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Driven from his home, Abu Ammar Alia now keeps his sheep on temporarily rented land
Palestinian fears grow amid rising Israeli settler attacks
RAMALLAH — There’s been a dramatic rise in violence carried out by extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank this year, with more than 100 incidents reported a month according to the UN.It warns that some 400 people have been driven from their land since the start of 2022.Smashed cars and homes and shops set ablaze. Recent months have seen some of the worst ever scenes of settler violence in the occupied West Bank. Some have turned deadly.Posters in remembrance of 19-year-old Qusai Maatan, showing him astride his white Arabian horse, now surround a small roundabout in the village of Burqa, set among olive trees in the rolling hills north-east of Ramallah.“He had a deeply caring nature. He’d always greet me warmly and check on me in a...
August 28, 2023

Palestinian fears grow amid rising Israeli settler attacks

A funeral was held on Wednesday for Abdul Rahman Kashua, a top municipal official who was shot dead in the town of Tira
Israeli Arabs demand action over spike in murders linked to organized crime
JERUSALEM — Israeli Arab groups are calling for an emergency session of the country's parliament, after the latest series of murders within the community.Four men were shot dead in the Arab town of Abu Snan, in the northern Galilee region, on Tuesday.Three were members of the same family, including a candidate for the local mayoral election.Opposition politicians have blamed the government for failing to crack down on organized crime gangs.The bodies of the four men were found in a field after what paramedics said was a significant amount of gunfire.One of the victims was Ghazi Saab, a 53-year-old who had been due to announce his candidacy for Abu Snan's mayor later that day.The others were identified as his nephews, Zaher al-Din Saab, 45, and Amir Saab, 28, as well as...
August 24, 2023

Israeli Arabs demand action over spike in murders linked to organized crime

More than 200 Palestinians and nearly 30 Israelis have been killed so far this year. File photo of Gaza. — courtesy UNRWA/Mohamed Hinnawi
Israeli-Palestinian death toll highest since 2005: UN envoy
NEW YORK — More than 200 Palestinians and nearly 30 Israelis have been killed so far this year in demonstrations, clashes, military operations, attacks and other incidents, which already surpasses last year’s death toll, UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland said in a briefing to the Security Council on Monday.It represents the highest number of fatalities since 2005 and reflects “concerning trends” seen in recent months throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory“Palestinians and Israelis are killed and injured in near daily violence — including just hours before this briefing when another fatal shooting attack killed an Israeli in the West Bank,” he said, speaking from Jerusalem.The violence is fueled and exacerbated by a growing sense of despair about the future, said...
August 21, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian death toll highest since 2005: UN envoy

A child fetches clean water at a camp for displaced people in Dar Saad in Yemen. (file). — courtesy UNOCHA/Mahmoud Fadel-YPN
Yemen: Warring parties must take concrete steps towards an inclusive peace
NEW YORK — Two senior UN officials highlighted the need for progress towards peace in war-torn Yemen amid ongoing political, economic and humanitarian challenges, in briefings to the Security Council on Wednesday.UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg provided an update on his mediation efforts, both in the country and abroad, while Edem Wosornu of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, reported on access impediments and funding gaps affecting aid delivery to millions.Yemen continues to face a protracted political, humanitarian and developmental crisis after more than eight years of fighting between pro-government forces, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, and Houthi rebels.An initial two-month truce signed in April 2022 expired that October after two extensions. Grundberg has continued...
August 16, 2023

Yemen: Warring parties must take concrete steps towards an inclusive peace

Relocation experts say most of those looking to emigrate are highly trained professionals like Professor Chen Hoffmann
Israelis seek opportunities abroad amid unrest at home
TEL AVIV — As tens of thousands of Israelis continue to join weekly protests over the government's highly controversial plans to change the justice system, as many as one in three citizens are thinking of leaving the country, according to a poll.Professor Chen Hofmann is one of them. Together with his wife and their children, they start the Jewish Sabbath with a meal together every Friday evening. Nowadays they end it at a huge anti-government rally."It's not our ritual to go and protest in the streets but we're forced to because we're losing our country, that's how we feel," says the doctor at the weekly Saturday night demonstration in central Tel Aviv.The top Israeli radiologist is now moving to a hospital in the UK and is trying to persuade other members...
August 14, 2023

