Middle East Experience

ty International and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) have applied to intervene in an unprecedented class action lawsuit in a case brought by a group of Zambian children and women against the mining giant Anglo American in South Africa, the organizations have announced after filing papers today. The claimants are seeking compensation for the long-term impacts of lead mining in Kabwe, Zambia..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: South Africa: Human rights groups intervene in historic class action for lead poisoning launched by Zambian children

The hearing saw verbal and almost physical confrontations between the policeman and the family of Iyad al-Halak, who tried to get close enough to look him in the eye.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Trial against police who killed special needs e. Jerusalem man continues

The budget deficit is forecast at 6.1% of the gross domestic product in 2022/23, down from an estimated 6.2% in the current financial year..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Egypt’s draft 2022/23 budget projects spending to rise by 15%

“Political instability is not healthy for the state,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told his faction.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel's coalition must be widened, not toppled - Bennett

Olson, who also served as US ambassador to Pakistan and the UAE, indicated in a signed filing earlier this month he intends to plead guilty..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Former US official to plead guilty to illegal lobbying in favour of Qatar

Hap Beersheba blanks Greens • Mac TA tops Netanya • Hapoel Jerusalem joins Beitar in safety zone
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Mac Haifa’s title celebration delayed by loss

KAN had reported earlier that Israel would be unable to take part in the contest due to a Foreign Ministry strike.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Hallelujah! Israel headed to Eurovision after cancellation threat

If the government believes that it should build, then by all means it should build. But do it in a way that won’t embarrass Washington.  Especially when it comes to Biden.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel should be smarter about settlement announcements - analysis

President Joe Biden asked the Congress on Thursday for $33 billion to support Ukraine - a dramatic escalation of US funding for the war against Russia - as well as new legal tools to siphon assets from Russian oligarchs.The vast funding request includes over $20 billion for weapons, ammunition and other military assistance, as well as $8.5 billion in direct economic assistance to the government and $3 billion in humanitarian and food security aid.“We need this bill to support Ukraine in its fight for freedom,” Biden said at the White House. “The cost of this fight – it’s not cheap - but caving to aggression is going to be more costly.”For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Biden is also seeking the ability to seize more money from Russian oligarchs to pay for the war effort.His proposal would have lawmakers hand his administration new capabilities, letting US officials seize more oligarchs’ assets, give the cash from those seizures to Ukraine and further criminalize sanctions dodging, the White House said.The steps include letting the Justice Department use the strict US racketeering law once deployed against the mafia, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, to build cases against people who evade sanctions.Biden also wants to give prosecutors more time to build such cases by extending the statute of limitations on money laundering prosecutions to 10 years, instead of five.He would also make it a criminal act to hold money knowingly taken from corrupt dealings with Russia, according to a summary of the proposals.The measures are part of US efforts to isolate and punish Russia for its February 24 invasion of Ukraine, as well as to help Kyiv recover from a war that has reduced cities to rubble and forced more than five million people to flee abroad.The new request represents the full amount US officials expect to need through September, the end of the fiscal year.US military aid to Ukraine alone has topped $3 billion since Russia launched what it calls a “special military operation” to demilitarize and remove fascists in Ukraine. Kyiv and its Western allies reject that as a false pretext.Read more:Some Russian forces leaving Mariupol: US officialUK says one British man killed and another missing in UkraineUkraine investigating 10 Russian troops over Bucha: Prosecutors
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Biden seeks billion for Ukraine, a massive jump in funding

"Give us the flag," the attackers demanded of the victim before assaulting him.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: WATCH: Canadian man with Israeli flag beaten with stick