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The Strategist: Prospects for Israeli–Palestinian peace more remote than ever

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Carl Bildt. A massive double crisis is emerging between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean. Both Israel and the Palestinian Authority are confronting internal challenges that have cast shadows over their futures, and fast-rising tensions between the two sides are approaching a breaking point. In Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu…

Dissident Voice: Pro-Israel and Ukraine Groups Use Identity Politics to Attack Free Speech

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Yves Engler. Questioning Canada’s contribution to NATO’s proxy war is “hate” that must be shut down according to some Ukrainian groups mimicking Zionist organizations by promoting an identity politics laced cancel culture. A Ukrainian student group sought to cancel my talk at Kings College in London, Ontario, on…

The Jordan Times: Real journalism asks tough questions

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By James J. Zogby. Too often both the Israeli and Arab press fail miserably in reporting on violent acts in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Aspects of the recent press coverage of murderous assaults by Israeli forces into Palestinian-populated areas and deadly Palestinian attacks against Israelis have been particularly upsetting. For…

Former president says American Jews are ungrateful for all he has done for Jewish state

We know all too well how Donald Trump knows how to bluff and likes to talk himself into the limelight. He himself wants to remind us how he has stuck his neck out for the Jewish People.

Apartheid South Africa and Israel’s Treatment of the Palestinians – Modern Parallels

Originally posted on BPP Human Rights Law Blog:
Hamza Fareed Malik discusses the discriminatory treatment of Palestinians by Israeli authorities and considers comparisons drawn between apartheid in South Africa and contemporary Israel. The 1973 International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid (“Apartheid Convention”) and the 1998 Rome Statute to the…

Russia Interested in Consultations With Israel on Security in Middle East

Russia is interested in continuing consultations with Israel on security and stability in the Middle East region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in the article on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the renewal of diplomatic relations between Russia and Israel, published by the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. “We are interested in continuing consultationsContinue reading “Russia Interested in Consultations With Israel on Security in Middle East”