Tag: ‘Peace Process’
Breaking with Washington: Arabs and Muslims Must Take a Stance for Palestine
Feb 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
There is little hope that the pro-PA camp, as exemplified in the current political structure, can truly defeat the ‘Deal of the Century’.
Read MoreCrisis and Opportunity: The ‘Deal of the Century’ Challenge for Palestinians
Feb 6, 2020 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics, US
The problem with the Palestinian leadership is that, despite its frequent protestations and angry condemnations, it is yet to take independent initiatives or operate outside the American-Israeli paradigm.
Read MoreHow Western Media Bias Allows Israel to Get Away with Murder in Gaza
Nov 18, 2019 | News & Analysis, Europe, Palestine, Politics, US
It is obvious that the Western media have maintained their blindspot on fairly reporting on Gaza and intentionally kept the truth from their readers.
Read MoreA Lesson for the Palestinian Leadership: Real Reasons behind Israel’s Arrest and Release of Labadi, Mi’ri
Nov 18, 2019 | News & Analysis, Middle East, Palestine, Politics, US
Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas is more focused on propping up his own image than alleviating the suffering of prisoners and their families.
Read More‘World Refugee Day’: Palestinians Keep Their Right of Return Alive Through Hope, Resistance
Jun 21, 2019 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics
Israel and the US are trying to coerce the Palestinians into surrendering their internationally recognized right of return to their homeland.
Read MoreKushner as a Colonial Administrator: Let’s Talk About the ‘Israeli Model’
Jun 14, 2019 | News & Analysis, Palestine
Palestinians need not be lectured on how to meet Israeli and American expectations, nor should they ever aspire to imitate the undemocratic Israeli model.
Read MoreResurrecting the PLO is Palestine’s Best Response to the ‘Deal of the Century’
May 31, 2019 | Viewpoints, Palestine, Politics, US
It is only through the resurrection of the PLO that Palestinians could finally return to their original mission of devising a national liberation strategy.
Read MoreChasing Mirages: What Are Palestinians Doing to Combat the ‘Deal of the Century’?
Mar 14, 2019 | Viewpoints, Palestine, Politics, US
Save for a few symbolic ‘victories’ at the United Nations and UN-related bodies, Abbas has done little by way of a concrete and unified Palestinian action.
Read MoreCan We Imagine a Just Peace for Palestine?
Mar 1, 2019 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics
It would seem that only a democratic and secular single state could uphold self-determination for both peoples, holding out a promise of sustainable peace.
Read MoreRussian Mediation: The Critical Messages of the Hamas-Fatah Talks in Moscow
Feb 19, 2019 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics
For Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and other Palestinian factions, freeing Fatah from Washington’s grip is something they can also all agree on.
Read MorePalestinian Aspirations versus Zombie Geopolitics
Jan 9, 2019 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics
In the end the only question worth pondering is this: what kind of one-state will exist in the formerly mandated territory of Palestine?
Read MoreThe Veiled Danger of the ‘Dead’ Oslo Accords
Sep 12, 2018 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics
Trump has indicated that the spirit of Oslo remains alive: the bribes, the bullying and the fighting for that coveted and final Israeli ‘victory.’
Read More‘Deal of the Century’ is Not New and the PA Leadership is Not a Victim
Jul 3, 2018 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics
The ‘deal of the century’ promises to be a rehash of previous American proposals that catered to Israel’s needs and interests.
Read MoreThe Two-State Solution vs. the ‘Peace Process’, and Why the Distinction Is Critical
Mar 31, 2018 | News & Analysis, Featured, Palestine, Politics
To seize the present opportunity, one-state advocates need to stop mistaking the two-state solution with the goal of the US-led so-called “peace process”.
Read MoreThe Last ‘Peace Process’ Warrior: Abbas Hanging by a Thread
Mar 30, 2018 | Viewpoints, Palestine, Politics
The Palestinian people are left disenchanted, practically leaderless, and facing the brunt of Israel’s occupation regime on their own.
Read More‘The Two-State Solution’ and the Banality of Evil: Language Entrapment or Political Malevolence?
Mar 30, 2018 | Viewpoints, Palestine, Politics
The world’s governments continue to endorse the ‘two-state solution’ while civil society observers realize that Israel is adamant in its refusal to allow an independent Palestinian state to feels no pressure from the US to change course.
Read MoreMore Than a Fight over Couscous: Why the Palestinian Narrative Must Be Embraced
Feb 22, 2018 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics
Zionists’ protestations over Virgin Airlines’ offering of a couscous-style salad “inspired by the flavours of Palestine” is a manifestation of their desire to wipe from memory how the “Jewish state” of Israel was built atop emptied and destroyed Palestinian villages.
Read MoreUN Resolution 242’s True Significance vs. Popular Zionist Myth
Contrary to the popular Zionist myth upon which the entire so-called “peace process” was premised, UN Security Council Resolution 242 requires Israel to fully and immediately withdraw its armed forces from occupied Palestine.
Read MoreLet the Two-State Solution Die a Natural Death
Jan 8, 2018 | Palestine, News & Analysis, Politics
The priority for advocates of peace between Israelis and Palestinians should focus on the apartheid structures of Israel’s occupation regime, not reviving the sham “peace process”.
Read MoreYear in Review: Will 2018 Usher in a New Palestinian Strategy?
Jan 4, 2018 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics
Without the enforcement of international law, Israel will not willingly change its position, and the Palestinian leadership will find itself in direct confrontation with the Palestinian people if it fails to transition toward that end.
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