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Yemen
Saudi-Led War on Yemen has Killed 85,000 Children

Saudi-Led War on Yemen has Killed 85,000 Children

Middle East Monitor

The United Nations (UN) warned that around 14 million Yemenis were “on the brink of a famine.”

BDS
Top Chefs bow out of Israel Food Festival under BDS/ Boycott pressure

Top Chefs bow out of Israel Food Festival under BDS/ Boycott pressure

Middle East Monitor

Two leading chefs have pulled out of the Tel Aviv-hosted Round Tables food festival following pressure from the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, reported Haaretz. Gabrielle Hamilton, chef, and owner of the Prune restaurant in New York, cancelled, following the earlier cancellation by Ana Ros, a world-acclaimed chef from Slovenia. Ahead of the festival, […]

Saudi Arabia
Khashoggi killing: Strongest evidence linking murder to MBS

Khashoggi killing: Strongest evidence linking murder to MBS

Middle East Monitor

A message captured in the audio record of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi is widely believed to be an instruction to notify the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman that the operation to slay the Washington Post journalist had been carried out successfully. In the recording, which Turkey has said was passed on to western allies, […]

Iraq
Iraqi Parliamentarians Demand Timetable for US Troop Withdrawal

Iraqi Parliamentarians Demand Timetable for US Troop Withdrawal

Middle East Monitor

Iraqi MP Ahmad Al-Assadi, senior leader of the Iraqi Construction Alliance, revealed on Friday parliamentarian moves to pressure the Iraqi government to evict US forces from the country. Al-Assadi said that the previous Iraqi parliament had started the calls, but now the new parliament was calling for a clear timetable for the US withdrawal from […]

Iran
Erdogan: Turkey will not abide by US sanctions on Iran

Erdogan: Turkey will not abide by US sanctions on Iran

Middle East Monitor

“the sanctions on Iran are contrary to international law and diplomacy”

BDS
In First, U of Leeds Divests from Firms Supplying Israel Army

In First, U of Leeds Divests from Firms Supplying Israel Army

Middle East Monitor

In the first move of its kind, a UK university has divested from companies that supply military equipment to the Israeli army following a student campaign. The University of Leeds this weekend made the decision to divest from three companies which were found to be complicit in the violation of Palestinian human rights: Airbus, United […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Netanyahu urges Saudis be Given a Pass for “Horrendous” Khashoggi Murder

Israel’s Netanyahu urges Saudis be Given a Pass for “Horrendous” Khashoggi Murder

Middle East Monitor

“The larger problem I believe is Iran”

Saudi Arabia
SecDef Mattis Slams Saudie Arabia: ‘Khashoggi killing undermines regional stability’

SecDef Mattis Slams Saudie Arabia: ‘Khashoggi killing undermines regional stability’

Middle East Monitor

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday that the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi undermined Middle Eastern stability and that Washington would take additional measures against those responsible. Washington Post columnist Khashoggi’s murder has escalated into a crisis for the world’s top oil exporter. Saudi Arabia’s allies have reacted with outrage towards a […]

BDS
Israel to spend $72 mn to convince Europe Boycott over Occupation is "anti-Semitism"

Israel to spend $72 mn to convince Europe Boycott over Occupation is “anti-Semitism”

Middle East Monitor

Text calls on “all political parties to pass a binding resolution rejecting BDS activities as fundamentally anti-Semitic”.

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