Iraq: 70,000 Date Palms to Baghdad
Iraq to plant 70,000 date palms to revive once legendary crop KERBALA—Iraq is to plant 70,000 date palms south of Baghdad, hoping to revive production of a crop it was famed for across the Middle East.
Published : 27 June 2018
West Bank Demolitions & Displacement (May 2018)
In May, the Israeli authorities demolished or seized 34 Palestinian-owned structures across the West Bank, almost the same as the monthly average of targeted structures in the first four months of 2018 and in 2017.
Published : 20 June 2018
World Bank Evaluation: Things Fall Apart
World Bank failing to follow watchdog advice, says IEG report WASHINGTON — World Bank managers are failing to properly implement, and in some cases ignoring, the recommendations of its own independent watchdog, according to evaluators. In a report presented Thursday, the Independent
Published : 18 June 2018
Israeli (Military) Destruction Order 1797
Military Order 1797 will go into effect next week, allowing the Israeli Military Commander to summarily destroy Palestinian structures - including those provided as humanitarian assistance - with virtually no legal recourse available to those
Published : 16 June 2018
Israelis Protest Home Sale to Arab Family
Dozens of Israelis demonstrate against home sale to Arab family for second straight day Former mayor joined protest: “the residents of Afula don`t want a mixed city, but rather a Jewish city, and it`s their right.
Published : 14 June 2018
Lebanon’s Splendid Mountains Fleeting
Lebanon`s mountains are being wiped from the map – but does anyone care? “We had a court order for the quarries to stop but after five days the trucks came back and the local police facilitated
Published : 08 June 2018
Israel`s Top Court Vets New Colony Law
Israel`s Supreme Court on Sunday met in an expanded panel of nine justices to consider striking down a law on settlements so contentious that the attorney general refuses to defend it. The law, allowing expropriation of
Published : 03 June 2018
Syria: Law 10 to Obstruct Refugee Return
A harsh new property law implemented by the Syrian government effectively deprives thousands of people displaced by the ongoing conflict of their homes and lands and potentially destroys evidence of war crimes it has committed,
Published : 27 May 2018
Syria: Conflict Reshuffles the Demographic Map
Seven years of war and massive displacement have redrawn Syria`s demographic map, erecting borders between the country`s ethnic, religious, and political communities that will be hard to erase. Displaced Syrians, analysts, and rights defenders have described
Published : 25 May 2018
