The Real News in the Middle East

April 2, 2013: Reports from The Real News Middle East correspondents

Incidents of discrimination have doubled each year since 2008 and increasingly perpetrated by youth

April 10, 13

Israel Conceded to Palestinian Prisoner's Hunger Strike

Ayman Sharawneh, who is 53, was released to the Gaza Strip under the condition he will not return to his West Bank home for ten years

April 10, 13

The Cost of Israel's War on Gaza

A month after Israel's last assault on the Gaza strip, the military and civilian costs on both sides are tallied up

February 11, 13

Hamas Stronger as Jihadi Groups in Gaza Support Truce

Since the last Israeli attack on Gaza Hamas is more firmly in control as Jihadi groups agree to respect truce

January 27, 13

Israeli Election Results Closer Than Predictions

Israelis react to surprise gain of Yesh Atid party that swept second place in Israeli elections, potentially changing the nature of the next coalition government

January 23, 13

Israel's Labor Party Plays Desperate Game to Elections

How Israel's social justice movement got co-opted in the elections on a ticket silent on the occupation

January 21, 2013

Prosperity Under Occupation?

Inside Palestine's besieged Areas "A" - how the Ramallah bubble was created and how it might burst

January 17, 2013

Israeli Settler Right Rises in Election Campaign

Noam Sheizaf: The real fight of this election is not being fought between the Left and Right in Israel, but inside the Right itself.

December 30, 2012

Israeli Cmte Disqualifies Only Palestinian Woman in Parliament from Reelection

Noam Sheizaf on the elections committee that disqualified Hanin Zoabi, the only Palestinian woman in the Israeli parliament from re-election.

December 28, 2012

Israeli Army Killing Palestinian Protestors with Impunity say Activists

Following chronic failure of IDF investigations, activists release the name of soldier involved in killing of Palestinian protester

December 19, 2012

Liberman Resignation and Israeli Elections 2013

972 Magazine's Noam Sheizaf on Israeli Foreign Minister's resignation over indictment and what that means for the upcoming elections in Israel in January 2013

December 17, 2012

Anti-Austerity Protests Sweep West Bank

Palestinians take to the streets of the West Bank against neoliberalism and economic dependency agreements with Israel

September 16, 12

Israeli Defence Minister Rumoured Cooling on Attacking Iran

Reports in Israeli press suggest Netanyahu's main supporter on attacking Iran may be backing off

September 10, 12

Israel Denies Food and Entry to 20 Eritrean Refugees

Israeli activists attempted Tuesday night to reach a group of asylum seekers to deliver them food, before being turned back by IDF soldiers

September 7, 12

State Dep't Defines Israeli Settler Violence as Terrorism

US State Dep't defines settler violence as terrorism while two violent attacks on Palestinians drive Israeli coverage last week

August 29, 12

"Phantom Control": Israel's Secret Service and the Occupation

Yael Berda's new book The Bureaucracy of Occupation sheds light on Israel's more invisible control over the Palestinians

August 27, 12

Israel Debates the Cost of War

Israeli media this week is filled with argument over cost of war with Iran, as prices rise

August 19, 12

Israel vs Iran: An Israeli Media Report

Israeli media spike coverage of potential attack on Iran "in the coming 12 weeks"

August 12, 2012

Netanyahu Bows to Popular Pressure on Austerity

Self-immolations in Israel due to poverty and upcoming austerity measures plummet PM to record low in polls

August 9, 12

Israel's J14 Movement and the Occupation

Activists criticize economic protest movement for ignoring the Occupation and condition of Palestinians living in Israel

August 28, 12

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