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Israel/ Palestine
UN Expert accuses Israel of sexually abusing Palestinian Prisoners

UN Expert accuses Israel of sexually abusing Palestinian Prisoners

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel has turned Palestine into an “open-air prison” where Palestinians, including tens of thousands of children, are “constantly confined, surveilled and disciplined,” according to Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories. She told the United Nations Human Rights Council yesterday, that […]

China
China as a Mediator in Israel-Palestine

China as a Mediator in Israel-Palestine

Middle East Monitor

Nor Aishah Hanifa ( Middle East Monitor ) – China’s rise in the 20th century and its advancement in the 21st create what is called a realist security dilemma, and a power struggle in international relations, especially with the baton holder of superpower status, the United States. China’s steady growth as an economic powerhouse and […]

Israel/ Palestine
The Israeli Far Right's Alliance with PM Netanyahu is Leading the Mideast into Madness

The Israeli Far Right’s Alliance with PM Netanyahu is Leading the Mideast into Madness

Middle East Monitor

Amr Hamzawy     ( Middle East Monitor ) – Once again, the extreme religious right in Israel demonstrates its never-ending racism, violence and inhumanity towards the Palestinian people. Once again, the current Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu demonstrates that it is the direct political expression of the madness of religious extremism, which considers […]

Colonialism
Fascist Italy's forgotten Concentration Camps in Libya

Fascist Italy’s forgotten Concentration Camps in Libya

Middle East Monitor

Mustafa Fetouri MFetouri   ( Middle East Monitor ) – On 30 August 2008, Italy and Libya signed their Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership, ending their awkward past of feuding and diplomatic tensions over Italy’s colonisation of Libya from 1911 to 1943. Libya was seeking compensation, recognition of suffering of its people and, above […]

Islam
Eid Al-Adha: What is the Muslim ‘Feast of Sacrifice’?

Eid Al-Adha: What is the Muslim ‘Feast of Sacrifice’?

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – Eid Al-Adha, or the “Feast of Sacrifice”, is right around the corner and Muslims around the globe are preparing for one of Islam’s most significant festivals, Anadolu Agency reports. It is the second major festival for Muslims after Eid Al-Fitr, which is celebrated at the end of Ramadan, the […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Approves thousands of illegal Building Permits in Palestinian West Bank

Israel Approves thousands of illegal Building Permits in Palestinian West Bank

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel’s nationalist-religious government approved the construction of 5,700 additional illegal housing units for Jewish settlers in the Occupied West Bank on Monday, despite US pressure to halt settlement expansion that Washington sees as an obstacle to peace with Palestinians, Reuters reports. The plans for approval of the housing units in various areas of […]

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 […]

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