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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatters Build new Outposts in Palestinian West Bank amid Rising Violence

Israeli Squatters Build new Outposts in Palestinian West Bank amid Rising Violence

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel’s National Security Minister, on Friday, urged tougher military action against Palestinian resistance fighters in the Occupied West Bank and urged Israeli settlers to expand their presence there, despite surging violence and international calls for a halt to new construction, Reuters reports. Itamar Ben-Gvir, a far-right member of Prime […]

Israel/ Palestine
World’s Condemnation of Israeli Squatter Attacks on Palestinians is a Cover for Doing Nothing

World’s Condemnation of Israeli Squatter Attacks on Palestinians is a Cover for Doing Nothing

Middle East Monitor

  by Motasem A Dalloul abujomaaGaza ( Middle East Monitor) – Dangerous mobs of extremist Jewish settlers have been rampaging through towns and villages in the occupied West Bank attacking Palestinians and their homes, shops, farms and vehicles, including ambulances. Cars with Palestinian number plates have had stones thrown at them by settlers on road […]

European Union
Europe Ignoring  Israeli War Crimes under Guise of Combating anti-Semitism, New report Finds

Europe Ignoring Israeli War Crimes under Guise of Combating anti-Semitism, New report Finds

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – The chilling repercussions of the highly controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism have been revealed in a recent report by the European Legal Support Centre (ELSC). Titled “Suppressing Palestinian Rights Advocacy through the IHRA Working Definition of Anti-Semitism”, the report by the independent Dutch-based organisation uncovered […]

Israel/ Palestine
Official Report: Palestinian-Israelis Pay higher Interest Rates on Loans in Israel than Jews

Official Report: Palestinian-Israelis Pay higher Interest Rates on Loans in Israel than Jews

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – Arab citizens in Israel pay higher interest rates on bank loans than Jews, Israel’s Hebrew newspaper Maariv reported on Friday citing an official report. The report, which was conducted on banking in the Arab sector in Israel, found that there is less competition in offering services to Arabs compared […]

Israel/ Palestine
The UN’s World Food Program is Stopping Aid to 200,000 Palestinian Refugees from Israel in Besieged Gaza Strip

The UN’s World Food Program is Stopping Aid to 200,000 Palestinian Refugees from Israel in Besieged Gaza Strip

Middle East Monitor

Wafa Aludaini wafa_Gaza     ( Middle East Monitor) – Dozens of Palestinian children rallied on Tuesday morning in front of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) headquarters in Gaza City to protest against the halt and suspension of the World Food Program (WFP) in the besieged Gaza Strip. The protesters called on the head of the […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatters attacking Palestinian town Burqa for Second Time caught on CCTV Cameras

Israeli Squatters attacking Palestinian town Burqa for Second Time caught on CCTV Cameras

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – CCTV cameras from a Palestinian home captured the start of an attack by Israeli settlers which damaged property and left some requiring medical treatment in a village near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. It’s the second such attack on Burqa village in as many weeks, Israelis from the […]

Israel/ Palestine
A man without a Strategy: How Netanyahu is provoking Armed Intifada in the West Bank

A man without a Strategy: How Netanyahu is provoking Armed Intifada in the West Bank

Middle East Monitor

Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud   After signing a military decree on 18 May, allowing illegal Israeli Jewish settlers to reclaim the abandoned Homesh settlement located in the northern Occupied West Bank, the Israeli government has informed the US Biden Administration that it will not turn the area into a new settlement. The latter revelation was […]

Israel/ Palestine
Biden Administration to Combat Antisemitism, but won't Shield Israel from Criticism

Biden Administration to Combat Antisemitism, but won’t Shield Israel from Criticism

Middle East Monitor

Nasim Ahmed Nasimbythedocks   ( Middle East Monitor) – Supporters of Israel advocating for the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism have suffered a major blow in their ongoing effort to shield the apartheid state from criticism, following the release of a strategy document by the White House detailing its plan to […]

Israel/ Palestine
New Bill of Israel's Extremist Gov't Expels, bars from Universities Palestinian-Israeli Students who Raise Palestine Flag

New Bill of Israel’s Extremist Gov’t Expels, bars from Universities Palestinian-Israeli Students who Raise Palestine Flag

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – The extremist Israeli government is preparing a law to dismiss Israeli Arab students who raise the Palestine flag or express their support for Palestinian resistance inside universities, Israel Hayom revealed on Thursday. An extremist Israeli Mk from the far-right Otzma Yehudit Party is preparing the law, the Israeli newspaper […]

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