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US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said support for Israel was possible without backing its “racist” government, and the needs of Palestinians must not be ignored. In a Town Hall meeting hosted by US news channel CNN, […]
(The Age of Illusions – How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory. Andrew J. Bacevich. Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, NewYork, 2020.) Another in his series of remarkable books, Andrew J.Bacevich has written an interesting, […]
Maybe something good will come out of the Trump plan, after all. By pushing the Middle East peace process to its logical conclusion, Donald Trump has made crystal clear something that was supposed to have […]
The European Union has rejected parts of the proposed US plan for the Middle East, saying it broke with “internationally agreed parameters”, and any Israeli annexation of Palestinian land would be subject to challenge. President […]
Leaders and governments around the world reacted to US President Donald Trump’s announcement on Tuesday of his long-awaited Middle East plan, dubbed ‘Deal of the Century’. Palestine: ‘Dustbin of History’ The Palestinian leadership, which cut […]
Undoubtedly masses of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and millions of their compatriots living in squalor as refugees across the Arab world, would be appalled if not livid that the Trump administration has announced a […]
US President Donald Trump’s Senior Adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner said on Tuesday that Palestinians should accept the “full package” of the so-called peace plan and give up fairy tales. In a media interview with […]
Tens of thousands of Palestinians have rallied on Tuesday evening in the besieged Gaza Strip and in the West Bank, to protest against the announcement of the US ‘peace plan’, known as ‘deal of the […]
US President Donald Trump has finally unveiled his Middle East plan on Tuesday, during a press conference in Washington, as right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood by his side. The entire plan consists of […]
Palestinian officials accused Washington of attempting “to cancel” the Palestinian cause, following US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will reveal details of his so-called ‘Deal of the Century’ on Tuesday. The American President is […]
US President Donald Trump’s deal of the century offers a non-sovereign Palestinian state which would not have an army or call East Jerusalem its capital, Egyptian media network Rassd reported yesterday. Quoting Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, Rassd said […]
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday warned the United States not to cross any “red lines” following reports that Donald Trump intends to release his long-awaited “Deal of the Century”. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the spokesman […]
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will reveal details of his long-delayed plan for the Middle East before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main opponent Benny Gantz visit the White House next […]
This has been a defining year for Palestine and Israel. Despite the usual political stagnation of the Palestinian leadership, two factors contributed to making 2019 particularly eventful and, looking ahead, consequential as well: The unprecedented […]
Following his triumph in the Likud party’s primary elections on December 26, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduced a political plan aimed at securing US recognition of Israel’s annexation of West Bank settlements and rolling […]
The Arab League on Thursday strongly condemned Brazil’s opening of a trade office in Jerusalem, calling it “illegitimate” and warning President Jair Bolsonaro against moving his country’s embassy to the contested city. The Brazilian leader has said […]
On December 11, US President Donald Trump used the occasion of a White House Chanukah reception to announce his signing of an executive order (EO) that requires alleged anti-Semitic incidents be treated in the same […]
Details of US President Donald Trump’s peace deal for the Middle East dubbed the “deal of the century”, have allegedly been obtained by Lebanese TV station Al-Mayadeen. While the report has not been officially confirmed, […]
This was an election of two illusions. The first helped persuade much of the British public to vote last week for the very epitome of an Eton toff, a man who not only has shown […]
Many Virginians recently celebrated as both houses of the Virginia legislature came under Democratic Party control. In the past 30 years, the state has shifted from being a conservative Republican state to a liberal Democratic […]
It is hardly a major surprise that the US government has finally decreed that illegal Jewish settlements built in defiance of international law are somehow “consistent” with the said law. US foreign policy has been […]
The entirely predictable expectation from US President Donald Trump to cuddle up to Israel’s rightwing lobby at a time he is faced with one of the severest challenges to his presidency: impeachment. Having gifted Zionism’s […]
US President Donald Trump’s administration feels frustrated and disappointed with Israel in general and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in particular, Ynet News reported US officials saying yesterday. The Israeli website reported White House sources saying: “Americans are […]
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 […]
Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s adviser and son in law, has told Israeli television that he hopes to see Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White chair Benny Gantz form a new coalition […]
In the title quote, the words refer to a collection of readings from several years of the Palestine Festival of Literature, an annual literary event that allows performers to interact with Palestinians on their home […]
In both the United States and Israel, there is a myth that if we could just get rid of certain leaders—namely Trump and Netanyahu—then things would go back to normal, the good old days (in […]
Israel may have planted several surveillance deceives near the White House over the past two years, Politico reported on Thursday, quoting three former US officials. Controversial cellular phone surveillance devices, known as “StingRays”, were uncovered near the […]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States will present its long-awaited Middle East peace plan within weeks as he acknowledged a difficult task. President Donald Trump’s administration pushed back the plan after Israel unexpectedly headed […]
Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East, will leave office in a couple of weeks, numerous sources in the US administration have said. Greenblatt, who had intended to stay only two […]
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