The economic silver lining of disarming Hezbollah
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire gives Lebanon the chance to rethink and overhaul its entire government and economic models
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire gives Lebanon the chance to rethink and overhaul its entire government and economic models
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was likely expecting a relatively quiet week. In fact, he wasn’t planning on speaking until October 7, the anniversary of the murderous rampage launched against...
The United Nations’ (UN’s) top court issued a nonbinding advisory opinion on July 19, declaring that “the State of Israel’s continued presence” in the West Bank and eastern...
Tehran’s ongoing attempts to dominate the “Wider Persian Gulf” are spreading far beyond Gaza.
The United Nations (UN) is generating pressure on Israel to stop defending itself against the terrorist organization Hamas following the worst slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust on October 7, 2023....
Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS), one of Iran’s main proxies inside Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMUs), issued a short warning to the United States about getting involved in the current conflict...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is poised to eviscerate the longstanding “land for peace” legal framework for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which was established by UN Security...
Earlier this month, Australia upended nearly a decade of precedent when the government announced that it will start referring to the West Bank, eastern Jerusalem, and Gaza as “occupied Palestinian territories”...
Israel's luck will soon run out
Last month, a new United Nations Commission of Inquiry released its first report on human rights violations committed by Israelis and Palestinians. While the report condemns Israel for having “no...
End-of-year data show that in 2021, investment surged in stocks rated positively by financial research firms on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria, which include an ever-growing list of...
In addition to its classic double scoops, Vermont-based ice cream producer Ben & Jerry’s is now offering a calorie-rich serving of double standards, too. The Ben & Jerry’s brand, owned...
It will be important to see if the blacklist’s impact is boosted by the new UNHRC commission of inquiry into Israeli activities in the disputed territories, which was approved on May 27.
A Norwegian government official clarified last week that Norway’s procurement office will not stop doing business with firms on a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) blacklist. The rejection,...
Israel’s COVID-19 outbreak has profoundly impacted the country’s domestic political and economic situation. Israel’s relationship with the Palestinian Authority (PA) is better than expected, but a...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet released a blacklist on Wednesday of 112 companies operating in “Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory … and in the occupied...
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights published on Wednesday a “database” of companies doing business with Israeli settlements. The list includes 112 firms, 94 of them Israeli and the other 18 from...
Trump’s progress on the Palestinian-Israeli file
The Bank of Ireland- the country’s oldest financial institution—shut down the accounts of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC). The termination of the pro-BDS group’s...