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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 […]

Arab Spring
Digital Media and Sudan's Revolution

Digital Media and Sudan’s Revolution

Middle East Monitor

By Shafie Khader Saeed | – Industrial revolutions are defined as new scientific and technological breakthroughs and innovative ways of seeing and dealing with the world around us. They lead to a profound change in the economic and social dimensions in favour of improving human life, in addition to developing philosophical concepts and generalisations. It […]

Afghanistan
Taliban in Power – One Year On

Taliban in Power – One Year On

Middle East Monitor

By Amina Khan | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – On 15 August 2021, the world looked on with trepidation as the situation in Afghanistan reached a critical juncture with the Afghan Taliban assuming power in the country. The takeover was swift, and relatively peaceful, with little resistance from the masses, followed by the […]

Israel/ Palestine
As Palestinians Unite Across borders, is the Israeli power to Deter Resistance Eroding?

As Palestinians Unite Across borders, is the Israeli power to Deter Resistance Eroding?

Middle East Monitor

By Hazem Ayyad | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Israeli Defence Minister, Benny Gantz, summed up the tense scene in Gaza and its environs by saying: Life will not be normal in the Gaza Strip as long as the life routine is not normal in the settlements around it. The settlers in this area […]

Dissent
Why the Storming of the Iraqi Parliament is no Moment of Liberation

Why the Storming of the Iraqi Parliament is no Moment of Liberation

Middle East Monitor

By Haifa Zangana | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Why does the occupation of the Iraqi Parliament building in the Green Zone in Baghdad, not arouse feelings of enthusiasm, as it did in the case of the protesters’ occupation of the presidential palace in Sri Lanka, enthusiasm towards which reached the Arab nations […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Visa refusal to Palestinian Harvard Fellow sparks calls for Boycott of Apartheid State

Israel’s Visa refusal to Palestinian Harvard Fellow sparks calls for Boycott of Apartheid State

Middle East Monitor

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel has refused to grant a visa permit to one of Gaza’s highly acclaimed poet and former Harvard fellow, Mosab Abu Toha. Author of one of the shortlisted books for this year’s Palestine Book Awards (PBA), Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: […]

Israel/ Palestine
New Documents: The Israeli Massacre of Palestinians at Kafr Qasem in 1956 was Part of an Ethnic Cleansing Campaign

New Documents: The Israeli Massacre of Palestinians at Kafr Qasem in 1956 was Part of an Ethnic Cleansing Campaign

Middle East Monitor

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – On Friday, archives of the Israeli forces released court documents related to the trial of Israeli soldiers who brutally massacred 49 Palestinians on 29 October, 1956. The massacre took place in the Palestinian town of Kafr Qasem. It was the first day of […]

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