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Israel/ Palestine
1,000 Palestinians in Gaza Shot by Israeli Snipers at Risk of Fatal Infection

1,000 Palestinians in Gaza Shot by Israeli Snipers at Risk of Fatal Infection

Middle East Monitor

International medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, Doctors Without Borders) has said that more than 1,000 Gazans shot by Israel are at risk of infection, which could lead to permanent disabilities or death. In a statement released today, MSF said that “the huge numbers of patients with complex and serious gunshot wounds are overwhelming the […]

Saudi Arabia
Kushner vastly overstated $14.5 bn. in US Arms Purchases by Saudis as $110 Bn

Kushner vastly overstated $14.5 bn. in US Arms Purchases by Saudis as $110 Bn

Middle East Monitor

The reason behind US President Donald Trump’s reluctance to hold Saudi Arabia responsible for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi was an ambitious $110 billion arms deal between Washington and Riyadh which had been inflated at the direction of his adviser and son-in-law, ABC News reported Monday. Jared Kushner pushed State and Defence Department officials to […]

Saudi Arabia
Tunisia Lawyers, Bloggers Sue over Bin Salman Visit b/c Khashoggi Murder

Tunisia Lawyers, Bloggers Sue over Bin Salman Visit b/c Khashoggi Murder

Middle East Monitor

A group of lawyers in Tunisia are preparing to file a lawsuit to prevent Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman from visiting the country following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. A number of journalists and bloggers requested the action be taken, the 50 Lawyers for the Defence of Freedoms and Addressing the Abuse of […]

Saudi Arabia
Trump dismisses as ‘Feelings’ CIA Finding that Saudi Crown Prince ordered Murder

Trump dismisses as ‘Feelings’ CIA Finding that Saudi Crown Prince ordered Murder

Middle East Monitor

US President Donald Trump has ratchet up his dispute with his own intelligence community by dismissing their conclusion of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khasgoggi saying that it was based on “feelings”. Fielding questions from reporters at his at his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, where he is spending his Thanksgiving holiday, Trump doubled down on […]

UAE
British Universities Boycott United Arab Emirates over Student ‘Spying’ Life Sentence

British Universities Boycott United Arab Emirates over Student ‘Spying’ Life Sentence

Middle East Monitor

In what seems to be the first sign of a nationwide backlash against the UAE’s decision to sentence a British PhD student to life, staff at Birmingham University have voted to boycott their campuses in the Emirates. The motion, passed yesterday, will mean that lecturers based in Birmingham will refuse to teach in Dubai and […]

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

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

Middle East Monitor

Some 85,000 children under the age of five may have died of acute malnutrition during the last three years of war in Yemen, the United Kingdom (UK)-based Save the Children announced yesterday. “The number is equivalent to the entire under-five population in the UK’s second largest city of Birmingham,” Save the Children added. Last month, […]

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 […]

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