Middle East

As of next month, Israel will operate separate buses for Palestinian residents of the West Bank returning from jobs as day laborers in Israel, thanks to political pressure from West Bank settlers who donʼt want […]

From an article in The Daily Mail:  Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban for championing girls’ right to education, is donating $50,000 to help rebuild schools in Gaza. Nobel Peace […]

An interesting article from The Middle East Monitor:  The number of Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land have doubled in the last 54 months, UN Commission on Human Rights member Cees Flinterman said today. Flinterman […]

From an article in The Middle East Monitor:  The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs recalled its ambassador to Stockholm yesterday following Sweden’s official recognition of the State of Palestine. Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that […]

From an article in The Middle East Monitor:  Hundreds of torture methods used against Palestinian prisoners during interrogations conducted in Israeli prisoners have been observed by human rights organisations and prisoners’ rights associations. A report […]

Mahmud Abbas the Palestinian President has warned that a decision by the Israeli regime to block the access of all visitors to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound amounts to a “declaration of war.” according to a report […]

Israel has given the green light for plans to build over 1,000 new Jewish settler homes in occupied East  Al-Quds, an official said on Monday, sparking a Palestinian warning of an “explosion” of violence. Press […]

The Independent asks a very compelling question in their new article:  just how many civilians have dies in Afghanistan since the war on terror began?  They say:  TL;DR: Up to 21,000 – but we will […]