Al-Qaida didn’t attack the U.S. simply because it hated our “freedoms.” The group’s leader had specific gripes that the U.S. has still not addressed.
Since at least 2001, the Saudis and Israelis have successfully reframed American policy in the Greater Middle East, and the results have been disastrous.
The victim, who was stabbed to death, was well known in the local settler community and on social media. Video footage shows him giving chase and shooting at his assailant, as did others.
The filmmaker, journalist and refugee describes living conditions of Palestinians under the state of Israel and condemns the alliance between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu.
Though subject to extreme and bleak conditions, Palestinians find ways to work into their daily lives rituals and practices that offer some sense of normalcy and humanity.
Because of the zealous efforts of the Trump administration, we are enabling the foot soldiers in a new Middle East holy war.
Citing "a culture of impunity," Foreign Minister Riad Malki asks the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into alleged Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people, including settlement policies.
The family of prominent protester Ahed Tamimi releases a video showing an interrogator telling the then-16-year-old her relatives will be arrested if she fails to cooperate. .
The Israeli military has said it fired only at "instigators" involved in attacks on soldiers and was investigating Yasswe Murtaja's gunshot death amid a very hectic environment.
Foreign ministers say the president's move is a violation of international law, and they call on the U.N. Security Council to condemn the U.S. action.
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