Abraham Accords no escape from Palestinian question
RABBI MARC SCHNEIER January 11, 2023 Israel’s new government is sparking unease about the future of the Abraham Accords, given its inclusion of ministers who have exhibited a history of […]
What will happen after ICJ delegitimises Israel’s ccupation of Palestine
Jan 10,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud Once more, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will offer a legal opinion on the consequences of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. […]
Pope Francis defends preservation of historical status quo in Jerusalem
Pope Francis has called for the preservation of the historical and legal status quo in occupied Jerusalem. (File/Reuters) Updated 16 sec ago ARAB NEWS January 10, 2023 LONDON: Pope Francis […]
International community must confront Israel’s ‘permanent occupation’
RAMZY BAROUD January 09, 2023 Once more, the International Court of Justice will offer a legal opinion on the consequences of the Israeli occupation of Palestine.A historic UN vote on […]
Israel Sees Palestinian Human Rights Groups as Terrorist Organizations
Opinion | Monitors at the United Nations General Assembly hall display a vote on a resolution condemning the annexation of parts of Ukraine by Russia in October.Credit: DAVID DEE DELGADO/REUTERS Jan […]
Israel to sanction Palestinian Authority over World Court move
BY AGENCIES ISTANBUL JAN 06, 2023 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (background L) presides over a weekly Cabinet meeting, West Jerusalem, Israel, Jan. 3, 2023. (EPA File Photo) RECOMMENDED Jerusalem churches […]
West’s Hypocrisy About Netanyahu Government
January 6, 2023 It is only a matter of time before this extremist Israeli government is also whitewashed, writes Ramzy Baroud. Parliamentary office set by Knesset member Itamar Ben Gvir […]
Jerusalem churches concerned over escalation of Israeli attacks
BY ANADOLU AGENCY JERUSALEM JAN 06, 2023 An aerial view shows vandalized tombstones at the Protestant Mount Zion Cemetery where acts of vandalism took place in East Jerusalem, occupied Palestine, Jan. […]
Palestinians slam settler vandalism of Jerusalem Christian cemetery
BY AGENCIES ISTANBUL JAN 04, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Archbishop Hosam Naoum inspects a vandalized tombstone at the Protestant Mount Zion Cemetery in Jerusalem Jan. 4, 2023. (Reuters File Photo) RECOMMENDED […]
Political observers deplore Israeli minister’s break-in into Al Aqsa Mosque
By Mays Ibrahim Mustafa – Jan 04,2023 – JORDAN TIMES A man walks near the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on Tuesday (AFP photo) AMMAN […]
New divisions in Israeli society may benefit the Palestinians
OSAMA AL-SHARIF January 03, 2023 Two days after the swearing-in of Israel’s most extreme, ultranationalist and ultrareligious government, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians celebrated the 58th anniversary of the birth […]
Israel was never a democracy: So why is the West lamenting end of ‘liberal’ Israel?
Jan 03,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud Even before the new Israeli government was officially sworn in on December 29, angry reactions began emerging, not only among Palestinians and […]
Mideast powers condemn Israel minister’s visit to Al Aqsa Mosque compound
By AFP – Jan 03,2023 – JORDAN TIMES This handout photo shows Israeli minister and Jewish Power Party chief Itamar Ben-Gvir (centre) walking through the courtyard of Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque compound […]
Jerusalem: Palestinian anger over far-right Israeli minister’s holy site visit
Share https://emp.bbc.com/emp/SMPj/2.47.2/iframe.htmlMedia caption, WATCH: Israeli minister visits contested Jerusalem site surrounded by police By Yolande Knell & Raffi Berg BBC News, Jerusalem & London Palestinians have condemned a visit to […]
Israeli intelligence questions Al-Aqsa Mosque’s imam
BY ANADOLU AGENCY JERUSALEM JAN 02, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Israeli police stand in front of Muslim women praying in front of the Dome of the Rock as a group of […]
Netanyahu’s new government accentuates West’s hypocrisy
RAMZY BAROUD January 02, 2023 Even before the new Israeli government was officially sworn in on Dec. 29, angry reactions began emerging, not only among Palestinians and other Middle Eastern governments, but […]
2022 ‘worst year in terms of number of Palestinians killed by Israel’: government
A man rides his horse next to the 2023 sand sculpture on the beach in Gaza City during the last sunset of Dec. 31, 2022, as Palestinians bid farewell to […]
An overview of Middle East politics in 2022
Dec 31,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh Across Middle East there are numerous complicated situations that have characterised this post-covid year. One of the most important is the worsening internal situation in Iran. Since 2003, the year of the fall of Saddam Hussein, the country has been a […]
Palestinian tragedies, hope and little wins
RAMZY BAROUD December 30, 2022 Another critical year for Palestine has folded. While 2022 wreaked much of the same havoc in terms of Israeli military occupation and increasing violence, it […]
Israel’s idea of ‘co-existence’ is colonisation
In Brief Hadar Cohen 23 Dec, 2022 Reflecting on her time in Akka, a supposedly ‘mixed city’ where both Israeli Jews and Palestinians live, Hadar Cohen writes that any notion […]