Latest Mideast

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  Baroud: Israel ‘Takes Advantage’ of Trump’s Remaining Days in Office

  Not only was Israel allowed to expand old settlements and build new ones throughout Trump’s term, but was actually encouraged by US officials to do so with a great sense of urgency
• Kampmark: The Yemen Civil War Arms Bonanza

  Biden’s top foreign policy advisor, Tony Blinken, seems less concerned about who will be the target of the weapons in the UAE sale than any upset caused to that most unimpeachable of allies, Israel
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  Falk: A Comic Display of Geopolitical Subservience: Mike Pompeo’s Visit to Israel

  Pompeo’s gratuitous remark is a gesture of solidarity with the Netanyahu government, and irresponsibly treats the BDS Campaign as antisemitic
• Wilkins: “Proudly Pro-BDS”

  Jewish-Led Groups Condemn Pompeo for Declaring Boycott-Divestment Movement Anti-Semitic
• Baskin: The struggle for equality in Jerusalem is an ongoing fight

  Jerusalem is bi-national, physically undivided, and the most segregated city in the world. Jerusalem is an apartheid city
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  Baroud: As Israel Destroys EU Projects in Palestine, European Foreign Policy Remains Impotent

  On November 6, the Belgian government condemned Israel’s destruction of Belgian-funded homes in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank
• Zonszein: Israelis Take On Netanyahu and Coronavirus Restrictions in Wave of Civil Disobedience

  Many Israelis believe their country’s second coronavirus lockdown was about stopping anti-corruption protests — not the spread of the disease
• Zine: Criticizing Israel is not antisemitic — it’s academic freedom

  Equating criticism of Israel with antisemitism undermines the ability of scholars to engage in important anti-racist and decolonial work
• Qumsiyeh: How do we individually cope, keep our sanity in a spiraling crisis, and help others?

  How to survive and create a better world to ensure our neighbors, friends, and children also live decent lives? 
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  Speri: Zoom Censorship of Palestine Seminars Sparks Fight Over Academic Freedom

  Zoom cited anti-terrorism laws to shut down an event with Palestinian activist Leila Khaled — and other events criticizing its censorship
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  Barrows-friedman: Zoom censors events about Zoom censorship

  Facilitating the agendas of Israel lobby groups, videoconferencing platform Zoom once again censored events in the US and UK featuring the Palestinian resistance icon Leila Khaled.
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  Falk: Making Sense of Hunger Strikes and Symbolic Politics

  The inspirational example of the Irish hunger strikers who did not abandon their quest for elemental justice at the doorstep of death was not lost on the Palestinians
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  Falk: The Life of Robert Fisk

  Fisk gave the world a truly independent, informed, and critical understanding of the struggles occurring throughout the region, including an unsparing exposure of Israeli abusive policies and practices toward the Palestinian people
• Wilkins: Rep. Ilhan Omar Condemns Israeli ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ After IDF Destruction of Palestinian Hamlet

  Dozens of Bedouins—including 41 children—were left homeless after occupation troops bulldozed their community to the ground on Tuesday
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  Lazare: Joe Biden Said He’s Against the Yemen War. He Needs To End It on Day One.

  Joe Biden is likely to be the next president. Here’s what he can do to halt all U.S. assistance to the onslaught
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  Falk: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East

  As there is very little past experience, there is little understanding of how the aftermath of the election will be handled in the US, and this should worry not only Americans but the world
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  Winstanley: Israel lobby slaughters Corbyn again

  It seems that for the Israel lobby, slaughtering Corbyn once was not enough
• Fara’na: The Palestinians must try to win over disillusioned Israelis to their cause

  Winning over those Israelis who are disillusioned with the way that their government is going ever more to the extreme right can help to tip the balance in the Palestinians’ favour. When that starts to happen, anything is possible
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  Falk: The Politics of Hunger Strikes

  The inspirational example of the Irish hunger strikers who did not abandon their quest for elemental justice at the doorstep of death was not lost on the Palestinians
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  Baroud: European Hypocrisy: Empty Words for Palestine, Deadly Weapons for Israel

  In practice, despite the seeming rift between Washington and Brussels, the outcome is, essentially, the same. The US and Europe are Israel’s largest trade partners, weapon suppliers and political advocates. 
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  Cole: America is Complicit, as Yemen Spirals toward Mass Starvation

  This year, another 150,000 people were displaced from their homes by the fighting, 80% to homeless shelters, bringing the total in the country to a million. The country’s population is about 30 million
• Rubeo: Zionist War on Palestinian Festival in Rome is Ominous Sign of Things to Come

  The sad truth is that, although Italy is not often associated with a ‘powerful’ pro-Israel lobby as is the case in Washington, the pro-Israel influence in Italy is just as dangerous
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  Baroud: Dying Alone: When We Stopped Caring for Palestinian Prisoners

  Palestinian prisoners should not be left alone, paying a price for daring to stand up for justice, fairness and for their people’s freedom
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  Baroud: Despite Ambiguity in International Law, Palestinians are Winning the ‘Legitimacy War’

  With regard to violating international law, Israel is in a unique category of its own, for Israel’s behavior is always governed by its military strength and the backing of its Western allies.
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  Baroud: In Lieu of a Liberation Strategy: Palestinian Elections Are Designed to Buy Time

  It is abundantly clear that Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, has underestimated the seriousness of the challenges facing Palestine and the Palestinians.