türkiye has emerged as the host of COP31, after a vigorous contest with Australia. In a compromise, the representatives of the world’s nearly 200 countries will assemble in Türkiye for the conference, but Australia will lead the negotiations. COP refers to the Conference of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, initiated […]
Trump Shifts to Monarchy Promotion in Middle East
. By Edward Hunt ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The Trump administration is transforming U.S. policy toward the Middle East by promoting monarchy as the ideal form of government. While the president toys with the idea of turning the United States into a monarchy, presenting himself as the country’s king, his administration is […]
Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al-Jazeera reports on the visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to the White House. One US goal for the meeting was to induct Saudi Arabia into the Abraham Accords, which Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Kazakhstan have joined, recognizing Israel in return for US economic and […]
The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again
by Ranjan Solomon ( Middle East Monitor ) – The recent vote in the UN Security Council on Gaza – with Russia and China pointedly abstaining and the West once again attempting to choreograph the outcome – marked a moment that history may one day identify as a subtle but decisive shift. Not because […]
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