Palestine
Arab Spring hits the West Bank
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said he would resign if that is the will of the people, amid growing protests across the West Bank over the rising cost of living.
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Palestine
Israeli high court orders release of Gaza ‘red lines’ document
Israel’s Supreme Court ordered the state to release the “red lines document” which purportedly established the minimum caloric intake required for Gaza residents.
Palestine
Jerusalem political football in US horserace
Obama capitulates at the last minute and puts wording in the Democratic platform calling for an undivided Jerusalem. Now who exactly is getting “thrown under the bus”?
Palestine
Rachel Corrie family: ‘black day for human rights’
Rachel Corrie’s family called the Haifa District Court ruling rejecting their lawsuit a “black day for human rights’—while Israeli officials welcome it as a long-due exoneration.
Palestine
Gaza: Hamas joins Egyptian crackdown on Salafists
Hamas security forces arrested a Salafi sheikh upon his release from a Gaza hospital where he was treated for wounds sustained in an Israeli targeted strike.
Iran
Families of slain Iran scientists sue US, UK, Israel
Families of murdered Iranian nuclear scientists have filed lawsuits against the US, UK and Israel for their governments' alleged involvement in the assassinations.
Palestine
Tel Aviv censors Arab presence —and dissent
A Tel Aviv councilor’s speech, in which he proposed adding Arabic to the city’s logo, disappeared from a video recording posted on city hall’s official YouTube channel.
Palestine
Rafah attack: Muslim Brotherhood blames Mossad; IDF blames ‘global jihad’
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood blamed the deadly attack at the Rafah crossing on Israel’s Mossad, while the IDF said it was carried out by “global jihadists.”
Palestine
Hamas Holocaust faux pas makes media, not IDF invasion of al-Aqsa Mosque
Holocaust-denying comments by a Hamas official win international coverage, while an Israeli military invasion of al-Aqsa Mosque received practically no mainstream reportage.
Palestine
Israel issues demolition orders for eight Palestinian villages
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on July 22 ordered the demolition of eight Palestinian villages in the hills south of Hebron because the Israeli military needs the land for training exercises. A total of 1,500 residents will be evicted from… Read moreIsrael issues demolition orders for eight Palestinian villages
Greater Middle East
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The US House of Representatives passed Joint Resolution 37, calling for the withdrawal of US armed forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen. The resolution states that only Congress has the authority to declare war, and notes that Congress has not made any declaration of war against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, who are the target of Saudi-led forces. US armed forces have supported Saudi Arabia through aerial targeting assistance, intelligence sharing, and mid-flight aerial refueling. The resolution gives President Trump 30 days to withdraw forces from hostilities in or affecting Yemen. Forces which are involved in operations directed at al-Qaeda in the region are exempt from the resolution. The resolution also does not restrict the sharing of intelligence. It also specifies that the resolution does not impact military operations undertaken in cooperation with Israel. (Photo via Jurist)
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Following the announcement of a US withdrawal of its troops embedded with Kurdish forces in Syria, the Kurds are again making overtures for a separate peace with the Assad regime. Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units (YPG) are reported to have turned over the flashpoint town of Manbij to regime forces—marking the first time that the Assad regime's flag has flown over the northern town for more than six years. "The aim is to ward off a Turkish offensive," said Ilham Ahmed, an official of the Kurdish autonomous administration. "If the Turks' excuse is the [YPG], they will leave their posts to the government." However, a Kurdish deal with Assad could cement the split between the Syrian rebels and the YPG, and holds risk of opening an Arab-Kurdish ethnic war in northern Syria. (Photo via Kurdistan24)