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Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Israel: On the Road to International Isolation with the Rise of domestic Fascist Parties

Israel: On the Road to International Isolation with the Rise of domestic Fascist Parties

Middle East Monitor

Adnan Abu Amer | – As Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the Likud party that won the Israeli elections, rushes to form his new government, unprecedented international and US warnings have been made calling for right-wing Knesset members not to participate. These include Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich of the Religious Zionist party, as their participation […]

Israel/ Palestine
After another Israeli Election, must the Palestinians Prepare for a new Mass Expulsion?

After another Israeli Election, must the Palestinians Prepare for a new Mass Expulsion?

Middle East Monitor

By Motasem A Dalloul | – With what looks like a resounding election victory, Benjamin Netanyahu seems certain to return as prime minister of Israel, a post he has already held for twelve years. This time, though, his cabinet will not include left or centrist parties; it will be filled with far right religious fanatics. […]

Authoritarianism
'Bloody Friday' highlights the Plight of the Baloch in Iran

‘Bloody Friday’ highlights the Plight of the Baloch in Iran

Middle East Monitor

By Samand Muhammad-Shahi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – A month after a brutal massacre, protests continue in Iran’s restive region of Balochistan, home to the Baloch-Sunni ethno-religious minority. Six more people, including three children, were reported to have been killed on Friday as Iranian security forces opened fire on the demonstrators in […]

Israel
Why Israel Defies the United States, Stays on the Good Side of Russia's Putin in Refusing Aid to Ukraine

Why Israel Defies the United States, Stays on the Good Side of Russia’s Putin in Refusing Aid to Ukraine

Middle East Monitor

By Adnan Abu Amer | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Ukrainian war continues to have negative effects on Russian-Israeli relations where, recently, there was a warning by former Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, to Israel that if it offered military assistance to Ukraine, it would seriously harm relations with Moscow. This warning came […]

Israel/ Palestine
The World's Last Colony, Palestinian Gaza, has no Say as Israel May Usurp Natural Gas Resources off its Coast

The World’s Last Colony, Palestinian Gaza, has no Say as Israel May Usurp Natural Gas Resources off its Coast

Middle East Monitor

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Since the beginning of October, news reports have mentioned a tripartite agreement between Egypt, the Palestinian Authority and Israel to develop a natural gas field off the shores of the besieged Gaza Strip. As recently as Monday, Wafa news agency reported Palestine Authority Prime […]

Natural Gas
Has Putin bought Ankara's Neutrality in Ukraine War with a Pledge to Make Turkiye a Gas Hub for Europe?

Has Putin bought Ankara’s Neutrality in Ukraine War with a Pledge to Make Turkiye a Gas Hub for Europe?

Middle East Monitor

By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – To produce energy takes ages, but setting up new diplomatic ties, changes day by day. Even 24 hours are too many to follow all these changes in the 21st Century’s energy wars. Literally, we have seen this in 2020 during the energy price […]

Israel/ Palestine
The West is Complaining about an Energy Crisis, but de facto Supports Energy Shortages as Policy for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

The West is Complaining about an Energy Crisis, but de facto Supports Energy Shortages as Policy for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

Middle East Monitor

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Russia’s war in Ukraine is about to enter its ninth month. While the Ukrainians have been suffering the more obvious effects of the war, Europe has been facing a crippling energy crisis due to Russia’s suspension of natural gas supplies. Europe has depended […]

Feminism
Marriage laws in Mideast put Women at increased risk of Child Marriage and Domestic Violence

Marriage laws in Mideast put Women at increased risk of Child Marriage and Domestic Violence

Middle East Monitor

By Amelia Smith | – ( Middle East Monitor) – A new policy briefing by the NGO, Equality Now, on how marriage laws in the MENA region and around the world discriminate against women and girls reveals how failure to reform means they are at increased risk of human rights violations, such as child marriage […]

Israel/ Palestine
Catastrophe: Historians reveal Israel's use of Poisoning, Typhoid against Palestinians in 1948

Catastrophe: Historians reveal Israel’s use of Poisoning, Typhoid against Palestinians in 1948

Middle East Monitor

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The details of Israel’s secret use of biological weapons and poison against Palestinians during the 1947/48 ethnic cleansing campaign has been revealed in a recent article by historians Benny Morris and Benjamin Kedar. The 84-year-old Kedar is professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of […]

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