Has Israel advanced US interests?
General Omar Bradley, the first Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs-of-Staff, said in July, 1950, in the aftermath of Israel’s War of Independence: “The Israeli army would be the most effective force south of Turkey,...
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Israel and Egypt’s secret meet to discuss the fate of Gaza
A new report has emerged that during the iftar party on May 22nd 2018, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, had gone for a secret meeting with a small group of advisers to meet the...
Fuel shipments to Gaza halted due to incendiary balloons: Palestinians’ new medium of protest
Israel is set to stop all shipments of fuel and gas to the Gaza Strip in response to the launching of incendiary balloons by militants in the region that has resulted in fields getting...
Saudi-UK media tie-up: Targeting the non-Arabic-speaking Middle East
Long satisfied to attempt to dominate pan-Arab media and battle it out with Qatar’s state-owned Al Jazeera television network, Saudi Arabia has now set its hegemonic sights on influencing the media landscape of the...
Israel launches strikes against Hamas targets
Israeli aircraft struck militant targets in the Gaza Strip and Palestinians launched dozens of mortar bombs and rockets from the enclave into Israel on Saturday, the Israeli military said. There were no reports of serious casualties...
Jeremy Corbyn Says Future Labour Government Would Recognise Palestine as State
The leader of the U.K. Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, officially announced on Friday that the U.K. would recognize Palestine as a state under a future Labour government. Corbyn, speaking in Jordan during his first trip to...
Egypt opens Raffah Border Crossing for Gaza in Ramadan
Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi, announced he had ordered the opening of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza for the entire Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the longest length of time since 2013. Sisi wrote on his official Twitter...
Tourism to legitimise Israeli settlements? EU report sums all
By Irfan Ansari EU diplomats in the Jerusalem have raised the concern about Israel’s development of archaeological and tourism sites to legitimise illegal settlements in Palestinian outskirts of the city “as a political tool...
What Arafat had on Table | The Story of Intifada & Apartheid
Two revolutionary Leaders, similar times, similar challenges, different approach. Yasser Arafat & Nelson Mandela. The story of Intifada & Apartheid. – Jai Sonwani* “The problem with Yasser Arafat was that he was no Nelson...
Jerusalem: Reflection of world politics in Middle East
The U.S. would be the first country to have its embassy in Jerusalem. Logistically speaking, experts opine that the actual move may take 3-4 years. Prior 1980, many countries had their Embassies in Jerusalem....
