By Iqbal Jassat | @ijassat | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Shortly after her visit to South Africa earlier this month, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government made a shocking announcement in defence of Israel’s horrendous record of serious human rights violations. Germany took the shameful step of undermining international law by contesting The Hague’s […]
Sudan’s People Power Movement Forced the Military to Share Power, but is the Deal Falling Apart?
Khalil Charles | @khalilcharles | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The gap between the military and civilian government in Sudan appears to be widening. The rift is threatening the political stability of the country and the power-sharing agreement. In less than ten days, three major disagreements have rocked the transitional government pitting the civilian […]
Naming companies profiting from Israel’s occupation boosts Palestinians in this asymmetric struggle
By Yousef Alhelou | – (Middle East Monitor) – An overdue report has finally been published by the UN Human Rights office which lists 112 companies benefiting from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Almost 100 of the companies are based in Israel, while the rest are from 18 other […]
Israel’s Major US Lobby went after the Democratic Party and it didn’t Go Well
By Nasim Ahmed | @Nasimbythedocks | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The latest clash in the American civil war over Israel, which pits liberal progressives against right-wing reactionary nationalists, ended with an apology at the weekend by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Better known as AIPAC, the anti-Palestinian group issued a full […]
Humanitarian Catastrophe as Syrian Army Advances on Idlib, 750K Displaced since Fall
By Elif Selin Calik | @CalikSelin | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Last December, Robert Malley, president and CEO of the International Crisis Group, penned an article for the Foreign Affairs magazine, addressing the topic: “The Unwanted Wars: Why the Middle East Is More Combustible Than Ever.” Today, at the peak of the […]
Palestinian-Israelis, 20% of Israel, are next Victims of Kushner Apartheid
By Adnan Abu Amer | @adnanabuamer1 | – (Middle East Monitor)- Israelis of all political persuasions welcomed the Trump “peace plan”, but the Palestinian citizens of the self-styled Jewish state are angry because the deal refers to land and population swaps between Israel and Palestinian Authority territory. This confirms that Israel wants to displace them, […]
Trump didn’t Consult Us Palestinians about his Plan, but here’s What one Palestinian Thinks of it
By Motasem A Dalloul | @abujomaaGaza | – Israeli President Donald Trump has revealed his long-awaited peace plan aiming, as he claims, to bring a “precise technical solutions” for the Palestinians and the Israeli and make the region “safer” and “much more prosperous.” He described his deal as a “win-win opportunity” for Israel and the […]
Israel’s fear of prosecution strengthens Palestine narratives
By Ramona Wadi | – (Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli media has reported that the International Criminal Court (ICC) could issue secret arrest warrants for Israeli officials involved in war crimes against the Palestinian people. According to a senior Israeli official who spoke to Israel Hayom, “The very fact that an ICC investigation will […]
Palestine isn’t only Under Israeli Military Occupation– Its History and Culture are Colonized, Too
By Asaad Abdel Rahman | – (Middle East Monitor ) – Although the Palestinian-Israeli conflict takes place within a relatively small geographic region, it receives great political and media attention, due to the involvement of many international parties and even major countries in the conflict. This is a result of sensitivity in the Arab world […]
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