Palestine

Allegations of Islamophobia against India are an attempt to defame the country by those engaged in “nefarious propaganda” here and abroad, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said. He also alleged that the women who protested against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) at Shaheen Bagh were misguided…

By Hatem Bazian | – ( Al Shabakah) – Palestine Legal recently published a report noting that the majority of suppression of Palestine advocacy in the US targets students and faculty. In particular, 89% of such incidents occurred on college campuses in 2014, and 74% in 2019. While these statistics…

The Australian government has told the International Criminal Court it should not investigate alleged war crimes in Palestine because Palestine is not a state, arguing the court prosecutors investigation into alleged attacks on civilians, torture, attacks on … Read More

( Middle East Monitor ) – One hundred years ago, representatives from a few powerful countries convened at San Remo, a sleepy town on the Italian Riviera. Together, they sealed the fate of the massive territories confiscated from the Ottoman Empire following its defeat in World War I. It was…

U.S. prisons’ COVID-19 response lags behind Tunisia and Palestine. A vigil outside Queensboro Correctional Facility on April 23 in New York City. Johannes Eisele/Getty Images The United States is addicted to punishment, and it just might kill us. Coronavirus outbreaks in jails and prisons not only threaten one of the…

The Saudi man cannot believe his ears.“You told him that the Israelis are right and that you want to do business with them?” he asks in response to the suggestion that perhaps, after years of open animosity, Israel isn't the enemy Saudi Arabia once believed them to be.“The enemy is…

Nathan Bomey USA TODAYPublished 4:56 PM EDT May 4, 2020The USA TODAY Network's Louisville Courier Journal won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting on Monday for its coverage of last-minute pardons issued by Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin before he left office. The Pulitzer board honored the staff of the Courier Journal…

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel is about to annex large swathes of the occupied West Bank, making the territory formally part of the Zionist state according to Israeli law. The millions of Palestinians living in the West Bank will continue to be denied the vote and even the…

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is arrested by Israeli security forces for resisting efforts to shut down a synagogue in the Me’a She’arim neighborhood in Jerusalem, April 17, 2020. AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty ImagesMost prominent rabbis around the world support government health regulations intended to curb the spread of coronavirus, even…

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