A former Hamas representative in Saudi Arabia was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Saudi criminal court on Sunday. Mohammed Al-Khudari was charged with “supporting Hamas”, his brother Abdel-Majed al-Khudari told Anadolu Agency, […]
By Kathy Kelly Since March 29, in Washington, D.C., Iman Saleh, age 26, has been on a hunger strike to demand an end to the war in Yemen. She is joined by five others from […]
Normalization with Israel would bring “tremendous benefit” to the region, the Saudi foreign minister has said, but such an accord with the kingdom would depend on progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Under the “Abraham […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to bring about direct flights from Israel to Saudi Arabia if reelected on March 23. “I’m going to bring you direct flights from Tel Aviv to Mecca,” Netanyahu […]
Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said “many” people in Saudi Arabia want normalized relations with Israel, voicing hope the kingdom will join the Abraham Accords agreed during Donald Trump’s administration. Pompeo, who served […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) renewed on Monday his support for introducing a War Powers Resolution with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) aimed at stopping the war in Yemen. The bombings in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia […]
By Kathy Kelly In 1565, Pieter Bruegel the Elder created “The Massacre of the Innocents,” a provocative masterpiece of religious art. The painting reworks a biblical narrative about King Herod’s order to slaughter all newborn boys in Bethlehem for fear […]
Saudi Arabia has abruptly canceled the visit of an Israeli official last week, presumed to be the Mossad head. This came after Israel disclosed information about the secret meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and […]
Saudi Arabia will allow Israeli airliners to use its airspace after talks on Monday between the country’s officials and a team headed by White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, a senior Trump official cited by […]
By Jeremy Salt “If our dreams for Zionism are not to end in the smoke of assassins’ pistols and our labor for its future to produce only a new set of gangsters worthy of Nazi […]
Israeli Education Minister Yoav Gallant confirmed reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held his first-ever known meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Neom, a claim denied by Riyadh. Speaking on Israel’s Army […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a secret trip to Saudi Arabia yesterday to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Accompanied by Chief of Israeli Mossad Yossi […]
US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft told the UN Security Council on Monday that the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 “is no longer needed”, Al-Watan Voice reported. Kraft said: “[US President Donald] Trump’s […]
Arab support for the Palestinian Authority’s budget has fallen by 82 percent during the first eight months of this year, Shehab news agency reported on Sunday. According to data issued by the PA Ministry of […]
By Jeremy Salt This reading of history is substantially but not wholly based on Elizabeth Monroe’s book Philby of Arabia (London: Quartet Books, 1973). With the exception of Kim Philby’s references to his wife, his […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday encouraged Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel, in what would be a massive boost for the Jewish state amid normalization by two other Gulf Arab kingdoms. Bahrain, which […]
By Jim Miles (Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unravelled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East. Kim Ghattas. Henry Holt & Company, NewYork, 2020.) Among the many books […]
Saudi Arabia agreed to open its airspace to all Israeli flights traveling eastward, US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner confirmed on Wednesday. Kushner made the claim in a press conference ahead […]
Bahrain yesterday announced it will allow Israeli planes to use its airspace to and from the UAE, following Saudi Arabia’s decision on Wednesday to allow similar flights. Both moves were reportedly at the request of […]
By Kathy Kelly In her poem, “The Revolution Will Rhyme,” Buffalo Black Lives Matter activist Jillian Hanesworth writes about the movement for change we now see sweeping across the world. It will not be developed just to […]
By Kathy Kelly An entire generation of Yemeni children has suffered the traumas of war, many of them orphaned, maimed, malnourished, or displaced. The United Nations reports a death toll of 100,000 people in that nation’s […]
Saudi Arabia has come under fire once again after a popular Ramadan series broadcast on the kingdom’s MBC channel attacked Palestinians and encouraged normalization with Israel. Episode 2 of series “Exit 7” brings together superstar […]
By Kathy Kelly For the past three years, several dozen New Yorkers have gathered each Saturday at Union Square, at 11:00 a.m. to vigil for peace in Yemen. Now, however, due to the coronavirus, the […]
Dozens of Palestinian activists in Saudi Arabia were accused by the kingdom of supporting Hamas, the governing authority in the Gaza Strip, and were put on trial, according to Arabic press reports. 68 Palestinian and […]
Director of Saudi sports channels, Ghanim Al-Qahtani, has suspended Palestinian announcer, Razan Malash after she tweeted in solidarity with Yemen, Shehab News Agency reported on Friday. Malash, who is a sports correspondent in Spain, tweeted: “The Saudi […]
By Kathy Kelly Writing about his visit to the world’s largest weapons bazaar, held in London during October, Arron Merat describes reading this slogan emblazoned above Raytheon’s stall: “Strike with Creativity.” Raytheon manufactures Paveway laser-guided bombs, fragments […]
A Palestinian fan was detained for raising the Yemeni flag during Tuesday’s dual World Cup-Asian Cup qualifier between Saudi Arabia and Palestine. Ahmad Al-Yumni, a 24-year-old construction worker from Hebron (Al-Khalil), was arrested by the […]
First Deputy Speaker of the Palestinian Parliament Ahmad Bahar yesterday called on Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz to release Palestinian prisoners held in the kingdom, Felesteen reported. During a meeting with the families of the prisoners, Bahar […]
President Mahmoud Abbas received Saudi Arabia’s national soccer team in the presidential headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, praising this visit and stressing that it embodies the historical relationship between Palestine and the […]
A Palestinian group on Monday denounced a planned football match between Saudi Arabia and Palestine in the West Bank because it would require Saudi players to apply for visiting permits directly from Israel. The Popular Front for […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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