Middle East & North Africa

UMM AL FAHM, Israel (AP) — The voices of Israel’s Palestinian citizens are often drowned out or delegitimized in the country’s noisy politics. Yet in the upcoming parliament election, they could hold the key to breaking an entrenched political deadlock.

Israelis vote Tuesday for the fifth time in under four years. The country remains divided over former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fitness to serve while on trial for corruption. Polls show those numbers have barely budged

25 October 2022; MEMO: The human rights group, Amnesty International, has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the "unlawful attacks" Israel committed during its assault of the Gaza Strip in August this year, particularly the deaths of three civilians killed in the conflict.

25 October 2022; MEMO: Israel granted Energean permission to start production at the offshore Karish gas field on Tuesday, an Energy Ministry statement said, Reuters reports.

Energean has said its floating production storage and the off-loading vessel are due to start production at Karish in the third quarter but has not given a precise date.

On 9 October, the London-listed energy group began pumping gas to its floating production facility as part of reverse flow testing procedures.

26 October 2022; MEMO: Kuwait's Crown Prince re-appointed Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Sabah, the ruling Emir's son, as Prime Minister on Wednesday and later approved a new Cabinet following legislative polls in the Gulf State, where a domestic political feud has stalled reforms, Reuters reports.

26 October 2022; MEMO: The UN warned, Tuesday, that a cholera outbreak was rapidly spreading throughout Syria and asked for $34.4 million for a three-month response plan, Anadolu News Agency reports.

The money is needed to assist more than 160,000 people with health services and 5 million with water, sanitation and assistance hygiene.

26 October 2022; MEMO: Tunisian President Kais Saied yesterday called for international cooperation to confront the increasing rate of irregular migration from his country, stressing that no local solutions can be found for this phenomenon.

Since the beginning of the year, the phenomenon of irregular migration has been growing in Tunisia due to the economic and social crisis, in addition to similar situations and wars in other African countries.

25 October 2022; MEMO: Saudi Arabia decided to be the "maturer guys" in a spat with the United States over oil supplies, the Kingdom's Energy Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, said on Tuesday, Reuters reports.

24 October 2022; MEMO: Israeli missiles hit targets near the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Monday in a rare daytime attack, a Syrian military source said, Reuters reports.

Israel has conducted strikes for years against what it has described as Iranian and Iran-backed targets in Syria, where Tehran has deployed forces to back Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, fighting armed opponents since 2011.

24 October 2022; MEMO: One of Saudi Aramco's senior executives was imprisoned in India during the summer for being in possession of a satellite phone, it has emerged.

According to the Financial Times newspaper, 62-year-old Fergus MacLeod – Head of Investor Relations at the world's largest oil export company – was arrested by Indian authorities on 12 July while staying at his hotel in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand in the Himalayas, close to the border with China.

HAJJAH, Yemen, Oct 25 (NNN-YPA) – Yemen’s government forces, yesterday, burned 1,558 kg of hashish, seized from smugglers in the past seven months, in the north-western province of Hajjah, a security official said.

The destruction was carried out in the government-controlled city of Midi, in the presence of representatives of court, public prosecution, and security services.