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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Extremists' 'Flag March' Reveals the Occupation's Dilemma in Palestinian East Jerusalem

Israeli Extremists’ ‘Flag March’ Reveals the Occupation’s Dilemma in Palestinian East Jerusalem

Middle East Monitor

Hossam Shaker     ( Middle East Monitor ) – The fragility of a position is sometimes exposed when there is an exaggeration of self-confidence and an attempt to demonstrate control over the situation. This is the impression given by the march of Israeli settlers and extremists, who paraded through the Old City of Jerusalem […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Military Apologizes for Killing US Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a Year after the Shooting

Israeli Military Apologizes for Killing US Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a Year after the Shooting

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel’s military has apologised for its killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, after a year of denial of its responsibility for the shooting. Shireen Abu Akleh, the correspondent who covered the West Bank for Al Jazeera for two decades, was shot in the back of the head […]

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza and the Illegal Israeli use of Sanctions as a Tool for Collective Punishment

Gaza and the Illegal Israeli use of Sanctions as a Tool for Collective Punishment

Middle East Monitor

Dr Mustafa Fetouri MFetouri     International humanitarian law derived from the Geneva Convention of 1949 and the 1977 Protocols, states clearly that no person should be punished for any actions he did not commit. This principle applies to all individuals, including prisoners of war, ethnic groups and the wider civilian population. It is supposed […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel recklessly kills 13 Palestinian civilians in Gaza Air Strikes

Israel recklessly kills 13 Palestinian civilians in Gaza Air Strikes

Middle East Monitor

      ( Middle East Monitor) – Israel has killed at least 13 Palestinians in its latest air strikes against the besieged Gaza Strip, including civilians, four women and four children, local medical sources have confirmed. The air strikes were carried out simultaneously in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and the centre of […]

Climate Crisis
Energy Projects play a significant Impact in Turkiye's presidential Elections

Energy Projects play a significant Impact in Turkiye’s presidential Elections

Middle East Monitor

Dr Umud Shokri ushukrik   ( Middle East Monitor ) – As Turkiye’s economy continues to grow at a rapid pace, its energy demand is also increasing, leading to a growing concern over the country’s dependence on energy imports, which is seen as a threat to its national security. In 2022, Turkiye’s energy import expenses […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Occupation seizes 70 Palestinian Homes in Hebron, will Turn them over to Israeli Squatters

Israeli Occupation seizes 70 Palestinian Homes in Hebron, will Turn them over to Israeli Squatters

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli occupation authorities have started plans to confiscate 70 Palestinian homes in the Old City of the southern occupied West Bank governorate of Hebron. Director of the Hebron Construction Committee Imad Hamdan said the Israeli occupation plans to hand over the Palestinian homes to Israeli settlers. Hamdan added: “The […]

Arab Spring
The ‘I am Sudan’ Motto and the elusive Transition to Democracy

The ‘I am Sudan’ Motto and the elusive Transition to Democracy

Middle East Monitor

Dr Mustafa Fetouri MFetouri ( Middle East Monitor ) – On a banner displayed on one of the Sudanese Armed Forces’ Khartoum buildings, a phrase inscribe in red colour, reads “I am Sudan”, summing up the whole recent history of the country and explains much of the current bloody power struggle. This short sentence says […]

Arab Americans
Art Exhibit in New York Celebrates Arab American Identities: Highlighting Creativity Subverts US narratives around Arab Identity

Art Exhibit in New York Celebrates Arab American Identities: Highlighting Creativity Subverts US narratives around Arab Identity

Middle East Monitor

Works by Zeinab Saab as part of A thought is a memory, curated by Noel Maghathe. Presented by CUE Art Foundation, 2023 [Photo by Filip Wolak] By Naima Morelli naimamorelli   A collective show at CUE Art Foundation in New York reflects on the hybrid identities of Arab Americans. Called “A thought is a memory”, […]

Government surveillance
Former US Nat’l Security Agency Chief took $700K Contract from Saudi Arabia, After Khashoggi Assassination

Former US Nat’l Security Agency Chief took $700K Contract from Saudi Arabia, After Khashoggi Assassination

Middle East Monitor

The former head of the United States’ National Security Agency (SNA) is revealed to have received at least $700,000 from consultancy contracts with Saudi Arabia, taking place even after the killing of journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. According to the Washington Post, which cited newly-released documents that it obtained as part of a Freedom of Information Act […]

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