Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs has released a report called Terrorists in Suits: The Ties Between NGOs promoting BDS and Terrorist Organisations. The report has a sense of melodrama,...
Prologue For decades, Israeli leaders and media have insisted that Palestinians left their homes in the Nakba of 1948, leaving everything behind to become refugees of their own free...
General Benjamin (Benny) Gantz, the 20th Chief of General Staff of the Israeli army, was charged in March 2010 with illegally expanding his house onto public property. Upon his...
What was Sondos thinking as she huddled with her three children in their tent and set it on fire? Did the tears of her children not move her? Didn’t...
Two days ago, I attended to a seminar on the legal background and implications of the dissolution of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) by President Mahmoud Abbas. Two of...
On 22 December Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), dissolved the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). He did so despite the fact that the law does not...
On 16 December 2018, an Israeli court in the occupied city of Jerusalem sentenced Suzan Abu Ghannaam – the mother of 20-year-old Palestinian martyr Muhammad Abu Ghannaam – to...
About a month ago my wife asked me, “Have you seen that two-story house they demolished in the West Bank. Such a pity, it was such a beautiful house,...
The Trump administration has made Mahmoud Abbas do what no other ally has done before – renounce America’s role and turn his back. Mahmoud Abbas declared that the Americans...
What does it take to make someone wield a screwdriver and attack a fully armed, well-trained, well-protected soldier, knowing that if he got injured no ambulance would take him...
Is Israel a nuclear power? In 1986, Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli former nuclear technician, revealed to the British media details of Israel’s nuclear power programme and was eventually jailed...
The result of the latest round of fighting in the besieged Gaza Strip, when the Israeli army tried to carry out a covert military operation even while the Egyptians...
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US One of the anomalies of political Zionism is that, while it was founded as a response to murderous pogroms against European and Russian Jews as a means to rescue...
Until Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ultra-religious, right-wing party came into power, we Palestinians used to have a lot of difficulties convincing the rest of the world...
Recently, in another shocking incident, Israel’s Culture Minister Miri Regev was outraged by a Palestinian children’s novel written by Walid Dagga, a Palestinian prisoner who spent more than thirty...
If US President Donald Trump can be visualised as King Cyrus, then Benjamin Netanyahu is the prophet out to save the modern Israelites in a hostile environment. His message...
Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks at the 2018 conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), are key to an understanding of how Israel is run. The Israeli leader is...
There are many in the Arab world who fell about laughing when the US ambassador to the UN started to lecture them about how rich Arab countries did not...
The visit of Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan to Saudi Arabia last week raised many questions related to his country’s foreign policy and the changes that could be...
A few years after Arafat assumed the leadership of the Palestinian national movement he tried to tempt the West to offer him something in return for what he called...
“The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong, for good or for ill, survive. The strong are respected, and alliances are made with the...
The President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, is on a four-day visit to Israel, the first such trip by any Filipino leader. Even though he declared during the 2016...
Few people in the Arab World and Palestine had heard of Darin Al-Tatur before last Tuesday. This Palestinian poet has rarely caught the attention of critics, or literary magazines,...
Does one crime justify another? Israeli officials seem to think so. Whenever they are criticised for committing crimes against humanity by wiping Palestinian neighbourhoods off the map; bombing hospitals,...
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the expulsion of the Palestinians from their homeland — the Nakba — by the Zionist Movement, which established the state of Israel...
Two incidents represent turning points in Malaysian support for Palestine: the Mavi Marmara “Freedom Flotilla” incident, and the visit of Prime Minister Najib Razak to the Gaza Strip. The...
Suspense created by the uncovering of hidden secrets attracts people, especially when it comes to established facts. Hence, Mehdi Hasan is keen on showing his audience the hidden side...
Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs has released a report called Terrorists in Suits: The Ties Between NGOs promoting BDS and Terrorist Organisations. The report has a sense of melodrama,...![Palestinian protesters are injured as a result of Israeli occupation forces using live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets to disperse unarmed demonstrators in the Gaza Strip on 12 January 2018 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Mointor]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018_1-12-Palestinians-protest-near-the-Gaza-border-fence-14.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Prologue For decades, Israeli leaders and media have insisted that Palestinians left their homes in the Nakba of 1948, leaving everything behind to become refugees of their own free...![Benny Gantz, Former Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Chief of staff. [File photo]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/people/benny-gantz.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
General Benjamin (Benny) Gantz, the 20th Chief of General Staff of the Israeli army, was charged in March 2010 with illegally expanding his house onto public property. Upon his...![An aerial view of a refugee camp flooded after heavy rain on December 27, 2018 in Idlib, Syria. Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees residing in camps near the Turkish border are struggling to survive harsh winter conditions [Eşref Musa / Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20181227_2_34152475_40264704.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
What was Sondos thinking as she huddled with her three children in their tent and set it on fire? Did the tears of her children not move her? Didn’t...![A view of a snow-covered refugee camp in Arsal, Lebanon on 10 January 2019 [Jihad Muhammad Behlok/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019-1-11-Snow-blanketed-refugee-camp-in-Lebanon20190111_2_34367325_40646144.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Two days ago, I attended to a seminar on the legal background and implications of the dissolution of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) by President Mahmoud Abbas. Two of...![Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas makes a speech as he attends the Advisory Board meeting of the Palestine National Liberation Movement (FATAH) in Ramallah, West Bank on 9 December 2018. [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20181209_2_33840965_39748106.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
On 22 December Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), dissolved the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). He did so despite the fact that the law does not...
