Joseph A. Massad

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Oscar Rickett |Joseph A. Massad

23 May 2025 14:52 BST ago As far back as she can remember, Israeli settler leader Daniella Weiss was a Zionist. “Zionism was the crown of our family talk, our family atmosphere,” the 79-year-old tells Middle East Eye over the phone from her home in Kedumim, a settlement in the northern occupied West Bank. “God gave me pride that I’m Jewish. Love of our homeland. Love of the Bible.

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | Lubna Masarwa |Huthifa Fayyad |Joseph A. Massad

Israel is poised to move forward with a highly contentious settlement project east of Jerusalem that would effectively divide the occupied West Bank in two, according to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. “This is how we effectively kill the Palestinian state,” Smotrich, a far-right minister who also oversees settlement activity and civilian affairs in the West Bank, said during a conference on Tuesday.

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | Madeline Edwards |Ali Hüseyin Bakir |Joseph A. Massad

Rami lived through more than a decade of war in Syria, yet had never picked up a gun. That all changed this week. Deadly clashes between pro-government fighters and local Druze gunmen ignited on Tuesday, in part over a now-debunked audio clip of a Druze cleric allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad. Rami, a 27-year-old Druze activist and former Red Crescent worker, feared his community was in grave danger. He decided to join his friends on the frontline, borrowing one of their weapons.

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | Areeb Ullah |Joseph A. Massad

Staff inside Google DeepMind are attempting to unionise in order to challenge the tech company's ties with the Israeli government and its decision to sell artificial intelligence technologies to defence groups, according to reports. Figures with knowledge of the organising spoke to the Financial Times and said approximately 300 employees inside Google DeepMind, the company's artificial intelligence London office, want to join the Communication Workers Union (CWU).

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | Syma Mohammed |Joseph A. Massad

Human Rights activists and legal experts have slammed the US state of Michigan and the FBI for conducting a "witch hunt" against pro-Palestinian protesters in what they say is an excessive use of force. On Wednesday, the FBI and local law enforcement agencies raided several homes of both current and former American students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.