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Writer: Ramona Wadi
Brazil is Adopting Israel’s Terror Narrative, which is Anything but Democratic
By Ramona Wadi Brazilian federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of right-wing dictatorship fanatic President Jair Bolsonaro, announced recently that the country will be moving to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. “Inside the government, […]
There Will Be no Sustainability for the Palestinians without their Legitimate Right of Return
By Ramona Wadi The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) remains in perpetual financial crisis. Spokesman Adnan Abu Hasna has warned that apart from a possible cessation of services by May, there are no […]
The PA is Blindly Accepting International Impositions on Palestinians
By Ramona Wadi Israel and the Palestinian Authority have been trading the same rhetoric about not having a suitable partner for diplomatic negotiations. The senior adviser and spokesman for Mahmoud Abbas, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, recently […]
Speaking against Settlement Expansion is just a Chore for the EU
By Ramona Wadi The European Union’s fluctuations on Israel’s colonial settlement expansion are more prominent since the bloc’s refusal to issue a statement regarding US President Donald Trump’s so-called deal of the century. In response […]
EU Delaying Tactics Bring it Closer to Trump’s Deal
By Ramona Wadi For all its purported peace-building efforts and support for Palestinian rights, the EU is committed to supporting Israel’s colonial-settler expansionism. Its feeble response to US President Donald Trump’s so-called “deal of the […]
PA Acquiescence to UN Resolutions Determines Palestine’s Disappearance
By Ramona Wadi Further proof of the Palestinian Authority’s rejection of Palestinian land, history, and memory was articulated recently by Mahmoud Abbas’s spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, who basically discounted Zionist colonization and the Nakba by […]
Abbas is a Mouthpiece for International Impositions on Palestine
By Ramona Wadi The Palestinian Authority has learned nothing from decades of futile UN Security Council Resolutions. Do the people of Palestine really need international consensus regarding the already very clear illegality of US President […]
The PA Will Opt for Losing Palestine if It Means Keeping its ‘Authority’
By Ramona Wadi Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas continues to provide proof of his worthlessness when it comes to political decision-making. If the US “continues” with the so-called deal of the century, Abbas has threatened […]
These Chains Will Be Broken. Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons – Book Review
By Ramona Wadi (These Chains Will be Broken: Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons, Clarity Press, Atlanta, 2019) What the news reports eliminate, Ramzy Baroud’s new book, These Chains Will be Broken: Stories of […]
Israel’s Renewed Campaign against UNRWA is an Attack on Palestinian Education and Liberation
By Ramona Wadi The international community has still not caught up with or refuses to acknowledge, Israel’s commitment to countering each purported victory for the Palestinians with yet more violations. These countermeasures implemented by Israel, […]
UNRWA must Join Collective Effort to Help Palestinians Achieve their Political Rights
By Ramona Wadi December 8, 1949, marked the establishment of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Despite the recent Israeli-US conspiracy to eliminate the agency, as well as its internal […]
Recognition of a Palestinian State without Liberation is an Illusion
By Ramona Wadi During the Berlin European Council summit in 1999, the European Union declared “its readiness to consider the recognition of a Palestinian state in due course” and conditionally dependent upon the Oslo framework, as […]
There is only One Legitimate Alternative to UNRWA; the Palestinian Right of Return
By Ramona Wadi Since allegations about the misconduct and corruption of some staff members at the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) came to light, both defenses and criticism of the agency […]
The PA’s Disengagement Rhetoric is Farcical
By Ramona Wadi The Palestinian Authority’s promotion of its disengagement from Israel’s military occupation is mostly diplomatic jargon tied yet again to the two-state compromise. Whatever inference to resistance Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh may impart, […]
The EU, UN and PA Masquerade as Activists while Highlighting their Colonial Complicity
By Ramona Wadi 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 […]
Far from Being ‘Inhumane’, as US Ambassador Claims, Evicting Settlers is One Form of Justice
By Ramona Wadi The Zionist erasure of Palestinians from their landscape is no longer contested in the international arena. The dispossession of Palestinians is treated as a historical fact removed from their legitimate right of […]
The EU’s Conditional Aid and Suppression of Palestinian Rights
By Ramona Wadi The European Union’s incoming Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell has already signaled a continuation of the bloc’s prevailing politics when it comes to Palestine – preserve the two-state compromise by ensuring funding […]
Palestinian Refugee Students Must Not be Incidental to Humanitarian Endeavors
By Ramona Wadi Despite financial setbacks caused by political agendas and misconduct allegations, the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) ensured that its schools opened on time for the new academic year. Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl […]
The PLO Endorses the Humanitarian Paradigm
By Ramona Wadi At the G7 summit in Paris, US President Donald Trump speculated publically about the purported “deal of the century”, which infuriated the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). If one had to rely on […]
Palestinian Narratives Must Be Protected from PA Exploitation
By Ramona Wadi Official Palestinian media are playing a major role in disseminating Palestinian narratives, according to Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, that is. Departing from the fact that the Palestinian Authority and its media still […]
The PA’s Support for International Agendas Shuns the Palestinian Right of Return
By Ramona Wadi The Palestinian Authority has not ceased to display where its compromised loyalties lie. With each public statement or declaration, it is evident that the PA is working for diplomatic conjectures and, as […]
Washington Is Facilitating Further Collective Betrayal of Palestinian Political Rights
By Ramona Wadi Palestinians want their land and rights restored; it’s a simple demand which the international community has succeeded in mangling in order to promote colonial agendas. US President Donald Trump has contributed to […]
1967 Must Not Be the Only Reference Point for Israel’s Colonial Presence
By Ramona Wadi 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 […]
Palestinian Prisoners Need Our Attention before They Die
By Ramona Wadi Since 1967, 220 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli prisons. The latest victim is Nasser Taqatqa, detained in June from his home in Beit Fajjar, accused of purportedly having ties to Hamas. Taqatqa, age […]
The Road to EU Diplomacy in Palestine
By Ramona Wadi Yesterday, the EU issued two press releases. One feigned belated concern at Israel’s demolition of Palestinian dwellings in Sur Baher and how the settlement expansion policy “undermines the viability of the two-state solution”. The […]
The UN’s 2030 Agenda Will Fail Palestinians -the Organization always Has
By Ramona Wadi 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, […]
Cuba Should Be Careful Not to Normalize Israel’s Colonization of Palestine
By Ramona Wadi 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 […]
Cutting Ties with Israel Might Be Impossible Due to International Complicity
By Ramona Wadi UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk has suggested that the international community should consider cutting ties with Israel if it goes ahead with further colonial settlement expansion and annexation, according to a report […]
The International Community is Facilitating Palestine’s Demise
By Ramona Wadi The UN has contributed another contradiction in its assessment of Palestinian prospects following the “Peace to Prosperity” summit. Instead of highlighting how and why the UN has failed Palestine, a recent statement […]
The International Community Has Enabled the ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Sham
By Ramona Wadi The “Peace to Prosperity” workshop was all about making a statement on the normalization of the colonial state of Israel. Forget simply normalizing “ties” with Israel; eliminating the settler-colonial context of the […]