News 17 Jul 2020 Comptroller report says port construction is detrimental to environment The Environmental Protection Agency suggested that the best thing would be to increase the supply output from the already-existing ports in the country. Source: Jerusalem Post Full Article: Comptroller report… Meet the Middle East
News 17 Jul 2020 Lebanese block roads in protests against long power cuts Angry Lebanese took to the streets of Beirut and across the country on Thursday to protest widespread electricity cuts caused by a shortage of fuel used to operate power plants..… Meet the Middle East
News 17 Jul 2020 France 'deeply shocked' by execution verdicts for Iran protesters The French foreign ministry said it was 'deeply shocked' by the death…. Source: Albawaba Full Article: France 'deeply shocked' by execution verdicts for Iran protesters Meet the Middle East
News 17 Jul 2020 Azeri Amb.: If Israel nixes annexation, ties with Muslim states to improve Elin Suleymanov: "In the current situation in which Israel is developing much better relations with the surrounding world, with Muslim nations” the move could be “damaging.” Source: Jerusalem Post Full… Meet the Middle East
News 17 Jul 2020 UN expert condemns Israel's 'collective punishment of Palestinians', home demolitions Israel is responsible for serious violations against Palestinians, a UN Special Rapporteur said in a report.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: UN expert condemns Israel's 'collective punishment of Palestinians', home demolitions Meet the Middle East
News 17 Jul 2020 The fallacy that is the 1967 line that divided Israel and the West Bank On May 20, 1967, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser closed the Straits of Tiran and proclaimed "these waters are ours... the Israeli flag shall not go through the Gulf of… Meet the Middle East
News 17 Jul 2020 As it celebrates coup anniversary, Turkey sentences reporter to jail As Turkey celebrated with much fanfare the failure of a 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Turkish court convicted a correspondent for Germany’s Die Welt newspaper Thursday… Meet the Middle East
News 17 Jul 2020 Iranians take social media by storm to halt executions 'Unprecedented' online reaction against Supreme Court's decision to uphold the death penalty for three young protesters.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: Iranians take social media by storm to halt executions Meet the Middle East
News 17 Jul 2020 Intel: Pro-Palestinian progressive insurgent ousts House Foreign Affairs chairman Pro-Palestinian progressive insurgent Jamaal Bowman ousted House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel in the New York Democratic primary, according to an Associated Press call of the today. While Engel… Meet the Middle East
News 17 Jul 2020 Engel is out — will the new foreign affairs chairman upend his Mideast policies? Three House Democrats are vying to replace Eliot Engel as the party’s new foreign affairs leader — will they actually change his Middle East policies? Source: Al Monitor Full Article:… Meet the Middle East