Israelis seek opportunities abroad amid unrest at home

The FSO Safer, moored off Yemen’s west coast. — courtesy UN Yemen
Yemen: UN concludes removal of one million barrels of oil from decaying tanker
SANAA — A UN-led operation to remove over one million barrels of crude oil from a rusting supertanker off Yemen safely concluded on Friday, preventing the immediate threat of a massive spill in the Red Sea.UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the news of the successful transfer of oil aboard the FSO Safer to a replacement vessel, thus “avoiding what could have been a monumental environmental and humanitarian catastrophe.”The FSO Safer was built as a supertanker in 1976 and converted a decade later into what is in effect a floating oil container.The tanker was abandoned off the Red Sea port of Hodeidah after civil war broke out in 2015. Prior to the conflict, it was used to store and export oil from fields around Ma’rib, but the fighting brought production, as well as...
August 12, 2023

Yemen: UN concludes removal of one million barrels of oil from decaying tanker

Israel's judicial overhaul hits the tech sector
Investments plunge as Israel pushes on with judicial reform
TEL AVIV — Almost every weekend for more than 30 weeks, tens of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv to protest against government plans to weaken the judiciary and chip away at the independence of the Supreme Court.Among those protesters marching up Kaplan Street in central Tel Aviv on Saturday was Chen Amit, co-founder and CEO of a fintech startup called Tipalti that was most recently valued at $8.3 billion.“We cry for democracy and we fight for democracy,” Amit tells CNN. He and his family come out to protest every week.Amit and Tipalti President Robert Israch founded the firm in Israel in 2010. The global accounting and payments company is based in Israel, but headquartered in Foster City, California.Its uber-modern offices in Tel Aviv aren’t especially...
August 11, 2023

Investments plunge as Israel pushes on with judicial reform

US-Iranian Siamak Namazi is among those freed from prison under the deal
Iran releases US dual nationals into house arrest, lawyer says
TEHRAN — Iran has released five US-Iranian dual nationals into house arrest, US officials say.Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi and Morad Tahbaz, who also has a British passport, were released alongside a fourth unidentified man, a lawyer for one of the men said.A fifth American had already been released, a US national security official said.Talks had taken place between Iran and the US to secure their release."While this is an encouraging step, these US citizens... should have never been detained in the first place," said National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson."Of course, we will not rest until they are all back home in the United States," she added.Iran's mission to the UN confirmed the release of dual nationals from Tehran's Evin prison, according...
August 11, 2023

Iran releases US dual nationals into house arrest, lawyer says

Cinemagoers queue to have their photos taken in Dubai. Barbie has grossed over $1bn globally since its debut last month
Barbie banned in Kuwait as Lebanon urges action
KUWAIT CITY — The Barbie film has been banned in Kuwait and faces calls for a ban in Lebanon amid criticism in the Arab world of the movie's social values.Kuwait acted to protect "public ethics", the state news agency said. Lebanon's culture minister accused the film of "promoting homosexuality".The blockbuster has grossed over $1bn worldwide within weeks of its release.Lafi al-Subaiei, the head of Kuwait's board of film classification, said that usually the board asks for movie scenes deemed to flout his country's culture to be cut.But when they promote behavior the state thinks is unacceptable, they are banned outright.The film "promulgate[s] ideas and beliefs that are alien to Kuwaiti society and public order", a spokesman for the Kuwaiti...
August 11, 2023

Barbie banned in Kuwait as Lebanon urges action

Jordan, Egypt sign dozen deals to bolster bilateral cooperation.
Jordan. Egypt sign dozen deals to boost bilateral cooperation
AMMAN — Jordan and Egypt on Monday sealed some 12 bilateral deals across various fields as part of efforts to strengthen cooperation, state media reported.The agreements, signed amid higher committee talks led by the countries' respective prime ministers, run the gamut from political and economic deals to healthcare and financial accords, while the talks reviewed progress on a joint power grid project linking Amman and Cairo.Boosting bilateral trade, which was worth nearly $1 billion last year, was also in focus during the talks. — Kuna
August 07, 2023

Jordan. Egypt sign dozen deals to boost bilateral cooperation

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