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Iran
What Really Drives Israeli Politicians' Posturing over Revival of Iran Nuclear Deal?

What Really Drives Israeli Politicians’ Posturing over Revival of Iran Nuclear Deal?

Middle East Monitor

By Motasem A. Dalloul | – Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited himself for a security meeting with Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid last month to discuss Iran’s nuclear programme. Afterwards, he said that Lapid and Defence Minister Benny Gantz did not live up to their responsibilities for preventing a new nuclear deal […]

Israel/ Palestine
On the 29th Anniversary of the Oslo Peace Accords, it is clear that Israel used them to Disadvantage the Palestinians

On the 29th Anniversary of the Oslo Peace Accords, it is clear that Israel used them to Disadvantage the Palestinians

Middle East Monitor

By Adnan Abu Amer | – ( Middle East Monitor) – On 13 September, 1993, Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation signed the Oslo Accords, which set a historical precedent in Palestinian recognition of the occupation state, giving it a measure of legitimacy in a concession that Israelis had never imagined could happen. Not in […]

Israel/ Palestine
How many times must Gaza be rebuilt, to be bombed again?

How many times must Gaza be rebuilt, to be bombed again?

Middle East Monitor

By Anjuman Rahman | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel is infamous for bombing innocents in the Gaza Strip. During Israel’s latest three-day military offensive against the besieged enclave on 5 August, 49 people, including 17 children and four women were killed. Israeli air and artillery strikes also struck various targets across Gaza […]

Iran
Did the U.S. Permanently Destabilize Iraq? Will There be an Intra-Shia Civil War?

Did the U.S. Permanently Destabilize Iraq? Will There be an Intra-Shia Civil War?

Middle East Monitor

By Raed Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – There is usually a lot of competition between near-equal armed groups in Iraq. Resisting the 2003 US-led invasion provided a good opportunity for emerging groups from Sunni and Shia communities across the country to do just that. Such groups became the main protagonists in […]

Saudi Arabia
Djinns and Glass Palaces: Is New Saudi Desert City Utopia or Horror Story?

Djinns and Glass Palaces: Is New Saudi Desert City Utopia or Horror Story?

Middle East Monitor

By Omar Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Saudi Arabia’s The Line has been lauded as the world’s most futuristic city plan, and for good reason. The vertical, walled smart city will run entirely on renewable energy and aims to revolutionise urban planning, putting humans first. Catering for some nine million residents, the […]

Arab World
Does Mideast Panopticon -- Urban Surveillance and Digital Identities -- foretell our Dystopian Future?

Does Mideast Panopticon — Urban Surveillance and Digital Identities — foretell our Dystopian Future?

Middle East Monitor

By Muhammad Hussein | – ( Middle East Monitor) – It has forever been the dream of almost every state, intelligence agency, empire and totalitarian regime to oversee the doings of all of their subjects, to detect any hint of dissent, to control their movements, to influence their thinking and even to peer into their […]

Iran
Israel is worried about a possible Clash with Washington over the Iran Nuclear Deal

Israel is worried about a possible Clash with Washington over the Iran Nuclear Deal

Middle East Monitor

By Adnan Abu Amer | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – As the countdown begins for the signing of a nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers, a number of disputes have surfaced between Israel and the US about the deal. There is also criticism within Israel of the government’s political and military approach […]

Israel/ Palestine
6-year-old Palestinian dies after Israel denies him Access to Treatment outside Gaza

6-year-old Palestinian dies after Israel denies him Access to Treatment outside Gaza

Middle East Monitor

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – A press release issued by Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights condemned the discriminatory restriction on movement and the arbitrary permit system imposed by the Israeli occupation on Palestinian patients obstructing their access to hospitals outside Gaza. We tried all possible ways to treat him, […]

Bill of Rights
The Real Cancel Culture:  Anti-Palestinianism and the Crisis of American Free Speech

The Real Cancel Culture: Anti-Palestinianism and the Crisis of American Free Speech

Middle East Monitor

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The firing of Palestinian American woman, Natalie Abulhawa, has sparked a debate over free-speech, “cancel-culture” and the ever-growing crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism. The 25-year-old athletic trainer was fired by a private girls school in Bryn Mawr over years-old social media posts criticising Israel. In […]

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