The author analyzes the timing of the offensive on Gaza. There are still places in the world in which Muslims have been constant victims of ongoing war. They spend the holy month of Ramadan in conditions that the conservative media censors. Furthermore, the Eid festivals are celebrations that are observed in conflict. Humanity can longer neglect the Palestinian genocide and America has been an accomplice to Israel’s brutality for over half of a century.
SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: DR. JAMES J. ZOGBY In the coming week, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs will move on four bills – all of which, I believe, drive more nails in the coffin of Israeli-Palestinian peace. While two of the proposed bills are blatantly pro-Israel, it is the two more benign pieces … Continued
By: Stanley A Weiss Source: The Huff Post It started with a little-known Norwegian diplomat, a small group of academics, and a crowded hotel room. The diplomat, Terje Rød-Larsen, had assembled the group to devise an unlikely plan to take on the task of Middle East peace. For a brief, shining moment, it looked like … Continued
BY: JOY BERNARD SOURCE: THE JERUSALEM POST Amazon has removed “A History of the Palestinian People: From Ancient Times to the Modern Era,” a book penned by Israeli author, publicist and editor Assaf A. Voll which inspired a heated debate and became a huge Internet sensation two weeks ago. The historical account, which raked the … Continued
The house is located close to the Israel-Palestine border wall. Photo: Kickstarter. By: Henri Neuendorf Source: Artnet News The Palestinian artist Emily Jacir has launched a crowdfunding campaign to transform her family’s historic 19th-century home in the West Bank into an independent exhibition space and community art center. The space will focus on visual … Continued
By: Ian Black Source: The Guardian If Donald Trump is going to pursue “the ultimate deal” between Israelis and Palestinians after his brief visits to Saudi Arabia, Israel and the occupied West Bank, the effort looks likely to be based on a 15-year-old peace plan that was barely noticed at the time, has been gathering … Continued
Experts say the Trump administration’s support for Israel will render any potential peace negotiations futile [ Reuters] By: Farah Najjar Source: Al Jazeera US President Donald Trump has arrived in Israel as part of his first foreign trip since taking office in January, but critics have already dismissed as lip service his vows to broker an … 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
By: Mohamed Mohamed Source: The Jerusalem Fund As many as 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners incarcerated by Israel are currently on a hunger strike, which entered its 32nd day on Thursday. Among their demands are better living conditions and medical care, more family visits, and an end to Israel’s habits of detaining people without due process … Continued
Source: Catholic News Agency In a statement, a commission of leading Catholic bishops in the Holy Land said that though the Church has no particular agenda or party position regarding the Israeli-Palestinian situation, it “cannot ignore fundamental injustice.” The Catholic Church will speak out against injustice and avoid any attempt to normalize the “festering wound” … Continued
SOURCE: THE ECONOMIST THE victory of Israel over the Arab armies that encircled it in 1967 was so swift and absolute that, many Jews thought, the divine hand must have tipped the scales. Before the six-day war Israel had feared another Holocaust; thereafter it became an empire of sorts. Awestruck, the Jews took the holy … Continued
By: Diana Buttu Aljazeera Diana Buttu is a Palestinian lawyer and analyst who served as a legal advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team. The Trump-Abbas meeting this week was, for Palestinians, as expected: useless. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas emerged from the meeting with nothing more than lunch and an empty proclamation from US President Donald Trump … Continued
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