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Will the Trump Administration Shift U.S. Policy in Favor of Palestine?
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Go topUS President Donald Trump at the Western Wall, in occupied East Jerusalem, 22 May. It is one of several sites in the occupied West Bank that media outlets misrepresented as being in Israel. Dan HansenWhite House Photo By: Michael F. Brown Source: The Electronic Intifada A New York Times graphic of 19 May, explaining the itinerary … Continued
President Trump at a welcoming ceremony in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday. CreditAmir Cohen/Reuters By: PETER BAKER, MICHAEL D. SHEAR and IAN FISHER Source: THE NEW YORK TIMES President Trump began a two-day visit to Israel on Monday with what amounted to a blunt assessment for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: If Israel really wants peace … Continued
The Separation Wall built by Israel in the occupied West Bank By: Ramzy Baroud Source: Middle East Monitor (MEMO) Once more, the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 is taking centre stage. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas insisted during his speech before the recently-concluded Arab League Summit in Jordan that the initiative is the … Continued
By Allison Deger Mondoweiss Rima Khalaf, the head of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). resigned today after she was asked to withdraw a report her agency published earlier this week that stated Israel is an “apartheid regime.” “The secretary-general demanded yesterday that I withdraw the report, and I refused,”Khalaf … Continued
By Taly Krupkin Haaretz Dozens of prominent Jewish scholars worry they won’t be able to visit Israel anymore, citing a new law entitling the government to deny entry to supporters of boycotts against the country or its settlements in occupied territory. Meanwhile, only days after the passing of the new law, more than 100 Jewish … Continued
By ADAM CHANDLER The Atlantic On Monday, just hours after President Trump issued his revised executive order on immigration, lawmakers in Israel passed a travel ban that is also generating controversy. The new law aims to bar any foreign activist “who has knowingly issued a public call to boycott the state of Israel or pledged … Continued
By Donald Snyder Forward He was the beloved doctor of both Palestinians and Israeli Jews, the one who brought their children into the world. Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, the Gaza-based Palestinian obstetrician and gynecologist who was the first Palestinian physician from the occupied territories to receive an appointment at an Israeli hospital, still believes passionately in … Continued
By Peter Beaumont The Guardian Israel is refusing to issue visas to the international staff of one of the most prominent international human rights NGOs – Human Rights Watch – accusing the group of an “extreme, hostile and anti-Israel agenda.” The Israeli accusations against the organisation, which documents human rights abuses around the globe, follows … Continued
By Eran Etzion The Middle East Institute In the early 2000s, the Bush administration’s global ratings were at historic lows. There was only one allied country in which public opinion was favorable to U.S. policies—Israel. Like its citizenry, the Israeli government was strongly supportive of “the freedom agenda,” “the global war on terror,” and the need … Continued
By Rashid Khalidi The New Yorker With the advent in Washington of an Administration with radical new priorities regarding Israel, and a disdain for Palestinian rights, Palestine is facing a daunting reality. In recent years, ascendant political currents in America and Israel had already begun to merge. We have now reached the point where envoys … Continued
By Jennifer Williams VOX A controversial new United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory has triggered a brutal and messy diplomatic fight between President Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and now President-elect Donald Trump. The war of words got even nastier Wednesday, when Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a high-profile … Continued
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