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Israel/ Palestine
As Gaza Faces Famine, Aid Agency UNRWA is Being Defunded on Dubious Grounds

As Gaza Faces Famine, Aid Agency UNRWA is Being Defunded on Dubious Grounds

Middle East Monitor

by Mariam Shah ( Middle East Monitor ) – Since 7 October 2023, the relentless Israeli aggression on Gaza has displaced more than 85 per cent of the enclave’s population, with over 27,000 Palestinians killed, mostly women and children. This displacement has plunged civilians into a dire situation with shortages of food, water and medicines, […]

Displaced and Refugees
Freezing Aid to Gaza: Israel's International War against the UN Relief and Works Agency

Freezing Aid to Gaza: Israel’s International War against the UN Relief and Works Agency

Middle East Monitor

by Dr Binoy Kampmark Imperilled, tormented Palestinians in Gaza had little time to celebrate the January 26 order of the International Court of Justice.  In a case brought by South Africa intended to facilitate a ceasefire and ease the suffering of the Gaza populace, Israel received the unwanted news that it had to, among other […]

Israel/ Palestine
Ilan Pappe’s book ‘Ten Myths About Israel’ challenges the Propaganda Campaign

Ilan Pappe’s book ‘Ten Myths About Israel’ challenges the Propaganda Campaign

Middle East Monitor

By Mohammed Salem ( Middle East Monitor There is an urgent need to counter the Israeli propaganda that is “repeated endlessly in the media, enforced by the military, accepted without question by the world’s governments.” Israeli historian Professor Ilan Pappe’s 2017 book Ten Myths About Israel (Verso) does the job admirably. The late John Pilger […]

Israel/ Palestine
Every Day, Gaza Children face Death from Israeli Bombardment, Denial of Safe Water and Food: UNICEF

Every Day, Gaza Children face Death from Israeli Bombardment, Denial of Safe Water and Food: UNICEF

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor) – After almost 100 days of violence, killing, bombardment and captivity for children in Gaza, their suffering continues, a UNICEF official said on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. “With every passing day, children and families in the Gaza Strip face increased risk of death from the sky, disease from lack of safe […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel in discussions with Congo to resettle Palestinians from Gaza, Recalling Nazi Madagascar Plan for Jews

Israel in discussions with Congo to resettle Palestinians from Gaza, Recalling Nazi Madagascar Plan for Jews

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – The Israeli government is increasingly adopting the “voluntary” resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza as official policy, with a high-ranking official disclosing that it has engaged in discussions with multiple countries regarding the potential for such moves. According to the Times of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition is discreetly […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel uses Starvation as a Weapon of War in Gaza

Israel uses Starvation as a Weapon of War in Gaza

Middle East Monitor

By Jehan Alfarra | – ( Middle East Monitor ) = “Bread in those days was like gold.” These were the words of a survivor of the siege of Leningrad, arguably one of the darkest chapters of World War II and a haunting reminder of the horrific toll exacted upon populations deliberately deprived of essential […]

Israel/ Palestine
3 More Months of Israel's Gaza Attack will push Deaths to 50K from Airstrikes, Hunger, Disease

3 More Months of Israel’s Gaza Attack will push Deaths to 50K from Airstrikes, Hunger, Disease

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted: “The war is exacting a very heavy price, but we have no choice but to continue fighting.” This woeful statement underscores Netanyahu’s blinkered determination to exact maximum carnage and an unwillingness to engage in diplomacy. Foremost, this war has forced the most exorbitant […]

Israel/ Palestine
No Difference between Netanyahu and Hitler says Erdogan, leader of NATO Member Turkey

No Difference between Netanyahu and Hitler says Erdogan, leader of NATO Member Turkey

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – There is “no difference” between what Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu is doing in the months-long attacks on Gaza and what Nazi leader Adolf Hitler did decades ago, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today. At a science awards ceremony in the capital Ankara, Erdogan said: “How do you [Netanyahu] […]

Israel/ Palestine
Who Killed the Two-State Solution?   Israel!

Who Killed the Two-State Solution? Israel!

Middle East Monitor

By Nasim Ahmed ( Middle East Monitor ) – “Why are you obsessed with a two-state solution?” said Tzipi Hotovely, the Israeli ambassador to the UK during a Sky interview this week, snapping at the journalist for pressing her on the international consensus for ending Israel’s decades-long illegal occupation. “Why are you so obsessed with […]

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