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Go topA resolution passed by the UN Human Rights Council today, mandating a group of international experts to investigate abuses by all parties to the conflict in Yemen, is a momentous breakthrough that will pave the way for justice for countless victims of human rights abuses and grave violations of international law, including war crimes, … Continued
The emergence of an independent Kurdish state will continue to face serious hurdles and obstacles. SOURCE: MIDDLE EAST ONLINE BY EDMUND GHAREEB Sheikh Ubaydullah al-Nahri, a prominent religious and tribal leader who is known as the grandfather of Kurdish nationalism, in 1880 established the Kurdish League, an alliance of 200 tribes, and launched a revolt … Continued
SOURCE: MONDOWEISS September 27, 2017 — Today’s media reports revealed that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights began sending letters two weeks ago to 150 companies in Israel and around the globe, warning them that they could be added to a database of complicit companies doing business in illegal Israeli settlements based in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, including East … Continued
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT BY JEFFREY HELLER ‘The State of Palestine and the Solomon Islands are now Interpol member countries’ Palestine joined Interpol as a member state on Wednesday, a move opposed by Israel, in a vote at the international police organisation’s general assembly in Beijing, Interpol said. “The State of Palestine and the Solomon Islands are … Continued
SOURCE: FORWARD BY JTA JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Palestinians’ chief peace negotiator, Saeb Erekat, is in Washington, D.C. waiting for a lung transplant. Erekat, 62, who also is secretary-general of the PLO executive committee, has pulmonary fibrosis, a serious lung disease. He requires oxygen and can no longer walk. On Palestinian national television on Thursday … Continued
SOURCE: HAARETZ BY AMIR TIBON In an interview with left-wing website The Intercept, the former presidential candidate said that the U.S. is complicit in Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. Senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said in an interview published Friday that the United States should “play a much more evenhanded role” in … Continued
By: Michaela Schrum/ Contributing Writer The Syrian refugee crisis has been a topic of interest ever since the initial refugee camps in Turkey were set up in 2011. But international coverage picked up significantly in 2013 with the geographic gains of ISIS in the region, as well as military raids conducted by the Assad regime. … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY ZIAD J. ASALI The Arab Spring caused dramatic changes and created new regional realities. Regional and geopolitical realities could not be less conducive to conflict resolution. No party has the credibility, political capital or will to resolve final-status issues. It is time to seek an achievable goal. Absence of negotiated … Continued
SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST BY PAUL SCHEMM Just over a week ago, Tunisia became one of the only countries in the Arab world to allow Muslim women to marry non-Muslim men, flouting centuries of tradition and earning the accolades of human rights groups and activists around the world. The measure has been cited as another example of … Continued
SOURCE: THE JERUSALEM POST BY JACOB GOFF KLEIN US President Donald Trump met with Jordanian King Abdullah II in New York City on Wednesday during the UN General Assembly’s 72nd session to discuss the two countries’ bilateral ties as well as the different challenges Jordan faces. According to the White House Office Press Secretary, Trump … Continued
SOURCE: SAUDI GAZETTE BY DR. KHALED M. BATARFI WERE we too concerned over the calls to protests on Sep 15? I would say no for those who knew their country and countrymen better. Previous calls — and there were many— ended up with nothing, so why the worry now? The heated discussion in Twitter, in … Continued
SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY JAMES J. ZOGBY For half of the past two decades Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu has served as Prime Minister of Israel. Whatever his ultimate fate (given the ongoing criminal investigations he is currently facing), it is clear that he has had a profound impact on Israel, the Palestinians, and the entire … Continued
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