Motasem A. Dalloul
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Nikki Haley is definitely Israel's candidate of choice for the US presidency
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley announced on 14 February that she plans to campaign to be the Republican candidate for the 2024 US presidential election. Her campaign was launched formally ... → Read More
PA sticks to Aqaba terms while Israel continues its crimes
Undercover Israeli occupation forces sneaked into the village of Jaba in the occupied Palestinian West Bank city of Jenin yesterday morning. Dozens of Israeli Special Forces followed them in armoured ... → Read More
Who will pay the price for the killing of the Palestinian aid worker in Huwara?
On Wednesday afternoon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Israeli people saying: 'A short time ago, we apprehended the three terrorists who were responsible for the murder of E... → Read More
There's nothing new about Israel executing Palestinians
Israel's ministerial committee for legislation has voted to advance a bill proposed by the Otzma Yehudit party led by extreme far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. If passed into legis... → Read More
Is the EU thanking Israel for stealing Palestinian gas to sell to its members?
Early this week the European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson delivered the opening speech at the Egypt Petroleum Show 2023 Strategic Conference, the largest oil, gas and energy conference and ex... → Read More
Palestinians do not celebrate the killing of children, but Israelis do
In the occupied city of Jerusalem, Hussein Qaraqe responded to a spate of violent attacks against Palestinians by ramming his car into a number of Israeli settlers at a bus stop. Two were killed, acco... → Read More
Israel is trying to win a PR battle through its fake rescue mission in Turkiye
Following the devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake ripped through Turkiye and Syria on Monday, dozens of countries rushed to offer humanitarian assistance to help rescue survivors, treat the wounded ... → Read More
The US and Israel are exploiting Sudan through the normalisation gateway
A senior Israeli delegation headed by Foreign Minister Eli Cohen went to Khartoum last week and met Sudan's military leader Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan. The agenda included 'ways to establish fruitful ... → Read More
Racist Israeli nationals reflect their new government
On Tuesday a Jewish mother gave birth at the Israeli HaEmek Medical Centre in the city of Afula in the northern district of Israel. The Jewish woman found herself lying in a room alongside an Arab ... → Read More
US insists on glorifying Israel despite its increasing violations of international law
Following the killing of seven Israeli Jewish settlers in the illegal settlement of Neve Yaakov on Friday evening, US President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and conde... → Read More
Will Benjamin Netanyahu's government survive?
Before it was formed, the new far-right Israeli government coalition has been plagued with disputes and disagreements, despite the fact that all of its members are from the right-wing parties and all ... → Read More
Is Jordan really the custodian of Jerusalem's holy sites?
Israeli occupation forces detained the Director of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Omar Al-Kiswani, as he entered the Noble Sanctuary on Tuesday. He was humiliated and searched before being allowed to enter th... → Read More
Why does Israeli democracy matter, but Palestinian democracy doesn't?
In January 2006, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement — Hamas — won a resounding victory in the parliamentary election, with 74 out of 132 seats. Its main rival, the secular Palestinian Nat... → Read More
Who is more extreme, Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, or Netanyahu?
Since they won the Knesset elections in November, leader of the Religious Zionist Party, Bezalel Smotrich, and leader of Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) Party, Itamar Ben-Gvir, have been making local, re... → Read More
Jordan's parliament issues nothing more than empty words
Just days after the most right-wing Israeli government was sworn in, one of the most extremist and far-right ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir, stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest site. By doi... → Read More
Netanyahu's new government in Israel is 'against the state'
After five General Elections in Israel since 2019, Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu again took the oath of office as prime minister on Thursday shortly after the Knesset passed a vote of confidence in ... → Read More
Despite being the 'best ever' FIFA World Cup, the West still resents that it was in Qatar
According to Gianni Infantino, the President of FIFA, football's world governing body, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was 'an incredible success on all fronts.' The first such tournament hosted by ... → Read More
There is no internal Palestinian division, just pro and anti-occupation factions
Despite the continuous security coordination between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Israeli occupation, the PA has toned down its security campaigns against Palestinians who fight the Israeli ... → Read More
The rise of the far-right exposes the fallacy of Israel's 'values'
The latest General Election in Israel was held on 1 November. The election campaign saw hatred and hostility between politicians come to the surface across the political spectrum. The rise of the far-... → Read More
Massive support for Palestine has pushed Israel to test sustainability of Abraham Accords
Since the creation of the Zionist Occupation State of Israel following the killing and forced expulsion of Palestinians from their homes, lands, villages and cities in 1948, Israeli governments could ... → Read More