Israel Top Stories
- Lapid warns of “Civil War” as Netanyahu Accuses Courts of Conspiracy and Pledges to...Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s i24 reports that Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed his Likud Party on Monday and said that he will move forward with the annexation of one third of the Palestinian West Bank in... Topics: Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestine
- Army sergeant has sweet reunion with his military dog after 2 years apartDeployed to missions in Iraq, Sicily, Jerusalem, and New York with his military dog Iskra, Army Sgt. Jake Ferkin was able to "see the world with his best friend." Now, they will be able to spend Iskra's retirement together, too. Iskra, a 10-year-old... Topics: Military, Iraq, Jerusalem
- Pandemic has brought a significant rise in racism and xenophobiaThis is my weekly report for the Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council on the spread of COVID-19 in Israel and Palestine, but I begin with a global focus. Health Inequities and COVID-19 The rise in the pandemic of racism and xenophobia... Topics: Palestine
- Iran’s Khamenei: Fighting for “liberation of Palestine” is “Islamic duty”Once again Iran’s Supreme Leader frames the conflict between the Islamic Republic of Iran and other Muslim countries and Israel in terms of Islam. Yet Islamic tenets are the first element of the conflict that U.S. counterterror “experts”... Topics: Iran, Palestine, Religion
- Israel restricts COVID-19 phone tracking to 'special cases'Israel’s original plan to track the phones of COVID-19 sufferers won’t get very far. The country’s cabinet has restricted the use of the Shin Bet security agency’s phone surveillance to “specific and special cases” where officials...
Palestine Top Stories
- Lapid warns of “Civil War” as Netanyahu Accuses Courts of Conspiracy and Pledges to...Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s i24 reports that Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed his Likud Party on Monday and said that he will move forward with the annexation of one third of the Palestinian West Bank in... Topics: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel
- Pandemic has brought a significant rise in racism and xenophobiaThis is my weekly report for the Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council on the spread of COVID-19 in Israel and Palestine, but I begin with a global focus. Health Inequities and COVID-19 The rise in the pandemic of racism and xenophobia... Topics: Israel
- Iran’s Khamenei: Fighting for “liberation of Palestine” is “Islamic duty”Once again Iran’s Supreme Leader frames the conflict between the Islamic Republic of Iran and other Muslim countries and Israel in terms of Islam. Yet Islamic tenets are the first element of the conflict that U.S. counterterror “experts”... Topics: Iran, Israel, Religion
- Noam Chomsky on Trump's Disastrous Coronavirus Response, WHO, China, Gaza and Global CapitalismHow did the United States — the richest country in the world — become the worldwide epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, with one person dying of COVID-19 every 47 seconds? We spend the hour with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned political... Topics: Noam Chomsky, China, Gaza Strip
- 'Out of Lebanon's Mud': Israel's Pullout Was Move in Right Direction, Ex-Parliamentarian BelievesIt has been 20 years since the last Israeli soldier left Lebanon, ending 18 years of hostilities that kicked off in June 1982 in a bid to curb the threat of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), which launched attacks against the Jewish state... Topics: Lebanon, Israel