Justice for Some – Book Review
(Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine. Noura Erakat. Stanford University Press, 2019) The sounds of the bombs that fell on Gaza in November 2019 were almost as deafening as the sound of […]
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‘Shameless Racism’: 13 Countries Change Long-Standing Position on Palestine at UN
For the first time, 13 countries changed their longstanding positions and voted against a pro-Palestine measure at the United Nations on Tuesday. Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Lithuania, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, […]
World Commemorates International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (VIDEO)
Senior officials joined ambassadors and other representatives from the international community in New York on Wednesday to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, officially observed each year on November 29. Established […]
Canada Supports Pro-Palestine UN Resolution after 10 Years of Pro-Israel Votes
The Trudeau government yesterday backed a resolution to support the right of self-determination of the Palestinian people adopted by the UN General Assembly during a session of the Third Committee. The resolution was put forward […]
How Western Media Bias Allows Israel to Getaway with Murder in Gaza
An Israeli attack on Gaza was imminent, and not because of any provocations by Palestinian groups in the besieged, impoverished Gaza Strip. The Israeli military escalation was foreseeable because it factors neatly in Israel’s contentious political scene. […]
UN Votes to Renew UNRWA Mandate
The overwhelming vote at the United Nations General Assembly’s Fourth Committee in favor of renewing the mandate of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) dominated the front page of the three […]
Israel is a ‘Terrorist State’: Seven Times Bolivia and Morales Took a Stance for Palestine
On November 10 Bolivian President Evo Morales, announced his resignation from office following what was described by his deputy, Álvaro García Linera, as a military coup. Morales’ 14 years in office have been seen by many as […]
UN Condemns Rockets Fired from Gaza, Ignores Deadly Israeli Airstrikes
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, said today that “the indiscriminate launching of rockets and mortars against population centers is absolutely unacceptable and must stop immediately.” In a statement, […]
UN: Israel’s Jewish Nation-State Law Contravenes International Human Rights Laws
A UN body has announced that Israel’s Jewish Nation-State Law contravenes international human rights laws ratified and adopted by Israel, Arab48 reported yesterday. The news website reported that the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights […]
UN Envoy Discusses Upcoming Elections with Palestinian Factions in Gaza
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, yesterday met with representatives of Palestinian factions in Gaza to discuss the upcoming elections. In a meeting with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, the UN […]
US and It Criminal Effort in Syria
President Trump has stated his intent to withdraw US troops from Syria on several occasions since March 2018. Each time politicians from both the Democratic and Republican parties, supported by the corporate-controlled media, have based […]
The EU, UN and PA Masquerade as Activists while Highlighting their Colonial Complicity
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. True to form, UN, EU and Palestinian Authority representatives abandoned their political roles to pose as […]
Israel’s New Moves to Airbrush the Occupation
The United Nations’ independent expert on human rights in the Palestinian territories issued a damning verdict last week on what he termed “the longest belligerent occupation in the modern world”. Michael Lynk, a Canadian law […]
Israel Prevents UN Special Rapporteur Lynk from Traveling to Palestine (VIDEO)
Special rapporteur of the United Nations Organization on human rights in Palestine Michael Lynk condemned Israel for preventing him Thursday from traveling to the Palestinian territories, violating thus established procedures and protocols. At a press conference […]
Hamas Accepts Abbas’s Invitation to Carry out Presidential Parliamentary Elections (VIDEO)
The Islamic Palestinian movement, Hamas, announced on Thursday its readiness to carry out presidential parliamentary National Council elections, a statement confirmed. In the statement, a copy of which was sent to MEMO, Hamas announced: “Based […]
United Nations Parade of World Leaders: A Circus Where Whip Is Wielded by Big Five
The annual gathering of global leaders at the United Nations has yet again lit up New York’s elite hotels and busy thoroughfares. Though the 74th session of the UN General Assembly is underway in the […]
Abbas Urges World to End Israeli Aggression (VIDEO)
Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas urged the international community Thursday to end Israeli aggression in Palestine, Anadolu Agency reports. “What would you do if someone tried to take the land of your country and how would you react,” […]
Netanyahu Cancels UN Visit amid Political Uncertainty
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled his planned visit to the United Nations General Assembly next week due to the “political context in the country”, Israeli media reported on Wednesday. The trip’s cancellation comes […]
UN, Arab Nations Denounce Netanyahu Annexation Pledge
Palestinian and regional leaders have sharply denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s pledge to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank if he wins next week’s snap election. Netanyahu, who is fighting for his political life after an inconclusive […]
Tlaib: As Americans We Should All Be Disturbed that Israel Banned Our Visit (VIDEOS)
Israel’s ban on Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering the country is an effort to stop them doing their jobs, the officials said in a press conference yesterday. Speaking to a member of […]
1967 Must Not Be the Only Reference Point for Israel’s Colonial Presence
Various Israeli politicians over the years have justified settlement expansion as being necessary for peace. The Oslo Accords facilitated this propaganda with an interminable “interim” period during which settlement construction has continued unhindered. The definition […]
UN Experts: ‘Meaningful Action’ Needed to Stop Jewish Settlement Expansion (VIDEO)
UN human rights experts in Geneva stated yesterday that the international community should be taking serious practical steps to prevent Jewish settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank. The statement was responding to a decision earlier […]
Israel Approves 2,300 New Homes for Settlers in West Bank
Israel has advanced plans for more than 2,300 illegal settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the latest in a surge of such approvals since US President Donald Trump took office in 2017, according to an NGO. Israel’s Higher Planning Committee issued […]
UN Report Slams Israel for Selling Arms to Myanmar Army despite Muslim Rohingya ‘Genocide’
A United Nations fact-finding mission called on Monday for an embargo on arms sales to Myanmar and for targeted sanctions on businesses with connections to the military after finding they are funding human rights abuses. UN investigators […]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls on Israel to Conduct Investigation into Shooting of Palestinian Child
The spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville, called on the Israeli authorities to conduct a thorough, effective, impartial and independent investigation into the Israeli forces’ shooting of nine-year-old Palestinian child, […]
Oil, Power, Palestine, and the Foundations of U.S. Policy in the Middle East – Book Review
(Dying to Forget – Oil, Power, Palestine, & the Foundations of U.S. policy in the Middle East. Irene L. Gendzier. Columbia University Press, New York, 2017.) Many books discuss the transition of U.S. interest in […]
American Abandonment of Palestine: A Challenge to South Africa
Is South Africa among the countries standing aside as the world is confronted with illegal moves by the Trump Administration to facilitate the complete annihilation of Palestine by Israel? Notwithstanding the fact that the ANC-led […]
The UN’s 2030 Agenda Will Fail Palestinians -the Organization always Has
The UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which “seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom” is an ideal dissociated from the realities perpetuated by the international community. Far from promoting sustainable development, the political actors […]
Israel’s ‘Environmental Crisis’ Is of Its Own Making
Gaza’s growing humanitarian crisis is finally registering in Israel as a pressing problem requiring “clear and immediate” action. However, it is not the impact of the crisis on the population of Gaza that is sounding the alarm […]
Cuba Should Be Careful Not to Normalize Israel’s Colonization of Palestine
In 1947, Cuba was one of the few countries opposing the UN Partition Plan, which laid the groundwork for Israel’s colonization of Palestine. At the time, the Cuban envoy to the UN Dr. Ernesto Dihigo […]