Jerusalem (CNN)Israeli soldiers shot a blindfolded, handcuffed Palestinian teenager who had been arrested on suspicion of taking part in disturbances as he tried to flee.The shooting happened after a funeral in the Palestinian village of Tuqu’, south of Bethlehem in the West Bank, last Thursday, according to witnesses and a member of the Tuqu’ municipality. Photos and video from the… Read more »
(CNN)Saudi Arabia has executed 37 men convicted of terror-related crimes, the kingdom’s official news agency said Tuesday. One of the convicts was crucified, according to an interior ministry statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).In Saudi Arabia, crucifixion means the body of someone executed is strung up and put on display as a deterrent to others.”The death penalty was… Read more »
France’s lucrative arms exports to the Gulf came under renewed scrutiny this week following the release of a classified report showing that the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has made much wider use of French arms than officials in Paris acknowledge. On October 3, 2018, a day after journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, never to be seen again, French… Read more »
A UN Development Program (UNDP) study released Tuesday estimates the war in Yemen and subsequent humanitarian disaster means the country has already lost more than two decades in terms of development. The study found that if even if the war were to end this year, it will have caused economic losses of $88.8 billion. If the conflict lasts until 2030,… Read more »
Egypt‘s parliament has passed proposed constitutional amendments that could see President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi remain in power until 2030, according to state media. The vote on Tuesday sends the changes to a public referendum that will likely take place before early May when the Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts. Critics have decried the proposals as another step back to authoritarianism, eight years… Read more »
After hearing about the Khashoggi constantly for almost all of October and November in international news I was somewhat shocked how quickly and quietly the whole incident.. disappeared. There was no conclusion to what happened. His body was never found and it seems like all those reports put out against the Saudi Government were never actually seen. So I find… Read more »
So, after reading about Palestine and Israel and real accounts from people in Israel it feels like an issue that people aren’t giving enough attention to. I don’t know an incredible amount of background between the Israel and Palestine conflict, but I do know it’s mainly about who lays claim to the land. Israel who claims the land due to… Read more »
A senior official in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has said Arab states made a “very wrong decision” in the past when they had decided to not have formal relations or contact with Israel. Anwar Gargash, the UAE’s minister of state for foreign affairs, told Emirati daily The National that relations between Arab states and Israel need to change in order… Read more »
After five years in prison, Alaa Abdel Fattah, a high-profile Egyptian blogger and rights activist, is due to be released from prison on Wednesday, his family said. His sister Mona Seif, a prominent human rights activist herself who founded the No to Military Rule movement, tweeted that the family was still waiting for the release process to begin. “We hope it goes smoothly… Read more »
Israeli forces shot and killed an 18-year-old Palestinian medic after the army raided a refugee camp in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Sajid Muzher was shot in the abdomen and later died on the operating table at the Beit Jala Hospital, Palestinian medical sources said. The sources added that the young man was killed when Israeli soldiers opened fire while… Read more »