Peoples Dispatch Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets in the city of Jaffa in Israel on April 1, Wednesday, to protest atrocities committed by the police under the cover of the COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the government. The Israeli police responded by firing rubber coated bullets and stun grenades and arrested at least four…
Category: MIDDLE EAST
Libya: Using COVID-19 to Escalate War
The attack on the Al-Watiyah Air Base by the al-Sarraj militias and Erdogan’s mercenaries was part of a plan to seamlessly redress the humanitarian truce. The militias of Fayez Al-Sarraj’s government do not cease in their attempts to ignite war on various fighting axes, whether in Tripoli or in the Misrata hub, by violating the…
From Cluster Bombs to Toxic Waste: Saudi Arabia is Creating the Next Fallujah in Yemen
Ahmed Abdulkareem AL-JAWF, YEMEN — As the world’s focus turns to the rapidly-spreading COVID-19 pandemic, Yemenis are reeling from their own brewing tragedy, contending with the thousands of cluster bombs, landmines and other exploded munitions that now litter their homeland. Just yesterday, a young child was killed and another was injured in the al-Ghail district of al-Jawf…
Removing References to the Arab Spring Facilitates the International Narrative on Migration and Refugees
Ramona Wadi Foreign intervention – lauded by imperialism as a necessity for “bringing democracy” – has one aspect of so-called collateral damage which is abhorred and manipulated. The invasion of the Middle East and North Africa region, as decided by the White House early on in the “War on Terror” post September 11, has generated…
The Coronavirus Seen from Yemen
Marinella Correggia Sara Ameri lives in Sanaa, Yemen. She has written a letter to a group of activists in several countries who are trying to organize public events to commemorate the beginning (March 26, 2015) of the aerial bombing campaign “Operation Decisive Storm” by the Gulf Petromonarchies. From the epicenter of a very serious food…
Italy: Coronavirus Hysteria (and a Lesson from Aleppo)
Marinella Correggia We should listen to the lesson in dignity that comes from Aleppo. In Aleppo, Syria, a country whose destruction – by jihadist terrorists and mercenaries – Italy has politically supported since 2011, together with other NATO countries and the Gulf monarchies, they are praying for Italy. At the same time from that resilient…
Inside the World Uyghur Congress: The US-backed Right-wing Regime Change Network Seeking the ‘Fall of China’
Ajit Singh While posing as a grassroots human rights organization, the World Uyghur Congress is a US-funded and directed separatist network that has forged alliances with far-right ethno-nationalist groups. The goal spelled out by its founders is clear: the destabilization of China and regime change in Beijing. In recent years, few stories have generated as…
Abuse, Oppression and Murder: The PA Does Israel’s Dirty Work in the West Bank
Ramzy Baroud PA forces participate in a training session in the West Bank. (Photo: File) Merely two weeks after Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, declared that the PA will suspend all ‘security coordination’ with Israel, Palestinian security forces in the West Bank killed unarmed teenager, Salah Zakareneh. Zakareneh is not the first and, sadly, will not be…
National Army Command: A Ceasefire in Libya is Conditional on the Withdrawal of Turkish Forces
The Libyan National Army Commander confirmed that the Al-Wefaq government suspended participation in Geneva because Al-Sarraj receives orders from Ankara and Doha. Libyan National Army commander, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, confirmed on Friday that he is ready for a ceasefire in Libya if certain conditions are met. He explained in an interview to the Russian…
Israel Announces New Settlement Construction on Stolen Palestinian Land
shweta The Palestinian neighbourhood of Beit Safafa in occupied East Jerusalem. On February 19, Thursday, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the construction of thousands of new housing units for illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied Palestinian territory of East Jerusalem. The units are planned in an area which is allotted to Palestine even under…
‘The Donald Trump I Know’: Abbas’ UN Speech and the Breakdown of Palestinian Politics
Ramzy Baroud A precious moment has been squandered, as Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, had the chance to right a historical wrong, by reinstating Palestinian national priorities at the United Nations Security Council on February 11, through a political discourse that is completely independent of Washington and its allies. For a long time, Abbas has…
Trump’s Plan for Heavily Sanctioned Gaza is Israel’s Victory
Pippa Bartolotti The announcement of US President Donald Trump’s plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is strongly rejected by Palestinians. After more than 70 years of torturous killings, loss of homes, of land and of life, of living under indiscriminate bombings, economic strangulation and crippling sanctions, the plan is offering little more than money to…
