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Israel/ Palestine
3 Million Israeli-Occupied Palestinians Caught in Maze of Military Checkpoints & Squatter Attacks

3 Million Israeli-Occupied Palestinians Caught in Maze of Military Checkpoints & Squatter Attacks

Middle East Monitor

By Rebecca Stead | – During the 1967 Six Day War, the West Bank and East Jerusalem were occupied by Israel. Fifty-two years later this brutal military occupation remains in place, with the West Bank’s almost three million Palestinian residents subjected to a maze of military checkpoints, attacks by illegal Israeli settlers and a lack […]

Houthi
The New Drone Wars: Houthis hit Saudi Oil Pumping Stations, avenging Riyadh's Strikes on Sana'a

The New Drone Wars: Houthis hit Saudi Oil Pumping Stations, avenging Riyadh’s Strikes on Sana’a

Middle East Monitor

The security spokesperson for the Presidency of the State Security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced that Aramco oil pumping stations in the provinces of Al Duwadimi and Afif in Riyadh were attacked. The Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources stressed that the “terrorist attack” targeted two pumping stations for a pipeline, pointing […]

Israel/ Palestine
Failure to Launch: Trump's Palestine 'Deal' Stillborn

Failure to Launch: Trump’s Palestine ‘Deal’ Stillborn

Middle East Monitor

By Asa Winstanley | @AsaWinstanley | – There is seemingly no stopping deluded prospectors digging for nuggets of gold in the empty mine of Palestinian leaders’ capitulation. True, that mine once contained rich seams. Small, but rich enough. In 1993 Yasser Arafat terminated the First Intifada, the popular Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation. In exchange, […]

Israel/ Palestine
Kushner is Making the Palestinians an Offer they Can't Refuse

Kushner is Making the Palestinians an Offer they Can’t Refuse

Middle East Monitor

By Bill Law | – On 2 May Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, was playing his cards very close to the chest at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), a pro-Israeli think tank. Kushner is the man charged with delivering the “deal of the century” that will supposedly secure peace between […]

Yemen
The Yemen War is one of the Most Destructive since the Cold War:  UN

The Yemen War is one of the Most Destructive since the Cold War: UN

Middle East Monitor

A recent UN report sheds light on the devastating humanitarian and economic impact of the war in Yemen and how it sets back human development there more than 20 years, Anadolu reports. The report by the organization’s development program (UNDP) highlights the humanitarian situation there, which was one of the worst in the world even […]

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians are Suing the Illegal Israeli Squatters who List Stolen Property on AirBnB

Palestinians are Suing the Illegal Israeli Squatters who List Stolen Property on AirBnB

Middle East Monitor

By Asa Winstanley | @AsaWinstanley | – Last year, AirBnB declared that it would withdraw listings on its site from Israeli settlers based in Jew-only colonies in the West Bank. All such colonial-settlements are illegal under international law. The move came after years of campaigning by Palestine solidarity activists. The effect of their efforts was […]

Yemen
The Ugly American:  Trump Vetoes Congressional Resolution to get out of Yemen

The Ugly American: Trump Vetoes Congressional Resolution to get out of Yemen

Middle East Monitor

By Abdulaziz Kilani | – Last week, US President Donald Trump vetoed a Congressional resolution that would have ended American support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, thereby issuing his second veto since he took office in the White House. This was expected, and is a sign that, regardless of the criticism that America is […]

Israel/ Palestine
How Israel's anti-BDS Tactics Mirror White South Africa's Defense of Apartheid

How Israel’s anti-BDS Tactics Mirror White South Africa’s Defense of Apartheid

Middle East Monitor

By Michael Bueckert | @mbueckert | – The Israeli state and its supporters frequently accuse its critics of being motivated by anti-Semitism, and although they usually concede that it is not inherently anti-Semitic to criticise Israel, recent controversies have proven that it is quite difficult to ascertain precisely where genuine criticism ends and racism begins. […]

Saudi Arabia
Comedian Hasan Minhaj Calls out Jared Kushner at Gala,  Demands Release of Saudi Woman Dissident

Comedian Hasan Minhaj Calls out Jared Kushner at Gala, Demands Release of Saudi Woman Dissident

Middle East Monitor

Comedian Hasan Minhaj recently slammed US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and special adviser Jared Kushner to his face for support for Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Anadolu reports. Addressing a New York City gathering celebrating the release of the annual Time magazine list of the 100 most influential people, Minhaj referenced the Kingdom’s detention of […]

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