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Bottom-up Politics: Grassroots Activism Behind Pro-Palestine Shift in the US
By Ramzy Baroud At a recent virtual J Street Conference, US Senators, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren broke yet another political taboo when they expressed willingness to leverage US military aid as a way […]
The Myth of Peace in the Middle East: Deconstructing the Naturalization Narrative
By Mohamed El Metmari This critical essay deconstructs the political narrative surrounding the naturalization agreements that have occurred between some Arab countries and Israel formally known as the Abrahamic Accords or Jared Kushner’s plan for […]
US to Restore over $200 Million in Aid to Palestinians
The Biden administration plans to provide at least $235 million in US aid to the Palestinians, restarting funding for the United Nations agency supporting refugees and restoring other assistance cut off by then-President Donald Trump, […]
The US’ Designation is Glossing over Colonialism in Palestine
By Ramona Wadi In another move that shows US President Joe Biden is navigating between the Trump administration’s era and the return to the two-state politics, the US State Department’s 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights presented […]
Report: US Administration Plans Lifting Sanctions on ICC Officials
The administration of US President Joe Biden plans to revoke the sanctions imposed by his predecessor, President Donald Trump, on the International Criminal Court (ICC) top officials as early as this week, the Foreign Policy […]
Quartet Rhetoric Normalizes Israel’s Unilateral Decisions
By Ramona Wadi The Trump era is over, or so the Middle East Quartet would have us believe. Now that the Zionist colonization project is back to contending diplomatically with the two-state compromise, the main […]
Report: Biden Administration Crafting Plan to Reset US Ties with Palestine
The Biden administration is crafting a plan aimed at resetting US ties with the Palestinians that collapsed under former President Donald Trump, according to an internal draft memo, reported on by Reuters. Two people familiar […]
The American Injustice Industry: Why Shutting Down Guantánamo is Not Enough
By Ramzy Baroud “That’s certainly our goal and our intention.” This was the non-committal answer given by White House Press Secretary, Jen Psaki, when, on February 12, she was asked by a reporter whether the […]
Netanyahu Urged Biden to Maintain Sanctions on ICC
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged US President Joe Biden to maintain the sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) imposed by former President Donald Trump. Trump escalated hostilities against the ICC in June […]
Biden has Reassured Netanyahu that the Status Quo is Safe
By Ramona Wadi With US President Joe Biden’s first call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now out of the way, the first inklings of the new administration’s diplomacy regarding Palestine and Israel have been made public. […]
Biden Makes Long-awaited First Phone Call to Netanyahu
US President Joe Biden made a long-awaited first phone call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday after a delay that had seen Washington deny it was snubbing Israel’s leader, Reuters reported. There had been […]
‘Leaving Aside’ International Law: Why Democrats are as Dangerous as Republicans to a Just Peace in Palestine
By Ramzy Baroud Motivated by their justifiable aversion to former US President Donald Trump, many analysts have rashly painted a rosy picture of how Democrats could quickly erase the bleak trajectory of the previous […]
US Senate Overwhelmingly Votes to Keep US Embassy in Jerusalem
The US Senate has voted on Friday in favor of keeping the US embassy in Jerusalem. Senator Bill Hagerty disclosed in a written statement that the Senate voted 97-3 to pass a bill presented by […]
Biden Administration to Review Sanctions on ICC Officials
The Biden administration will “thoroughly review” US sanctions on International Criminal Court officials imposed over investigations into US forces in Afghanistan, a State Department spokesman said on Tuesday, reports Reuters. “Much as we disagree with […]
On the High Cost of Solidarity: Joe Biden, Palestine and The Left
By Benay Blend “As Palestinians,” writes Zarefah Baroud, “we are taught to comply with our oppression for the sake of a peace we won’t be included in. Unlearn this,” she suggests, and moreover, “when a […]
Israel Issues Tenders for 2,500 New Settlement Units in West Bank, East Jerusalem
Israel has issued tenders for 2,500 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, a watchdog said Wednesday, on the eve of Joe Biden’s swearing-in as US president. On Sunday, Israel approved […]
Mladenov’s Parting Message Endorses Trump’s Poisonous Normalization Legacy
By Ramona Wadi The UN has mastered the art of dissociating itself from colonization, especially that which it has supported through international consensus. Former UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov, […]
‘Times are a Changing’: Launch of Jeremy Corbyn’s Peace & Justice Project
By Ronnie Kasrils I salute Jeremy Corbyn’s Peace & Justice initiative which could not be more timely, and I am proud to be part of it. We live in troubled times: the raging pandemic, rise […]
Israel Approves 780 New Settlement Units in Occupied West Bank
Israel on Sunday advanced plans for 780 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank, settlement watchdog Peace Now said, adding the move puts Israel “on a collision course” with the incoming US administration. Right-wing […]
Trump May Be on Trial, but the System that Produced Him Will Be Acquitted
By Jonathan Cook It is a fitting end to four years of Donald Trump in the White House. On one side, Trump’s endless stoking of political grievances – and claims that November’s presidential election was […]
US Pompeo: Trump Should Win Nobel Prize for Middle East Peace
US State Secretary Mike Pompeo has suggested that outgoing President Donald Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting harmony between Arab countries and Israel. This comes despite Trump facing trial in the […]
Twitter’s Ban on Trump Will Deepen the US Tribal Divide
By Jonathan Cook Anyone who believes locking President Donald Trump out of his social media accounts will serve as the first step on the path to healing the political divide in the United States is […]
US Congressman Pledges to Resume US Aid to Palestinians
US Congressman Gregory Meeks, the new Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has said he was looking forward to resuming humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, as part of a push by President-elect Joe Biden […]
UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees are the Next Targets of Normalization Deals with Israel
By Ramona Wadi When US President Donald Trump leaves office in three weeks’ time, he will have laid the foundations for a further downgrading of the Palestinian struggle for freedom. It is, perhaps, little wonder […]
Report: Abbas Impatient to Resume Unconditional Talks with Israel
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas hopes to resume unconditional talks with Israel as soon as possible, a senior PA official informed Israel Hayom. On Friday, the Israeli outlet reported a senior PA official stating […]
The US Money Tree: The Untold Story of American Aid to Israel
By Ramzy Baroud On December 21, the United States Congress passed the COVID-19 Relief Package, as part of a larger $2.3 trillion bill meant to cover spending for the rest of the fiscal year. […]
US Provides $500m to Israel under National COVID-19 Relief Bill
The United States has passed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill to support industries and workers affected by the ongoing pandemic, of which hundreds of millions of dollars have been granted to Israel and its […]
Following Normalization with Israel, US Removes Sudan from State Sponsor of Terror List
The United States on Monday formally removed Sudan’s state sponsor of terrorism designation, 27 years after putting the country on its blacklist, the US embassy in Khartoum announced. “The congressional notification period of 45 days […]
Morocco Joins Other Arab Countries, Normalizes with Israel
By Palestine Chronicle Staff US President Donald Trump claimed another foreign policy victory for his administration by declaring that Israel and the North African Arab country of Morocco have agreed to normalize relations. This […]
The King’s Man: Blinken’s Appointment Reassures Israel that Little Will Change under Biden
By Ramzy Baroud Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has nothing to worry about as the man who will directly handle America’s foreign policy in the Middle East is a loyal friend of Israel. […]