Tunisian MPs have called for an investigation into allegations that senior state officials received 1,000 free doses of the coronavirus vaccine from the UAE at the beginning of February....
Senior Fatah leaders Marwan Barghouti and Nasser Al-Qidwa have given Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas until 5 March to accept their electoral list, Lebanon's Al-Akbar reported on Monday. Abbas...
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman should be punished "without delay", the fiancée of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said yesterday. Speaking after a US intelligence report found that the de facto ruler...
![Mansour Abbas, Israeli Arab member of the United Arab List party, speaks during a campaign rally for the Joint List political alliance ahead of upcoming September parliamentary elections, in the Arab town of Kafr Yasif in northern Israel on 23 August2019. [AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GettyImages-1163385119.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
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March 2, 2021 |
Dr Ramzy Baroud At a glance, it may appear that the split of Arab political parties in Israel is consistent with a typical pattern of political and ideological divisions which have afflicted...
Some 442 European lawmakers have signed a letter calling on European governments and leaders, as well as US President Joe Biden, to take action against "de facto" Israeli annexation...
This was the fourth time Abu Rayala’s house has been demolished
State-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) plans to order 70 airliners from Airbus and Boeing, Saudi news outlet Maaal reported yesterday, citing unidentified sources. According to Reuters, Saudia is in talks...
Kuwait's General Reserve Fund, managed by the state-run Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), has insufficient deposits to pay the salaries of public employees next month, a ministerial source told the...
The United Nations has appealed for $3.85 billion to fund the humanitarian needs of Yemen in 2021. In a statement issued yesterday, the UN said it expects to provide...
Russia has withdrawn its forces from the city of Saraqib in the suburbs of Idlib, northern Syria, without announcing any plan to do so, local media outlets reported. The...
The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria said Monday its "overarching" recommendation is for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, endorsed by the Security Council and enforced by the key...
The first ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Israel on Monday submitted his diplomatic credential to President Reuven Rivlin, reports Anadolu Agency. Mohammad Mahmoud Al Khaja arrived...
An American father and son accused of helping former Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee Japan were handed over on Monday to Japanese authorities for extradition from...
Israel's Supreme Court ruled on Monday on one of the most contentious issues regarding Jewish identity in Israel, deciding to allow more non-Orthodox Jewish converts to immigrate to Israel...
At least five people were injured on Monday when Iraqi security forces wielding clubs broke up a street protest in Baghdad's central Tahrir Square, security and hospital sources said,...
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei yesterday called to start uranium enrichment as of "today". A video on Khamenei's Arabic-language Twitter account saw him saying: "The day when oil runs...
Iran has rejected an offer by the European Union to hold direct talks on a nuclear deal, potentially flaring up renewed tensions between Tehran and the bloc while further...
Israel will provide coronavirus vaccinations for 100,000 Palestinians who work in Israel or in its illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israel will start administering the Moderna vaccines...
The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) today called on Morocco not to extradite Saudi-Australian academic [ to Riyadh, saying to do so "would would...
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UK The long-awaited US intelligence report released last Friday about the Saudi government's role in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi has been taken down off the website of the Office...
The call came during a vehicle rally and press conference held to mark World Civil Defence Day
Over three-quarters of Syrian refugees are believed to be suffering from serious mental health problems related to trauma, a charity has discovered 10 years after the revolution and civil...
Prominent Saudi Arabian Princess Basmah Bint Saud, who is being held with her daughter Souhoud in Riyadh, is suffering from a heart condition that requires urgent medical treatment, her...
In another example of the racism within the state of Israel that's driving Jews to question their identity and relationship to the occupation state, the son of a veteran...
The UN children's agency, UNICEF, called on Sunday for all children held in displacement camps or jails in north-east Syria to be allowed to go home. The UN body...
The impoverished south-eastern provinces of Iran have had their internet access disrupted by authorities over the past week as unrest swept the provinces after a fatal border shootings. Several...
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The Biden administration has finally authorised the Director of National Intelligence in Washington to release a report about the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Donald Trump blocked its...
The Turkish Foreign Ministry yesterday summoned the Iranian Ambassador to Ankara, Mohammad Farazmand, to protest against statements by Tehran's ambassador to Iraq in which he accused Turkey of violating...
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement is mourning the death of one of its founders. Sheikh Nabil Al-Bishtawi passed away in the West Bank city of Nablus at the weekend....
Yemen's Houthi group yesterday claimed responsibility for ballistic missile and drone strikes in Saudi Arabia, threatening to carry out more attacks, international news agencies reported. Houthi's Al-Masirah TV reported spokesman Yahya...
Iraq's Parliament Speaker, Muhammad Al-Halbousi, yesterday called on the representatives of some diplomatic missions not to interfere in issues that "do not concern them". "The duty of the diplomatic...
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March 1, 2021 |
Yvonne Ridley Anti-Semitism is very real, of that there is no doubt, but the greatest threat to Jewish people today comes not from those on the political left who criticise the...