Planet Watch
UN moves to outlaw nuclear weapons in 2017
The UN adopted a resolution—hailed by disarmament campaigners as an important landmark—to launch negotiations in 2017 on a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons.
Tag: Israel
Palestine
UNESCO nomenclature wars in Jerusalem
The UNESCO resolution against Israel's political archaeology at the Temple Mount counter-productively refered to the site only by its Islamic name, the Ḥaram al-Sharif.
Palestine
Israeli army shells Gaza —again
The Israeli army shelled a site allegedly used by Palestinian militant groups in the central Gaza Strip after a rocket fired from the Strip hit an open area in southern Israel.
Palestine
Trump plays Jerusalem card for Jewish vote
Trump pledged to Netanyahu that he would "recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital" of Israel. Will American Jews take this bait—despite his open blocking with neo-Nazis?
Palestine
Israeli court upholds force-feeding hunger strikers
Israel's high court ruled that a law permitting force-feeding of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners is constitutional, rejecting petitions filed by the Israel Medical Association.
Palestine
Israel to deploy armed robot vehicles on Gaza border
Israel is preparing to deploy fully autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) along the border with the Gaza Strip—mounted with machine-guns that can be remotely fired.
Greater Middle East
The Nation magazine spreads lies on Syria
The Nation magazine's avid Putin propagandist Stephen F. Cohen repeats the Moscow-line lie that Russia is bombing ISIS in Aleppo—despite the fact that ISIS is not in Aleppo.
Greater Middle East
Is US really backing Syrian rebels?
"Left" media continue to portray a massive US program of support for the Syrian rebels to destabilize Bashar Assad—in spite of the utter baselessness of this thesis.
Palestine
Palestinians recall 1969 al-Aqsa arson attack
Palestinians commemorated the 47th anniversary of an arson attack on al-Aqsa Mosque, with officials emphasizing that the Muslim holy site is still under threat today.
Palestine
Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike again
At least 48 Palestinian prisoners now participating in an open-ended hunger strike in protest of Israel's policy of detention without charge or trial.
Palestine
Dozens of Palestinians detained in East Jerusalem
Israeli forces detained several Palestinians, including a journalist, in overnight raids in occupied East Jerusalem, amid increasing tension over al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
Greater Middle East
Erdogan exploits Istanbul terror —of course
ISIS claimed responsibility for the deadly Istanbul airport attack, but this did not prevent President Erdogan from exploiting the terror for anti-Kurdish propaganda.