Palestinians are justifiably worried that the mandate granted to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, might be coming to an end. UNRWA’s mission, which has been in effect since 1949, has done more […]
Israeli officials threatened on Wednesday to continue assassinating Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, Israeli media reported. Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel told public broadcaster Kan that the Oslo Accords do not give any immunity to […]
On May 29, 2021, HBO premiered the screen version of J.T. Rogers’ play Oslo. It follows a Norwegian couple as they coordinate meetings between the Israeli government and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which resulted […]
On May 25, famous American actor, Mark Ruffalo, tweeted an apology for suggesting that Israel is committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza. “I have reflected & wanted to apologize for posts during the recent Israel/Hamas fighting that […]
The political discourse of Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, is similar to that of an ineffectual king who has been isolated in his palace for far too long. […]
The ‘Palestinian Revolt of 2021’ will go down in history as one of the most influential events that irreversibly shaped collective thinking in and around Palestine. Only two other events can be compared with what […]
The Israeli government has banned Palestinian fishermen from working off the coast of Gaza, Wafa news agency has reported. Already prevented from fishing in the full 12 nautical miles of occupied Palestine’s own territorial waters, […]
(Engaging the World: The making of Hamas’s foreign policy. Daud Abdullah. Afro-Middle East Centre (AMEC), 2020.) Hamas has been a strongly maligned actor within the western mainstream media. The concise and well-written “Engaging the World” […]
Palestinian political activist and academic Abdul Sattar Qassem died of COVID-19 yesterday at the age of 73. Qassem was a Palestinian writer, thinker, political analyst, and academic. He was a professor of political science and […]
Israel’s decision to exclude Palestinians from its COVID-19 vaccination campaign may have surprised many. Even by Israel’s poor humanitarian standards, denying Palestinians access to life-saving medication seems extremely callous. Amnesty International, among many organizations, condemned […]
December 8 came and went as if it was an ordinary day. For Palestinian political groups, it was another anniversary to be commemorated, however hastily. It was on this day, thirty-three years ago, that the […]
No one seemed as excited about the election of Joe Biden being the next President of the United States as Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas. When all hope seemed lost, where Abbas found himself desperate […]
“If we are going to live another four years with President Trump, God help us, God help you and God help the whole world.” These were the words of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister, Mohammed Shtayyeh, […]
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is reportedly set to resume receiving transfers of tax revenues collected by Israel on its behalf, Israel Hayom reported i24 News saying. The PA stopped receiving transfers since May when President […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will proceed with its investigation into Israel over its policies regarding the Palestinians despite the continued application of the 1993 Oslo Accords, Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced yesterday. This came in response to […]
Palestine responded to the latest request by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for clarification regarding the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s decision to be absolved of all agreements with Israel, following the latter’s decision to annex […]
Israel is withholding tax revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority for the month of May until the PA reactivates the security coordination agreement with Tel Aviv, Palestinian officials said. Palestinian Premier Mohammad […]
This time, we are told, it is different and that President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, is absolutely serious about his decision to absolve his leadership from all previous agreements signed with Israel and […]
Israeli media responded to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision on May 19 to cancel all agreements with Israel, including the so-called security coordination with a ‘yawn’, in addition to the usual anti-Palestinian rhetoric. The […]
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced his leadership will be ceasing all arrangements with Israel and the US in light of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s annexation plans. “The Palestine Liberation Organization and the State of […]
Though Palestinian sports had made remarkable progress (especially internationally) since the Oslo Accords in 1993 until now, however, this progress was on the account of many national values accumulated throughout the period 1950s – 1980s. […]
The Palestinian Authority’s Minister of Civil Affairs, Hussein al-Sheikh, said in a televised interview with Al-Jazeera that Palestine is no longer committed to signing agreements emanating from Oslo accords, Anadolu agency reports. “Israel has been informed […]
A seemingly ordinary news story, published in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, on January 7, shed light on a long-forgotten, yet crucial, subject: Israel’s so-called “firing zones” in the West Bank. “Israel has impounded the only vehicle available to […]
Once more, the Israeli government has decided to withhold tens of millions of dollars in tax revenues, collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority to prevent it from supporting families of Palestinians killed or wounded […]
Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh has claimed that Palestinian forces will prevent the Israeli army from raiding “Area A” of the occupied West Bank. In an interview with Al-Quds, excerpts of which were published […]
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 […]
The Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority said on Monday that the Israeli occupation authorities have basically canceled the division of the occupied Palestinian territories into so-called Areas A and B, Safa news agency has reported. Mohammad […]
Those who are still hoping that the new American agenda on Palestine and Israel is temporary, or reversible, should abandon this false hope. Washington’s complete adoption of Israel’s messianic, extremist policies regarding Occupied Palestine has […]
Europe’s “Scramble for Africa” began in earnest in 1881, but never ended. The attempt at dominating the continent using old and new strategies continues to define the western relationship with this rich continent. This reality was further […]
The Trumpian hyperbole marketing brand had generated unrealistic expectations for the “Deal of the Century.” For over a year and a half, Jared Kushner promised but missed at least three dates to unveil the “secret” […]
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