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The tiny and very rich Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar has become a hostile target for two nations with significant influence in the U.S.: Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Israel is furious over Qatar’s support for Palestinians generally and (allegedly) Hamas specifically, while the UAE is...

AFRICAN National Congress (ANC) members and leaders should not travel to Israel as the party is in solidarity with the people of Palestine, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said on Monday. “(We are) joining the call for (a) cultural, academic and education boycott of Israel, including...

Wibisono is not the first Special Rapporteur unable to enter the occupied territories [Reuters] Jerusalem - On September 20, Makarim Wibisono was expected to begin his first mission as the newly appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied...

Sorry, I should've posted this thread on the Europe forum. Can a moderator please fix this?

Arsonists have torched the car of a Salford Rabbi who has spoken out over Israel's military action in Gaza. Firebugs poured petrol over Ahron Cohen's Volvo estate before setting fire to the vehicle outside his home in Broughton, Salford . They first attached a makeshift fuse to the fuel tank...

Palestinian business leaders are turning their back on their Israeli counterparts as relations between the two sides worsen following this summer’s war in Gaza and the collapse of the peace process. Breaking the Impasse, a group of leading Israeli and Palestinian business leaders formed last...

Oh, so that's what this is about. You don't like when people find objections in Israel's state religion - you wish to restrict criticism of religion to Islam, even when (as it's clear) you don't have actual arguments against criticism of Judaism. As I said: bigot.

Speak English. And that article in no way insulted your weird *** religion, you oversensitive guttersnipe. It just made the point other religions have traces of illiberalism, too, and that is undeniable. You just can't deal with this sort of article without agitating against Muslims, because...

I'm not the article's writer, dumbass bigot.

Imagine in one of London’s central districts, a Muslim group representing a significant section of the local community puts up notices before a street event telling women to confine themselves to one side of the road only. The posters, in Arabic and English, state: “Women should please walk...

Israeli forces shoot, injure Gaza fisherman [on shore!] GAZA CITY (Ma‘an) 18 Sept — Israeli naval forces opened fire off the coast of northern Gaza late Wednesday, injuring a Palestinian fisherman on a beach, locals said. Yousef Zayif, 70, was hit by live fire while waiting for his sons on the...

(Jerusalem) – Three Israeli attacks that damaged Gaza schools housing displaced people caused numerous civilian casualties in violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said today. In the first in-depth documentation of the violations, Human Rights Watch investigated the three attacks...

In sum: anonymous tales, supposedly from Hamas' political opponents, published by an institute well known for neocon leanings, founded by John Bolton. Some Gazans are willing to put their names on their accusations, Solomon: If you do care about war crimes in Gaza, if you're not just exploiting...

That is a tad ridiculous, even for your lowly standards, 500. Gaza to get floating power station from Turkey - Middle East Israel News | Haaretz:disagree: And wait for it: The article, syndicated in an Israeli newspaper, is accompanied by a photo of the plant in flames: Oh, so you think it's...

The Union of European Football Associations has rejected an Israeli bid to host games during the 2020 European Championships. The decision follows a campaign by Palestinian sports teams and campaign groups and activists across Europe. The Israeli Football Association bid to host games in...

To get back at the West for failing its own stated values. Happens very often nowadays. Egypt did that recently. Syria too, but I forget what it was about. The West constantly parades its supposed righteousness, waving a stiff finger at its rivals' face (China, Russia, Iran, and Syria are...

A Palestinian woman takes part in an 8 September protest at the Red Cross’ office in Gaza City demanding the release of family members held in Israeli jails. Two dozen Palestinians captured during Israel’s invasion of Gaza this summmer remain in detention more than three weeks after the 51-day...

GAZA CITY, Palestine: Israeli naval gunfire wounded a fisherman off the coast of Gaza Thursday, a medical official said, in a sign of ongoing tension around the battered Palestinian territory. The man was moderately wounded in the incident, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP...

Even if you mean just the coastline, this is nowhere near most:

Pakistanis should not be fooled by Solomon2. He knows perfectly well of Israel'sd record of theft and that it isn't limited to the pre-1948 settlements - it continues down to this day. And even if we refrain from commenting on modern land theft, even if we limit discussion to 1948, it can be...