2020-12-23: News Headlines

MEE staff (2020-12-23). Hollywood 'wouldn't touch' Khashoggi documentary, director says. middleeasteye.net Hollywood 'wouldn't touch' Khashoggi documentary, director says | Award-winning director Bryan Fogel says film distributors 'look the other way' when it comes to human rights abuses in kingdom | Wed, 12/23/2020 – 21: 51 | Fogel also slams media companies for making deals with Saudi companies or taking Saudi investment (AFP/File image) | The director of an upcoming documentary about slain Saudi journalist Jamal…

Mehr News Agency (2020-12-23). Iran criticizes Saudi colaition for sabotaging stockholm pact. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) — In an online conversation with Swedish Special Envoy to MENA, Iranian deputy FM criticized the Saudi coalition for sabotaging its commitments under the Stockholm Agreement.

Areeb Ullah (2020-12-22). Pakistan Returns $1bn to Saudi Arabia and Turns to China for Loan Assistance. asia-pacificresearch.com

Online News Editor (2020-12-22). UAE accuses Qatari media of "undermining" reconciliation efforts. laprensalatina.com Dubai, Dec 22 (efe-epa).- The United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash on Tuesday accused Qatari media of "undermining" efforts to end a regional fallout between Doha and other Gulf countries. The accusation follows a claim by the Qatari al-Jazeera TV channel that both UAE and Saudi Arabia have been spying …

MEE and agencies (2020-12-21). 'The new Khashoggi': Death threats prompted probe of Al Jazeera hack. middleeasteye.net 'The new Khashoggi': Death threats prompted probe of Al Jazeera hack | Dozens of journalists' phones hacked in operation suspected to be led by Saudi and Emirati governments | Mon, 12/21/2020 – 12: 44 | Several reports have shown Israeli technology being used by Gulf states against political opponents (AFP) | An Al Jazeera journalist said he was told he would be made "the new Jamal Khashog…

Mohammad Ayesh (2020-12-21). Arabic press review: Saudi Arabia and UAE bankrolling Arab states' Israel deals. middleeasteye.net Arabic press review: Saudi Arabia and UAE bankrolling Arab states' Israel deals | Meanwhile, Jordanian prisoner numbers soar and Egypt revokes citizenship of 17 people under nationality law | Mon, 12/21/2020 – 16: 12 | A Moroccan diplomat said that the UAE and Saudi Arabia were sponsoring normalisation agreements on behalf of the US (AFP) | Saudi Arabia, UAE bankrolling normalisation agreeme…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-12-21). Dozens of Al-Jazeera journalists allegedly hacked using Israeli spyware. peoplesdispatch.org On Monday, December 21, Monday, the Citizen's Lab of Toronto University in Canada claimed that the UAE and Saudi Arabia have used the Israel-made Pegasus malware to hack the personal phones of at least 36 journalists, producers and anchors working with Qatar-based Al-Jazeera in July. This was weeks before the UAE announced a " The hacking was allegedly part of an espionage campaign launched by these countries against Al…