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Israel/ Palestine
The human and material cost of Israel's Heavy Bombardment of Civilian Cities in  Gaza

The human and material cost of Israel’s Heavy Bombardment of Civilian Cities in Gaza

Middle East Monitor

By Ahmad Hwedi and Hani Aldrsani | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel’s brutal military offensive against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip was launched on 10 May and lasted eleven days and nights. It ended with a simultaneous ceasefire mediated with the resistance factions. The steadfastness of the resistance surprised the Israeli […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Pilot: Destroying Gaza Civilian Apt. Buildings "was a way to vent the army's frustration"

Israeli Pilot: Destroying Gaza Civilian Apt. Buildings “was a way to vent the army’s frustration”

Middle East Monitor

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor) – After 11 days of Israeli bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip, an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire came into effect on Friday. Throughout the deadly attack on Gaza, Israeli occupation warplanes hit nine high-rise buildings, claiming they were being used as “military infrastructure”. Among the buildings destroyed was […]

Israel/ Palestine
Why Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah is a microcosm of the Israeli Oppression of Palestinians

Why Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah is a microcosm of the Israeli Oppression of Palestinians

Middle East Monitor

By Jamal Kanj | | ( Middle East Monitor) – Palestinian diaspora narratives are broad. Sheikh Jarrah is the story of Palestinian families, in one East Jerusalem neighbourhood, under the Israeli occupation. In contrast, my diaspora journey traces a family of sheep herders and farmers in the Galilee pushed to a Northern Lebanese refugee camp […]

Israel/ Palestine
Did Gaza change the world's perspective on  Palestine-Israel?

Did Gaza change the world’s perspective on Palestine-Israel?

Middle East Monitor

By Mamoun Fandy | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – In what looks to be a brave new world, even as its features are taking shape, a group of people has been able to change Palestinian and Israeli communities, as well as the regional environment and global awareness. They are the social media activists […]

Israel/ Palestine
A Ceasefire is not Enough: The Struggle for our Rights in Palestine must Continue until the Occupation Ends

A Ceasefire is not Enough: The Struggle for our Rights in Palestine must Continue until the Occupation Ends

Middle East Monitor

By Eman Abusidu | – ( Middle East Monitor) – I am a Palestinian. I know about pain. I have felt it, seen it and lived through it many times. Ever since I was born, the Gaza Strip has faced brutal Israeli military offensives and incursions. Scenes of death and destruction are the backdrop to […]

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: The Trauma of the Present and reliving the Trauma of the Past: Life Lacking a sense of Safety

Gaza: The Trauma of the Present and reliving the Trauma of the Past: Life Lacking a sense of Safety

Middle East Monitor

By Yasser Abu Jamei MD | – ( Middle East Monitor) – After [the weekend’s] … bombing raids in the heart of Gaza City, Gazans are once again struggling with traumatic memories. The atrocities that are happening now bring memories. Israeli planes have shattered our families so many terrifying and memorable times for decades. For […]

Israel/ Palestine
Letter from a Father in Gaza: Our Six-Year-Old can't block out the Sounds of Israel's Bombardment

Letter from a Father in Gaza: Our Six-Year-Old can’t block out the Sounds of Israel’s Bombardment

Middle East Monitor

By Yasser Abu Jamei, MD | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – I am writing this letter looking at my terrified 6-year-old son, who keeps putting his hands over his ears trying block the sounds of Israel’s bombardment, my two daughters, aged 13 and 10 and my wife. These faces show the anxiety of […]

Israel/ Palestine
Did Israel Exacerbate the situation in Gaza to shift attention from its Sheikh Jarrah evictions?

Did Israel Exacerbate the situation in Gaza to shift attention from its Sheikh Jarrah evictions?

Middle East Monitor

By Yousef A-Helou | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – It seems it is the fate of Palestinians to face the worst of apartheid policies under Israel’s military occupation. Denial of rights, dispossessions, expulsions, evictions, ID confiscations, house demolitions, land grabs, airstrikes, tank shelling, targeted assassinations, warships, refugees, military occupation. These are terms among […]

Israel/ Palestine
Why Palestinians Protest their Eviction by Israel: The untold story of Sheikh Jarrah

Why Palestinians Protest their Eviction by Israel: The untold story of Sheikh Jarrah

Middle East Monitor

There are two separate Sheikh Jarrah stories. One is read about and watched on the news, the other receives little media coverage or due analysis. The obvious story is that of the nightly raids and violence meted out by Israeli police and Jewish extremists against Palestinians in the devastated East Jerusalem neighbourhood. For weeks, thousands […]

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