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Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
One Dead as Israeli Squatter Mob Shoots Palestinians in Occupied West Bank

One Dead as Israeli Squatter Mob Shoots Palestinians in Occupied West Bank

Middle East Monitor

Most countries view the settlements Israel has built there as illegal

Israel/ Palestine
Qatar Convinces Israel, Hamas to let it Aid 94,000 Poor Gaza Families

Qatar Convinces Israel, Hamas to let it Aid 94,000 Poor Gaza Families

Middle East Monitor

Palestinian factions in Gaza, including Hamas, which on Thursday refused to receive the Qatari funds under “humiliating” Israeli conditions, are keeping silent

Iraq
Party of Shiite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr tables Bill to expel US Troops from Iraq

Party of Shiite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr tables Bill to expel US Troops from Iraq

Middle East Monitor

If passed, the bill would require all foreign military deployments — including troops and advisers — to leave the country within one year

Climate Change
Climate Stress drove Wave of Arab Spring Refugees

Climate Stress drove Wave of Arab Spring Refugees

Middle East Monitor

Severe droughts made more likely by global warming worsened conflict in Arab Spring countries, forcing people to flee

Israel/ Palestine
Roseanne Barr calls Natalie Portman ‘Repulsive’ over Israeli Prize Refusal

Roseanne Barr calls Natalie Portman ‘Repulsive’ over Israeli Prize Refusal

Middle East Monitor

Portman has always been careful to note that her criticism is of the PM’s policies, not Israel itself.

BDS
War on BDS: How AIPAC-Israel Agenda became USG Priority

War on BDS: How AIPAC-Israel Agenda became USG Priority

Middle East Monitor

“Israel Anti-Boycott Act” is the most egregious of such interventions, for it strikes down the First Amendment

Kurds
Syria Kurds Reject proposed “safe zone” under Turkey Control

Syria Kurds Reject proposed “safe zone” under Turkey Control

Middle East Monitor

“Other options cannot be accepted because they infringe on the sovereignty of Syria.”

Far Right
Israel: Key Far-Right Faction to be Headed by even Farther-Right anti-Palestinian Ideologue

Israel: Key Far-Right Faction to be Headed by even Farther-Right anti-Palestinian Ideologue

Middle East Monitor

That night, scores of Israeli settler youth went to Route 60 to throw stones at passing Palestinian vehicles

Qatar
Ostracized by Neighbors, Qatar aims to Invest $45 bn in United States

Ostracized by Neighbors, Qatar aims to Invest $45 bn in United States

Middle East Monitor

The value of bilateral trade between Qatar and the US has doubled in 10 years

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