Middle East Notes edition

Cracks are growing in the illusion of life in Israel-Palestine

Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. Read previous weeks’ Middle East Notes  Read the PDF version Editor’s note: Beginning this month, Middle East Notes is published monthly, on the first Thursday. The monthly format offers four or five pertinent articles…

Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.   Read previous weeks’ Middle East Notes    Read the PDF version   Editors’ Note: Starting on September 7, Middle East Notes will be published monthly, on the first Thursday of each month. The…

Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. Read previous weeks’ Middle East Notes  Read the PDF version Note: The next issue of the Middle East Notes will be circulated in three weeks on August 24 after a brief summer holiday. The…

Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. Read previous weeks’ Middle East Notes Read the PDF version The four featured articles and the related links in this issue of the Middle East Notes focus on the recent Temple Mount (Haram al…

Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. Read previous weeks’ Middle East Notes  Read the PDF version The five featured articles and the related links in this issue of the Middle East Notes focus on the dehumanizing results of the ten…

Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. Read previous weeks’ Middle East Notes at http://maryknollogc.org/tag/middle-east-notes Read the PDF version at http://maryknollogc.org/sites/default/files/article/attachment/Middle_East_Notes_06222017.pdf The four featured articles and the related links in this issue of the Middle East Notes focus on U.N. Secretary-General Antonio…

Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. Read previous weeks’ Middle East Notes Read the PDF version The five featured articles and the related links in this issue of the Middle East Notes focus on the Pax Christi International call for…

Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. Read previous weeks’ Middle East Notes Read the PDF version Editor’s Note: The next issue of Middle East Notes will focus on President Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, Israel/Palestine, the Vatican and Brussels. This…

Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. Read previous weeks’ Middle East Notes  Read the PDF version The six featured articles and the related links in this issue of the Middle East Notes focus on a recent meeting of Jewish Voice…

Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. Read previous weeks’ Middle East Notes Read the PDF version The six featured articles and the related links in this issue of the Middle East Notes focus on the hunger strike in Israeli prisons…

Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. Read previous weeks’ Middle East Notes Read the PDF version The six featured articles and the related links in this issue of the Middle East Notes focus  on the challenge of Passover to the…

Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. Read previous weeks’ Middle East Notes  Read the PDF version The six featured articles and the related links in this issue of the Middle East Notes focus on an UNESCWA report which concluded that…

Israeli TV host Asaf Harel and American film actor Richard Gere see and speak of “facts on the ground” – apartheid and occupation –which seem to be un-seeable and seldom spoken of by most Israelis.

Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.  Read previous weeks’ Middle East Notes Read the PDF version The seven featured articles and the related links in this issue of the Middle East Notes focus on the occupation; Israel’s “formalization law;” an…

Special issue on the meeting of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump at the White House on February 15 and other developing issues related to peace in Israel-Palestine.

Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global ConcernsRead previous weeks’ Middle East NotesRead the PDF version The six featured articles and the related links in this issue of the Middle East Notes focus on reactions to the newly passed Israel Regularization Law;…

The executive orders of the initial days of the Trump administration are causing a mixture of fear, concern and uncertainty for many of the leaders and people of the US, Israel, the Moslem nations and most of the world.