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Artificial Intelligence
Israel’s AI-Powered Genocide

Israel’s AI-Powered Genocide

Middle East Monitor

by Sarmad Ishfaq We are witnessing the genocide of the Palestinians based on algorithms and machine learning; a system of apartheid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip reinforced by artificial intelligence; and surveillance and facial recognition systems of such prowess that Orwell’s 1984 regime would be green with envy. Today’s Israeli-occupied Palestine manifests […]

Israel/ Palestine
A Bloody Ratio: Israel's Tent Camp Massacre shows futility of its Rafah Campaign

A Bloody Ratio: Israel’s Tent Camp Massacre shows futility of its Rafah Campaign

Middle East Monitor

by Binoy Kampmark It was much like witnessing a boy killing flies, with a slight afterthought of apology. The spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, did little to acquit himself, or the cause, as to why more Palestinian civilians had been indulgently killed in yet another Israeli airstrike. “Despite our […]

Children
Innocence is under Siege, with a psychological Toll on Gaza's Children

Innocence is under Siege, with a psychological Toll on Gaza’s Children

Middle East Monitor

By Aijaz Ahmad Mir | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The ongoing conflict in occupied Palestine has had a major effect on the mental well-being of Palestinian children. The trauma of living in a war-ravaged region, enduring displacement and witnessing extreme violence can result in a variety of mental health concerns, such as […]

European Union
How Israel's Shift to the Ultra-Far Right is Leading European Nations to Recognize Palestine

How Israel’s Shift to the Ultra-Far Right is Leading European Nations to Recognize Palestine

Middle East Monitor

by Muhammed Enes Calli ( The Middle East Monitor ) – The recent move by some European nations to recognise the state of Palestine will have wider repercussions for Israel and the far-right elements within its government and society, according to experts. Ireland, Spain and Norway plan to formally recognise Palestine next week, and more […]

Human Rights
Amal Clooney backs ICC call for Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu

Amal Clooney backs ICC call for Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – Amal Clooney, wife of Hollywood actor George Clooney, and renowned human rights lawyer provided an “expert report” supporting the ICC’s arrest warrant application for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and three senior Hamas officials, she said in a statement. Published on the Clooney Foundation […]

Colonialism
How Israel is Carving up and Reoccupying Gaza

How Israel is Carving up and Reoccupying Gaza

Middle East Monitor

By Rabia Ali | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – As Israel shows no signs of stopping its devastating assault on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the question now is what it plans to do with the besieged enclave. The growing fear among Palestinians is that after inflicting all this death and destruction […]

Displaced and Refugees
How the US continues to provide Cover for Israel's Genocide in Gaza

How the US continues to provide Cover for Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains set in his plans to invade Rafah, with or without US assistance. Responding to US President Joe Biden’s warning earlier this week that arms supplies will be limited if Israel invades Rafah, Netanyahu responded, “If we must, we shall fight with our fingernails.” […]

Genocide
The World concludes that Israeli Lies Smeared the Main Aid Agency helping Starving Palestinians as “Terrorists”

The World concludes that Israeli Lies Smeared the Main Aid Agency helping Starving Palestinians as “Terrorists”

Middle East Monitor

By Binoy Kampmark ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Israeli authorities, in their campaign of remorseless killing, doctoring and adjusting the numbers of the Palestinian populace for whatever future awaits, have been found wanting on accusations that Hamas terrorists packed, stacked and filled UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees […]

censorship
The Irony: Israel's Supporters use "anti-Woke" Playbook to censor Palestinian Voices

The Irony: Israel’s Supporters use “anti-Woke” Playbook to censor Palestinian Voices

Middle East Monitor

By Nasim Ahmed | – In recent years, a new line of attack has emerged from many pro-Israel groups, conservative commentators, politicians and activists – the idea that “wokeness” and oversensitivity to giving offence are threatening free speech. According to this argument, left-leaning activists and their allies are trying to shut down any speech they […]

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