Friday, June 7, 2019

...because facts matter

We learned about these sites from a CAMERA.org briefing on Sunday:
For Spanish updates see ReVista de Medio Oriente http://www.revistamo.org/
    Iran is doing what it can in this sphere - specifically funding HispanTV and working to normalize antisemitism.
For French updates see Info Equitable https://infoequitable.org/

The Fate of Palestinian Refugees in Syria and Lebanon - Pinhas Inbari  (Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) In Syria, the brutal civil war caused significant demographic changes that can be defined as the war crime of ethnic cleansing, as Sunnis, including Palestinians, have been driven out of the country. The large Yarmouk refugee camp adjacent to Damascus, known as the "capital of the camps," has ceased to exist.    
     A secret European initiative sought to transfer the refugees from Yarmouk to the Palestinian-controlled Jericho area in the West Bank. Mahmoud Abbas rejected the initiative, however, insisting that the right of return does not apply to territories in the Palestinian Authority but to Israel.


Iran Pays Gaza Families of Palestinians Killed in Clashes with Israel (Xinhua-China) Iran paid $651,000 to families of Palestinians in Gaza who were killed in the conflict with Israel.

Israel to ally with Arab neighbors around Red Sea in bid to save world’s corals - Melanie Lidman (Times of Israel) Swiss institute to manage partnership between Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Eritrea, Djibouti and Sudan in largest regional project of its kind

Hamas Fails to Restore Quiet on Gaza Border (i24News-Ynet News) "terror balloons" have caused a dozen fires in Israel in the last two weeks.