Middle East Experience

Magen David Adom suspended a volunteer who made racist comments about an Israeli-Arab woman killed by Hezbollah rockets, emphasizing its commitment to serving all communities equally.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: MDA suspends volunteer for racism against Hezbollah victim

As winter descends on Gaza's tent cities, emergency housing made from mushrooms could keep out the cold -- just one of several sustainable, home-grown innovations put forward by Arab designers at an expo in Dubai.Lightweight, warm and versatile, mushroom-based structures are an appealing alternative to the flimsy shelters now housing many thousands of Gazans displaced by more than a year of war, according to Dima Al Srouri, a member of the ReRoot initiative.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Mushroom houses for Gaza? Arab designers offer home-grown innovations

In the crowded Qalandia refugee camp, UNRWA's training centre is an island of calm where young people from the occupied West Bank master trades, but a recent Israeli ban on all cooperation with the UN agency has left the centre in limbo.On the spacious campus a stone's throw from the wall separating the West Bank and Israel, plumbers in training assemble pipes, future electricians wire circuits and carpenters hammer together roof frames.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Uncertainty ahead for UN agency's students in West Bank camp

The organization blatantly ignores the fact that Gaza was controlled by Hamas, with UNRWA and MSF itself operating there. 
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: The controversial actions of Doctors Without Borders

The activist stated her belief that conflating the two is "antisemitic" and "dangerous to the Jewish community and its values."
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Dana Bash tells Code Pink 'they have no shame, decency' after confrontation over Israel

According to Israel’s Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen, “For the first time in the history of the state, [Israel] will build power plants in Judea and Samaria.”
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel approves controversial plan to construct first power plants in West Bank

Singing together in harmony, hundreds of religious Jews gather in a Tel Aviv square to listen to the devastated families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza for 13 months.The paved area, now known as "Hostage Square", welcomes the families of the captives -- most taken from secular kibbutzim -- for emotional gatherings every Saturday evening where they issue a rallying cry for their loved ones' freedom: "A deal now!"On Tuesdays, religious Jews attend to provide solace to the families.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Religious Jews comfort hostages' families in Tel Aviv

When users begin typing a message and leave the chat before sending it, WhatsApp marks the conversation with a green “Draft” label in the chat list.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: WhatsApp rolls out message drafts to save unsent messages

Israel launched a wave of air strikes on Hezbollah bastions in Beirut and south Lebanon on Saturday, a day after Lebanese officials said they were studying a US truce proposal.An Israeli strike on neighbouring Syria earlier this week killed two Islamic Jihad leaders, the Palestinian militant group, which has fought alongside Hamas in Gaza, confirmed.Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad are all backed by Israel's arch-enemy Iran, which on Friday said it supported a swift end to the nearly two-month war in Lebanon.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israel pummels south Beirut as Lebanon mulls truce plan

Many Iranians were sceptical on Saturday about the possibility of the Islamic republic opening negotiations with the United States under Donald Trump, given the fractured history he has with Tehran.On Thursday, The New York Times reported that tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk had met Iran's ambassador to the United Nations in a bid to defuse tensions between the two countries.Iran on Saturday "categorically" denied that any such meeting had taken place.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iranians sceptical about talks under Trump