COP28 Host UAE Reveals Controversial Plan to Increase Oil Production
This weekend, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the host country for the upcoming COP28, announced that it is planning on significantly increasing its
50 Years Later – The Aftermath of the Arab Oil Embargo
The Arab oil embargo was a six-month reduction in the trade of oil from the Middle East, led by Saudi Arabia against countries that supported
Opinion: How Erdoğan’s Threats Against Kurdish Syria Endanger Us All
On November 21st, in response to a rocket attack on a Turkish town on the country’s border with Syria, President Erdoğan of Turkey threatened
Mistreatment of Detained Palestinians
According to The United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT) – to which Israel is a State party – torture is defined as “any
Opinion: Israel’s Imprisonment of Conscientious Objectors
Israeli citizen Shahar Perets, 19, was recently jailed for the third time for repeatedly refusing to join the Israeli military, the Israel Defense
Opinion: Israeli Election 2021: Six months on – Part 2
After my last piece for the Witness, I had planned this week to detail the Israeli government’s actions throughout the Summer and into
Israel claims human rights groups are terrorist organisations
On the 19th of October, the Israeli government labelled six Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist organisations, claiming that they have “undercover links
Opinion: 2021 Israeli Elections, six months on – Part 1
At face value, Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett are the most unlikely of duos. The pair represent just about the furthest thing from
Opinion: Palestine, Apartheid and Online Activism
There is nothing quite as divisive as talking about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which is perhaps why many people do not explicitly voice their
Why anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism must be understood as separate issues
The danger of using the terms ‘anti-Zionist’ and ‘anti-semitic’ in an interchangeable manner is that this “uses Jewish suffering to erase the Palestinian