Middle East

When is a US troop pullout not a pullout? asks Felicity Arbuthnot.

Filed in: Iraq Military United States War and Peace

More than 30,000 Bedouin, which the Israeli government call ‘squatters’, face eviction to make way for settlements, reports Libby Powell.

Filed in: Israel Land Minorities

Iraq is planning to close the camp at the end of 2011 – but the fate of its inhabitants is far from secure.

Filed in: Human Rights Iran Iraq Refugees

It’s not a court; it has no legal status. Yet, argues Frank Barat, the Russell Tribunal is a powerful tool for recognition and to internationalize the Palestinian struggle.

Filed in: Israel Middle East Palestine

A case study for our World Development text book

Filed in: Israel Palestine

On 15 November, six Palestinian activists challenged Israeli ‘apartheid’ policies by boarding a segregated bus…and were promptly arrested.

Filed in: Activism Human Rights Israel Minorities Palestine Social Change

Stefan Simanowitz argues the IAEA’s latest report, while increasing mutual distrust, is neither a smoking gun nor a game-changer.

Filed in: Iran United States

Adriano Mérola Marotta visits Sheikh Jarrah to meet families daily confronted by settler and state violence.

Filed in: Housing Human Rights Israel Middle East Palestine

Glen Johnson presents photographs from Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.

Filed in: Egypt Lebanon Palestine Somalia Syria

Considered one of Israel’s few ‘mixed’ cities, Jaffa’s Arab population is facing eviction, police brutality and an unsettled future. Noreen Sadik reports.

Filed in: Housing Israel Middle East Politics

Rami Zurayk says the Arab uprisings offer a unique chance to embrace food sovereignty.

Filed in: Egypt Hunger Syria