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Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Siege of Gaza producing "Grotesque" Medical Crisis: European Doctors

Israeli Siege of Gaza producing “Grotesque” Medical Crisis: European Doctors

Middle East Monitor

“Israeli snipers have been firing military grade ammunition and maiming bullets at the border at unarmed demonstrators, killing 257 to date

Israel/ Palestine
Israel demolishes Bedouin village Al-Araqeeb for 139th time, Plans Expulsion of 36,000

Israel demolishes Bedouin village Al-Araqeeb for 139th time, Plans Expulsion of 36,000

Middle East Monitor

More than 60 years later, the Bedouin villages have yet to be legally recognised by Israel

Yemen
UN: Saudi-Led War on Yemen has Killed 6,700 Children, Left 358,000 Severely Malnourished

UN: Saudi-Led War on Yemen has Killed 6,700 Children, Left 358,000 Severely Malnourished

Middle East Monitor

Child victims require “immediate treatment.”

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

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