Muslim Issues

Israeli right wing Knesset member Itamar ben Gvir (L) and Bezalel Smotrich (R). [ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images] Palestine on Sunday warned the upcoming Israeli government against changing the status quo in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu reports. Extremist politician Itamar Ben-Gvir will be Israel’s national security minister in the upcoming government under a coalition agreement struck with Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu. “The Netanyahu-Ben-Gvir deal …

Ethnic Uighur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 1, 2021 [File: Dilara Senkaya/Reuters] Fifty countries have urged China to uphold international human rights obligations in its treatment of the Uighur minority. Fifty countries have called on China to “uphold its international human rights obligations” in a joint statement read out during a United …

Houses part of an Israeli settlement are seen in front of an Arab town on January 16, 2017 in Amona, West Bank [Chris McGrath/Getty Images] It was understandable why, on 29 November, 1947, the United Nations (UN) passed Resolution 181, partitioning Palestine and creating a Jewish state. In the wake of the Holocaust, there was a widespread sentiment that there …

Australia says the status of Jerusalem should be resolved in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian people [File: Ammar Awad/Reuters] Foreign Minister Penny Wong says government ‘regrets’ decision made by previous administration and reiterates commitment to two-state solution. Australia says it will no longer recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing a decision taken by the government …

TOPSHOT – Fires are seen following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city on July 16, 2022. – Israeli warplanes struck a weapons manufacturing facility in the Gaza Strip early on July 16, the military said, after rocket fire against Israeli territory. The exchange of fire came hours after US President Joe Biden visited Israel and the occupied West Bank. (Photo …

Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian protester in Hebron on 29 September 2022 (AFP)   Recent steps by Israeli authorities on both sides of the Green Line point to a coordinated divide-and-conquer strategy The Green Line exists outside of the Israeli political mindset. National security policies do not end at this border, which Israel erases each day through its practices. Several recent steps by Israeli …