Middle East

By Megan Darby | – ( Climate Home News ) = Climate lawsuits, clean energy and electric cars pose threats to Saudi Aramco’s mammoth profits, according to a historic public disclosure this winter. The state oil producer netted $111 billion in 2018, more than tech giants Apple and Alphabet combined, it revealed in a bond […]

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Trump called Libya’s Hiftar, Backed Warlord’s Press to Conquer whole Country

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It transpires again that the US has two foreign policies, that of Trump, which favors brutal dictatorships unreservedly, and that of his cabinet officials, which favors brutal dictatorships with more nuance and caution. The White House announced Friday, Reuters and other outlets report, that Trump called Field Marshal Khalifa Hiftar […]

Corruption

The Seychelles Plot: Mueller on the UAE Role in Russian Influence-Peddling with Trump and Kushner

Juan Cole

The Mueller report sheds further light on the infamous Seychelles meeting in January, 2017, which appears to have aimed at establishing a back channel for the Trump administration to the circle of Russian President Vladimir Putin, brokered by Mohammed Bin Zayed of the United Arab Emirates. That is, this story is not about pre-election collusion […]

Israel/ Palestine

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls for slashing US Aid to Israel over Netanyahu Reelection

Middle East Monitor

US Congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has proposed the US cut military and economic aid worth $3 billion a year from Israel in response to the re-election of Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister. “I think these are part of conversations we are having in our caucus, but I think what we are really seeing is an ascent […]

Israel/ Palestine

World Bank: Palestinian Economy facing Severe Economic Shock

Maan News Agency

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The World Bank said, on Wednesday, the Palestinian economy is now facing a “severe fiscal shock” due to the tax revenues issue with Israel, calling for a speedy resolution.The published report, prepared by the World Bank, is due to be presented to the The Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) at its next […]

Israel/ Palestine

Israeli Court orders Human Rights Watch Director Deported for Blowing Whistle on Business ties to Settlements

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch) – Court Ruling Centers on Reporting Business Ties to Settlements (Jerusalem) – An Israeli court on April 16, 2019 upheld the Israeli government’s order to deport Omar Shakir, the Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine director, Human Rights Watch said today. The ruling by the Jerusalem District Court comes in response to […]

Israel/ Palestine

Israeli Army Covered up Squatters’ Murder of Wounded Palestinian Father

Middle East Monitor

The Israeli army covered up the killing of a Palestinian father by illegal Israeli settlers, Israeli NGO B’Tselem has claimed. Twenty-three-year-old Mohammed Abd Al-Fatah was killed near Huwara, a village located off route 60 south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on 3 April. Though media reports at the time stated that a “would-be […]

Israel/ Palestine

Trump’s Embrace of Netanyahu will Haunt the Middle East for Years

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By Phyllis Bennis | – (Foreign Policy in Focus) – The flurry of favors the president did for Bibi could constrain U.S. policy — and hurt people in the region — for years to come. For Israelis, the questions had been hovering for months. Would the right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claim victory and a […]

Israel/ Palestine

Access to Clean Water is a Human Right, so why is Palestine an Exception?

Ramzy Baroud

Free access to clean water is a basic human right. This is not just a common-sense assertion, but also a binding legal commitment enshrined in international law. In November 2002, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted “General Comment No. 15” regarding the right to water: “The human right to water is […]