Tag: Middle East
in Masafer Yatta, West Bank, the cycle of evictions seems endless
For years, the same drama has been playing out in the hills south of the city of Hebron. Masafer Yatta is a semi-desert area that is home to a community…
“Listing the Iranian Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist entity could lead to their isolation”
The 27 member countries of the European Union, as well as Great Britain, must soon decide whether or not to include the Iranian Revolutionary Guards on their list of terrorist…
record oil exports despite US embargo
Iranian oil exports broke a new record in November and December 2022. And this, despite Washington’s sanctions against Tehran. Among the biggest importers of Iranian oil is China. It is…
Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, among the worst cities in terms of quality of life
More than three years after the start of the economic crisis, in October 2019, Lebanon still does not see the end of the tunnel and the daily life of the…
In Tel Aviv, thousands of demonstrators mobilized against “Netanyahu and his gang”
The Israelis are mobilizing against the new very right-wing government of Binyamin Netanyahu and his desire to reform the judicial system. In Tel Aviv, despite capricious weather, there were more…
a concession to the ultra-Orthodox
At a time when the global trend is to reduce plastic waste, Israel is taking the opposite view. The new finance minister, from the far right, has announced the removal…
“They are doing everything to silence us”, the Iranian diaspora facing pressure from the regime
Since the beginning of the protest against the regime in Iran, in September 2022, the power has used all possible means to stifle mobilization inside and outside the country. Threats…
new death sentences handed down by the country’s courts
After the hanging, on Saturday January 7, of two young people for the murder of an Islamist militiaman on November 3, 2022, many concerns have been expressed about the application…
Israel imposes retaliatory financial sanctions on the Palestinian Authority
In a newspaper interview Ha’aretz, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh returns to the financial retaliation measures imposed by the Jewish State on the Palestinian Authority. Israel accuses the Palestinian leaders…
In order to face the crisis, the Egyptian government organizes the sale of bonds at 25%
To deal with an unprecedented economic crisis, the Egyptian government organized, through two state-owned banks, the sale of bonds at 25% interest. The banks exceptionally opened their doors despite the…