By Rori Donaghy Company owned by former Israeli intelligence agent was responsible for installing Abu Dhabi’s mass surveillance system Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed arrives for opening of World Future Energy Summit (AFP) Authorities in Abu Dhabi announced on Wednesday the launch of an emirate-wide surveillance system, which Middle East Eye previously…
By Alan Hart I must begin with a clarification. “The world” of my headline is inhabited only by our so-called leaders and their governments, not the civil societies of nations. And the complicity of our so-called leaders and their governments in Zionism’s crimes is in my view more by default out of fear of…
By Richard Falk [Prefatory Note: The review below was published in the current issue of Journal of the Society for Contemporary Thought and Islamicate World. I am posting it here because I believe that Jeff Halper’s book deserves the widest possible reading. It explains clearly and convincingly one of the deepest and least…
By Alan Hart March 01, 2016 “Information Clearing House” -It’s not too much of a secret that Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a Trump-like megalomaniac and a tyrant with few equals, is happy to do dirty work for Israel. And it may now be that he is seeking to prepare the ground for Mohammed Dahlan, almost…
Udi Aloni said comments at Berlin Film Festival were directed at Israeli government, rather than at country he ‘loves’ Filmmaker Udi Aloni is interviewed at the Berlin Film Festival (YouTube screen grab) An award-winning Israeli director has branded Israel’s government as “fascist” during a press conference at a film festival in Germany. Udi…
Countries where Islam is already favoured in law, like Afghanistan and Iraq, show the strongest backing for having Sharia as the official law of the land The legal framework based on the moral and legal code of Islam is rarely out of the news. The most extreme interpretations of Sharia are being enforced by Isis…
By Rori Donaghy Israel and the UAE’s strong relationship confirmed as Tel Aviv says it will open a diplomatic office through an energy agency in Abu Dhabi Director of Israel’s Foreign Ministry Dore Gold has arranged the Israel-UAE mission (AFP) Israel is going to open a diplomatic mission in the United Arab Emirates, in what…
By Ben White The cancellation of a conference by the University of Southampton highlights questions that Israel’s apologists are desperate to keep off limits There was outrage last week when the University of Southampton cancelled a forthcoming conference on Israel and international law, ostensibly on the grounds of “health and safety”. The university had been…
By Marwan Bishara Netanyahu is sure to translate the election results into a new mandate to further Israel’s colonial goals in Palestine. A Palestinian man reads a local newspaper, which features the Israeli election on its front page, in the southern Gaza Strip [REUTERS] This will be Benjamin Netanyahu’s fourth and Israel’s 34th government since its…
By Max Blumenthal Netanyahu has described a suicidal Jewish extremist as his personal hero. Will he follow in his path? March 22, 2015 “ICH” – “Alternet” – Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu propelled his Likud Party to victory over the centrist Zionist Union in national elections this week with a vehement rejection of…