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(Morocco/Algeria) Backlash in Morocco as Algerian show features puppet of King Mohammed VI (Middle East Eye)

Nadda Osman Supporters of the 57-year-old monarch decry his satirical depiction as a 'red-line' https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/morocco-algeria-satirical-show-sparks-anger-king-mohammed

(West Bank/Palestinian Bar Association) Palestine: Lawyers rally against ‘intrusion on judiciary’ after controversial decrees (Middle East Eye)

Shatha Hammad Ex-judges join the sit-ins to condemn 'power-hungry moves' by the Palestinian Authority in the absence of a parliament https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-lawyers-judicial-independence-authority-decrees

(Turkey/PKK) Turkey: Hundreds arrested after PKK’s execution of 13 hostages (Middle East Eye)

Ragip Soylu Erdogan lashes out at United States for allegedly providing Kurdish militants with weapons https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-pkk-execution-hostages-erdogan-lashes-out

(Saudi Arabia/School Terxtbooks) HRW slams Saudi textbooks over ‘hateful language’ against Shia, Sufi practices (Middle East Eye)

Rights group said despite progress more reform was needed to purge hateful language from school textbooks https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hrw-slams-saudi-textbooks-over-hateful-language-against-shia-sufi-practices

(Iran/UAE/Ethiopia) ‘Baseless allegations’: Iran denies plotting to attack UAE embassy in Ethiopia (Middle East Eye)

Tehran rubbishes US and Israeli claims it was behind foiled attack, saying 'neither Ethiopia nor the Emirates said anything about Iranian interference' https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-behind-foiled-attack-uae-embassy-ethiopia-report

(USA/UAE/Yemen) Feud between Congressman and UAE ambassador to US escalates online (Middle East Eye)

Congressman Ro Khanna calls for release of Yemeni journalist Adel al-Hasani after war of words with Yousef al-Otaiba https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/feud-between-us-congressman-ro-khanna-and-uae-ambassador-escalates-online

(Israel/Gaza/Vaccines) Israel blocks Covid-19 vaccines destined for Gaza (Middle East Eye)

Palestinian Authority says it attempted to send Covid-19 vaccines to Gaza but was blocked by Israel, which controls all imports and exports https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/coronavirus-israel-block-gaza-vaccine-doses

(Loujain al-Hathloul/Saudi Arabia) Loujain al-Hathloul: The rest of Saudi Arabia must follow her lead (Middle East Eye)

Madawi al-Rasheed Saudi citizens cannot wait for Biden or other key western allies to exert pressure on the regime to free political prisoners https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/saudi-arabia-loujain-hathloul-rest-follow-her-lead

(USA/Politics) Impeachment’s Partisan Doom (Project-Syndicate)

ELIZABETH DREW The US Senate has failed to convict former President Donald Trump for inciting insurrection on January 6. This outcome raises the question as...

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