(2020-04-15). Will Quiet Middle East Last? Or Is It Lull Before Next Storm? iranian.com Across the Middle East, the coronavirus is stirring up both upheavals and more subtle changes from Tel Aviv to Riyadh, little reported and when covered little understood in the Western media. In Israel, the virus has enabled that master political magician Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pull off yet another spectacular escape as improbable as …
(2020-04-15). A Lethal Brew: Israel's Racism and the Pandemic. globalresearch.ca While reporting from Israel/Palestine has focused on Israel's difficulties in forming a new government and on measures being taken by Israelis to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic, the story behind the story is the role anti-Arab racism has played in …
(2020-04-15). If coronavirus overwhelms Gaza, Israel alone is to blame. zcomm.org The Palestinians of Gaza know all about lockdowns. For the past 13 years, some two million of them have endured a closure by Israel more extreme than anything experienced by almost any other society…
(2020-04-15). COVID-19 Mideast Updates: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel. telesurenglish.net The confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpassed 76,000 in Iran on Wednesday as the slowdown in infections continued. Meanwhile, a team of Chinese medical experts arrived in Saudi Arabia to help fight the novel coronavirus. | RELATED: | Iran announced 94 new deaths from the coronavirus, raising the total fatalities to 4,777, while the tally of confirmed cases surged to 76,389, up by 1,512 from a day ago. | The incr…
(2020-04-15). Israeli Drone Targets Alleged Hezbollah Vehicle in Syria – Reports. sputniknews.com Damascus has repeatedly accused Israel of conducting illegal airstrikes on Syrian territory. Tel Aviv has indeed claimed responsibility for some of those strikes, insisting that it targeted alleged Iranian forces or its proxies in the Arab Republic, despite Tehran denying their presence in Syria.
(2020-04-14). Palestine's Organic Intellectuals. dissidentvoice.org 
"For my opinions," wrote Italian intellectual Antonio Gramsci, "I am willing to lose my life, not only to stay in prison. And this is why I am calm and at peace with myself." Gramsci spent 11 years in prison during the fascist reign over Italy, a brutal regime that crushed every form of political dissent …
(2020-04-14). Mural in the West Bank Painted in Honor of Cuba and Venezuela. telesurenglish.net A large mural named "Al Ahrar" (Liberators in Arabic) was painted on a wall in the illegally occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank in honor of Cuba and Venezuela, local media reported Tuesday. | RELATED: | The stone wall, which measures 10 meters wide by three high, is located on the highest summit of the city of Dura, in the southern West Bank. In Dura, and more generally in Palestine, murals are an important way to showcase the art…
(2020-04-14). Israeli Troops Abduct Three Palestinians in Jenin and Al-Bireh. imemc.org Israeli troops reportedly abducted, on Tuesday, three Palestinian men in both Al-Bireh and Jenin towns, in the West Bank. Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, announced that both Loui Alsho'la and Omar Abu Alrob from Al-Bireh town, in the central occupied West Bank, were abducted …
(2020-04-14). Israeli Settlers Assault Palestinians, Damage Vehicles, Near Dead Sea. imemc.org Dozens of Israeli colonial settlers reportedly, on Tuesday, fired tear-gas canisters and threw rocks towards Palestinian residents of the Al-Aghwar area, in the West Bank. According to Israeli media outlets, dozens of Israeli settlers belonging to a known terrorist organization called Hilltops' Youth, attacked Palestinian residents, near the Dead Sea, …
(2020-04-14). If Coronavirus Overwhelms Gaza, Israel Alone will be to Blame. dissidentvoice.org The Palestinians of Gaza know all about lockdowns. For the past 13 years, some two million of them have endured a closure by Israel more extreme than anything experienced by almost any other society — including even now, as the world hunkers down to try to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Israel has been carrying out …
(2020-04-13). Israeli Settlers Flood Palestinian Crops with Waste Water in Hebron. imemc.org Several armed Israeli colonial settlers reportedly caused flooding of Palestinian-owned grape farms, on Monday, in north of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Local Palestinian media activist, Mohammad Awwad, told media outlets that for the second time in a week, several armed settlers from the nearby illegal colonial settlement …
(2020-04-13). Including Two Infants, Soldiers Injure Several Palestinians In Silwan. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, the town of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at protesters, and several surrounding homes, wounding many Palestinians, including two infants. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) said many army …
(2020-04-13). Arab League Secretary Concerned Over Israel's Annexation Plans. imemc.org Secretary of the Arab States' League, Mr. Ahmad Abuelgheit, expressed his concern, on Monday, over what he described as Israeli schemes to annex more Palestinian lands to Israeli boundaries, for the purpose of illegal settlement construction. The high-ranking Arab official sent out letters to a number of key international players, …
(2020-04-13). Including An Elected legislator, Israeli Soldiers Abduct Seven Palestinians In West Bank. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, seven Palestinians, including an elected legislator and former political prisoner, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers invaded and ransacked the home of legislator …
(2020-04-13). Sick Palestinian Worker Abandoned outside Settlement near Salfit. imemc.org A Palestinian worker showing coronavirus symptoms was abandoned, on Sunday by Israeli settlers, outside the illegal Burkan settlement, near the town of Salfit in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Abdullah Kmail, the Governor of Salfit, said the worker, who had remained at his workplace in Israel …
(2020-04-13). Second Attack Sunday: "Israeli Colonists Uproot 350 Olive Saplings Near Bethlehem" imemc.org Many fanatic illegal Israeli colonists uprooted, Sunday, more than 350 olive saplings in the Sha'af area of the al-Khader Palestinian town, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Hasan Breijiyya, the head of the Wall and Colonization Resistance Commission in Bethlehem, said the Israeli assailants came from Sidi Boaz …
(2020-04-13). Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian Near Qalqilia. imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot, on Sunday evening, a young Palestinian man, north of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers shot a young man, 25 years of age, while walking on Palestinian lands near the illegal Annexation Wall. They added that the young …
(2020-04-12). Poetry: Rhyming not necessary but some assembly required. dissidentvoice.org 
This sense of viral isolation, dread and global make-over (for good and worse) gets the proverbial juices flowing of our local and national bards. It's not a stretch to say there are many people on our coast and farther east who consider themselves to be "poets." With a liberal dose of simile, any number of …
(2020-04-12). A Palestinian Guide to Surviving a Quarantine: On Faith, Humor and "Dutch Candy" dissidentvoice.org Call it a 'quarantine', a 'shelter-in-place', a 'lockdown' or a 'curfew', we Palestinians have experienced them all, though not at all voluntarily. Personally, the first 23 years of my life were lived in virtual 'lockdown'. My father's 'quarantine' was experienced much earlier, as did his father's 'shelter-in-place' before him. They both died and were buried …
(2020-04-12). Israeli Colonists Cut 50 Olive Saplings near Bethlehem. imemc.org Illegal Israeli settlers cut 50 olive saplings belonging to Palestinians, on Sunday, in the town of al-Khader, near the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to a local source. Head of the Colonization Resistance Commission in Bethlehem, Hasan Breijieh, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that settlers from the nearby …
(2020-02-07). Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes. theantimedia.com Russia accused Israel of "making a total mockery of the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians."