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Oil-Rich Arab States Quietly Join Israel in Cheering for Trump

TeleSur | - - Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf Arab allies are happy to see Obama leave office as President Donald Trump would be “very, very tough” on Iran. While the…

Israel’s Netanyahu bribed Major Newspaper to get Positive Coverage

TeleSur | - - The Israeli right-wing leader tried to negotiate with the owner of a critical and highly circulated newspaper to get positive coverage. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under police…

US Media outraged by Russia, won’t Notice Israeli plot on UK Parliament

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment)- - Washington is obsessed by the story put out by US intelligence agencies that Russia tried to interfere in the US presidential election. But for reasons…

Rebuking Fundamentalists, Funeral for Palestinian-Israeli Istanbul Victim draws Thousands

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - One of the thirty-nine victims of the Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) shooting at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Layan Nasser, 19, was buried on…

With Fall of Aleppo, will a Russo-Iranian Middle East challenge Trump?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Thursday, the Syrian government announced that the last of those who wanted to be evacuated from the East Aleppo pocket had been…

Can Israeli institutions include both more Women and more Gender-Segregating Orthodox?

Shulamit Almog | (The Conversation) | - - In one sense, women are making great strides in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). In October, the army declared it was examining the possibility…

Obama not only did not pay Iran Ransom, he denied Iran Billions it had Coming to It

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Zack Beauchamp at Vox has a very clear explanation of why the $400 million the US paid to Iran in January was not…

Arab Street Shocked as Saudi Delegation Visits Israel

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Egyptian news site the Arab Observer Network reports that the visit to Israel of a former Saudi military intelligence officer, Gen. Anwar…

Corruption: Israeli Police recommends prosecuting wife of PM Netanyahu

Israel Broadcast Authority news | (Video Report) | - - "Israel Police submits file to Jerusalem district attorney: enough evidence for Prime Minister's wife to be indicted for graft. IBA News: "Police…

Israel’s “chained women” fight for right to divorce

By Michael Blum | ( Your Middle East | - - Israel's "chained women" fight for right to divorce. She is one of Israel's "chained women" -- the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of…

Civility? Professor Proposes Israel “flatten” a City of 1 million

By Belén Fernández | ( TeleSur ) | - - No, Israel Should Not Flatten Beirut: A debate over whether Israel should commit war crimes and wipe out a city of at…

Israel frets about “Iran as Neighbor” if Aleppo falls & al-Assad Regime Wins

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - An Arabic site that aggregates Facebook and other social media postings reports that Israeli officials are filled with anxiety and consternation about the…

Are Palestinian-Israelis going from 2nd Class Citizens to 3rd Class?

By Nadim Nashif and Raya Naamneh | Al-Shabaka | (Ma'an News Agency) | - - Israel still portrays itself as a Jewish and democratic state. Yet in practice, as its Palestinian citizens…

71 UK doctors call on World Medical Association to Expel Israel over Torture

Ma'an News Agency | - - 'BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A group of British doctors is pushing for the World Medical Association (WMA) to expel the Israeli Medical Association (IMA), the IMA’s chairman…

Israeli PM Netanyahu Still trying to derail Iran Nuclear Deal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - BBC Monitoring reports that over the weekend, even as the great Powers were certifying that Iran was in compliance with the UNSC deal…

Offices of Israeli Human Rights & Peace Group B’Tselem Torched in Jerusalem

Why Arson was suspected in Fire at Offices of Israeli Human Rights & Peace Group B’Tselem

Nir Hasson | Haaretz | (Video News Report) | - - Update: N.B. an investigation by the Jerusalem fire brigade appears to have concluded that an electrical wiring fault was responsible for…

Israel’s working poor

By Jacob Wirtschafter | ( Your Middle East) | A poverty report has added fuel to long-standing debates about religion, intercommunal politics, and Israel’s national priorities. An energy boom and its high-tech…

Shin Bet: Jewish Terrorists Out to ‘Violently Overthrow’ Israeli Government

By IMEMC | - - Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Bet, on Thursday, cautioned that a Jewish terror organization is seeking to “violently overthrow” the Israeli government, Israeli media reported. Israeli soldiers…

Trump Cancels trip to Israel after Parliamentarians slam him as Neo-Nazi

By IMEMC | - - After criticism from both the left and the right, Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that he will delay his visit to Israel and Jerusalem. The wealthy business tycoon…

US think tank says Israel has around 115 nuclear weapons

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- A Washington-based think tank published a study Friday reporting Israel’s possession of around 115 nuclear weapons, despite the country's ongoing policy of ambiguity…