By: Bishara A Bahbah / Arab America Featured Columnist During this holy month of Ramadan, Palestinians are struggling to survive amid dire economic hardships, severe declining support for the Palestinian Authority (PA), an anticipated third intifada, a sharp rise in settler attacks, and the irresponsible actions and threats of far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar … Continued
CNN’s Christian Amanpour recently interviewed Israeli popularist Yuval Noah Harari. He purported that the Israeli public no longer believes in the two-state solution. Rather, they now believe in one state with three classes. Palestinians would be at the bottom with few or no rights. Contributing writer, John Mason, contrasts Hariri’s ideas with a newly published article by Columbia University’s Joseph Massad. In that article, the author avers that Zionist ideologues have all along believed in their own supremacy, which would ultimately lead to delegitimizing Palestinians’ rights to their own land.
SOURCE: THE JORDAN TIMES BY: JAMES J. ZOGBY One month after the end of the last hostilities between Israel and Hamas, events on the ground demonstrate that little has changed. And once again the US media is ignoring Israel’s creeping annexation of Palestinian lands and their brutally aggressive behaviors toward the Palestinian people. There appeared … Continued
By: John Mason/ Arab America Contributing Writer U.S. Secretary of Sate Blinken’s recent message to the Palestinians, combined with one to the Israelis, conflated peace and security for both parties. Blinken seemed to be responding to a strong message from members of Congress to the Biden team that it begin to deal with the issue … Continued
By John Mason / Arab America Contributing Writer Biden to resume U.S. aid to Palestinians despite Republican objection The Biden administration has decided to resume U.S. payments to Palestinians that the Trump administration had canceled on the premise that the Palestinian Authority had violated the Taylor Force act. This is legislation that limits funding to … Continued
By: Alaa Tartir Source: Palestine Square- Institute of Palestine Studies Blog With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing corruption charges and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat dealing with health issues, analysts say that a political upheaval is on the docket in the coming few months in Israel/Palestine. Although there is an increasingly narrow difference between … Continued
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting, Jerusalem, June 25, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90) By: Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man Source: +972 Benjamin Netanyahu has a few things in common with Donald Trump. The two men are known to obsess over loyalty, which invariably leads to nepotism and empowering immediate family members. They both … Continued
By: Yousef Munayyer Source: Arab Center Washington DC President Barack Obama, Barack Hussein Obama, that is, never had a chance. From the day he arrived on the national political scene, Israelis were predisposed to distrust him. His middle name, his African ancestry, and his time spent in Indonesia as a child all led Israelis to … Continued
BY JACK MOORE NEWSWEEK Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to approve the country’s first outpost in the West Bank for two decades on Thursday, an Israeli official confirmed to Newsweek, threatening to deal an early blow to relations with President Donald Trump’s administration. The Israeli leader hinted at the approval of the new … Continued
By Ian Lustick The Guardian A broken watch is right twice a day. Occasionally, so is Donald Trump. In his press conference with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, he was correct to say that the two-state solution used to be the “easier” route to peace between Israelis and Palestinians. He was also correct to … Continued
BY AMMAR CAMPA-NAJJAR The HIll In his last days as president, Bill Clinton received a call from Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat. “You are a great man, Mr. President. But I cannot accept this deal.” Clinton replied, “I am not a great man. I’m a failure, and you’ve made me one.” It wasn’t perfect, but what … Continued
By James J. Zogby Arab American Institute’s Washington Watch Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Donald Trump was overshadowed by dramatic and unsettling events that preceded and followed their perfectly bizarre press conference. The week began with the forced resignation of White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and revelations of extensive … Continued
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