Gunning for Area C
Summary: six Palestinian NGOs were targeted by Israel’s defence minister but one in particular is crucial to Israeli annexation efforts.
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Israel criminalises the pursuit of human rights
Summary: declaring Palestinian human rights organisations terror groups raises tensions and brings condemnation.
Jonathan Kuttab: Beyond the Two-State Solution
Palestinian author, activist and human rights attorney Jonathan Kuttab joins Arab Digest editor William Law for a conversation that focuses on a radical rethink of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Kuttab has abandoned any hope for two states and is now calling for a single entity that recognises the rights and obligations of both sides.
Prince Turki and the Taliban
Summary: few outside Afghanistan know the Taliban as well as Prince Turki Al Faisal and at his recent book launch he called for both caution in dealing with them and compassion for the Afghan people they once again rule over.
Semiramis Revisited: a story of the Nakba
Summary: the 1948 bombing of a hotel in an Arab neighbourhood of Jerusalem killed 24 civilians and drove the community out; a descendent of one of those forced to flee investigates a largely forgotten act of ethnic cleansing.
Gaza’s Victory
Summary: Benjamin Netanyahu wants to present it as otherwise but Israel lost the latest round in the Gaza wars and in the Arab Street and beyond Hamas is proclaimed the victor.
Using the rule of law to deliver justice for Palestinians
Summary: MP Crispin Blunt says he is “done with false hope” and is launching a new organisation that will seek to use the rule of law to hold Israel accountable for the injustices inflicted on the Palestinian people.
Using the rule of law to deliver justice for Palestinians
Summary: MP Crispin Blunt says he is “done with false hope” and is launching a new organisation that will seek to use the rule of law to hold Israel accountable for the injustices inflicted on the Palestinian people.
Business as usual
Summary: amidst continuing security concerns, conflict zones in MENA have assured that the region remains the globe’s top armaments importer.
Putin powers ahead in the Middle East
Arab Digest editor William Law in conversation with Samuel Ramani, a geopolitical analyst and non-resident fellow at Gulf International Forum. Their conversation explores the extraordinary gains Russia has made in positioning itself as a player of consequence in the Middle East. Showing a deft hand and adroit manouevring Vladimir Putin, in a few short years, has realised the dream of Catherine the Great to establish Russia in the Middle East and North Africa as a Mediterranean power to be reckoned with.