On 16 December 2018, an Israeli court in the occupied city of Jerusalem sentenced Suzan Abu Ghannaam – the mother of 20-year-old Palestinian martyr Muhammad Abu Ghannaam – to...![Palestinian children look at rubble left behind after Israeli forces demolished Palestinian owned buildings on 18 October 2018 [Wafa]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018_10-18-Israel-demolishes-9-Palestinian-structures-in-West-Bank37_29_10_18_10_20181.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
About a month ago my wife asked me, “Have you seen that two-story house they demolished in the West Bank. Such a pity, it was such a beautiful house,...![Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, West Bank on 9 December 2018 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20181209_2_33840965_39748105.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The Trump administration has made Mahmoud Abbas do what no other ally has done before – renounce America’s role and turn his back. Mahmoud Abbas declared that the Americans...![Israeli forces arrest a Palestinian Child on 22 November 2012 in East Jerusalem [Mahfouz Abu Turk/Apaimages]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-12-6-palestine-child-arrestCHILD-PALESTINE-ARRESTED.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
What does it take to make someone wield a screwdriver and attack a fully armed, well-trained, well-protected soldier, knowing that if he got injured no ambulance would take him...![Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) on an official diplomatic visit to Oman where he met with Sultan Qaboos bin Said on 25 October 2018 [PM of Israel/Twitter]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018_10-25Prime-Minister-Benjamin-Netanyahu-in-Oman-DqcGs0XX0AIj1ba.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Is Israel a nuclear power? In 1986, Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli former nuclear technician, revealed to the British media details of Israel’s nuclear power programme and was eventually jailed...![A Palestinian boy walks among the rubble of his home after it was destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on 14 November 2018 [Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018_7-14-Aftermath-of-Israeli-airstrikes-in-Gaza20181120_2_33515577_39175890.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The result of the latest round of fighting in the besieged Gaza Strip, when the Israeli army tried to carry out a covert military operation even while the Egyptians...![Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, Tzipi Livni [World Economic Forum/Wikipedia]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2007_5_14-Tzipi-LivniTzipi_Livni_Davos.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
One of the anomalies of political Zionism is that, while it was founded as a response to murderous pogroms against European and Russian Jews as a means to rescue...
Until Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ultra-religious, right-wing party came into power, we Palestinians used to have a lot of difficulties convincing the rest of the world...
Recently, in another shocking incident, Israel’s Culture Minister Miri Regev was outraged by a Palestinian children’s novel written by Walid Dagga, a Palestinian prisoner who spent more than thirty...![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during election win 2015. [File photo]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/people/benjamin-netanyahu-large-25-greets-supporters-at-party-election-headquarters-after-the-first-results-March-2015.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
If US President Donald Trump can be visualised as King Cyrus, then Benjamin Netanyahu is the prophet out to save the modern Israelites in a hostile environment. His message...![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R2) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R3) meet with German and Israeli businessmen in Jerusalem on 4 October 2018 [Kobi Gideon/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Netanyahu-20181004_2_32701171_37803895.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks at the 2018 conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), are key to an understanding of how Israel is run. The Israeli leader is...
There are many in the Arab world who fell about laughing when the US ambassador to the UN started to lecture them about how rich Arab countries did not...
The visit of Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan to Saudi Arabia last week raised many questions related to his country’s foreign policy and the changes that could be...![US President Donald Trump meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office of the White House on May 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. [Thaer Ganaim/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/030517_Abbas_Trump.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
A few years after Arafat assumed the leadership of the Palestinian national movement he tried to tempt the West to offer him something in return for what he called...
“The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong, for good or for ill, survive. The strong are respected, and alliances are made with the...
The President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, is on a four-day visit to Israel, the first such trip by any Filipino leader. Even though he declared during the 2016...![Palestinian poet, Dareen Tatour [Twitter]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018_5-3-Dareen-Tatourdareent.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Few people in the Arab World and Palestine had heard of Darin Al-Tatur before last Tuesday. This Palestinian poet has rarely caught the attention of critics, or literary magazines,...![Thousands of Gazans attend funeral of Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abu Hussein [Mohamed Asad/Middle East Monitor]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018_04_26-Gazans-attending-journalist-funeralIMG_3482-.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Does one crime justify another? Israeli officials seem to think so. Whenever they are criticised for committing crimes against humanity by wiping Palestinian neighbourhoods off the map; bombing hospitals,...![Palestinians stage a protest against the 'Deal of the Century', planned by US President Donald Trump to solve the conflict between Palestine and Israel, in Ramallah, West Bank on 2 July 2018 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018_7-2-Protest-agains-Deal-of-the-Century-in-Ramallah20180702_2_31244661_35265983.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the expulsion of the Palestinians from their homeland — the Nakba — by the Zionist Movement, which established the state of Israel...
Two incidents represent turning points in Malaysian support for Palestine: the Mavi Marmara “Freedom Flotilla” incident, and the visit of Prime Minister Najib Razak to the Gaza Strip. The...
Suspense created by the uncovering of hidden secrets attracts people, especially when it comes to established facts. Hence, Mehdi Hasan is keen on showing his audience the hidden side...