Slovenia has announced that it will take joint action with like-minded countries if the European Union does not take concrete steps within the next two weeks to address the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Debate rages over damage inflicted by US strikes on Iran
One week after the US strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites, there is no consensus as to how effective they were.
With those strikes, Washington joined Israel’s bombardments of Iran’s nuclear programme in the 12-day conflict launched on June…
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Israel’s Netanyahu requests two-week break from corruption trial citing ‘regional developments’ – Middle East Monitor
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday filed a formal request with the Jerusalem District Court to postpone his upcoming testimony in his criminal trial by two weeks citing “diplomatic, national and…
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Israel’s Netanyahu requests two-week break from corruption trial citing “regional developments” – Middle East Monitor
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday filed a formal request with the Jerusalem District Court to postpone his upcoming testimony in his criminal trial by two weeks citing “diplomatic, national and…
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UNRWA official says Israel turned West Bank refugee camps into rubble in a “systematic forced displacement” plan – Middle East Monitor
Director of UNRWA Affairs in the West Bank, Roland Friedrich warned Thursday that the region has not truly enjoyed any “truce,” as the Israeli occupation army has been destroying dozens of buildings over the past…
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Political violence is quintessentially American | Donald Trump
Violence begets violence, so many religions say. Americans should know. After all, the United States – a nation founded on Indigenous genocide, African enslavement and open rebellion against an imperial power to protect its wealthiest citizens…
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In an age of abundance and ceasefires, Gaza starves, and the war won’t stop | Gaza
Gaza City – Israel and Iran fought for 12 days, firing bombs, drones and missiles at each other, with the United States even joining in the bombing. Then, earlier this week, it stopped.
Last month, India and Pakistan attacked each other, and…
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MSF slams US-backed Gaza aid scheme as ‘slaughter masquerading’ as aid
Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) called on Friday for a controversial Israel- and US-backed relief effort in Gaza to be halted, branding it “slaughter masquerading as humanitarian aid”.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which began…
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Doctors’ aid group slams US-backed Gaza relief scheme over deadly roll-out
Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Friday branded a controversial Israel- and US-backed food distribution effort in Gaza as “slaughter masquerading as humanitarian aid”, calling for it to be ended.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,…
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France urges Israel to stop settler violence against Palestinians in West Bank – Middle East Monitor
France has urged the Israeli government to take firm action to stop ongoing settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the French Foreign Ministry condemned the…
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