More: Palestine
Lessons from a week in Israel – what activist movements get wrong about a diverse country
During the week of April 8th through 15th, I was presented with a unique opportunity. As part of a group of volunteers for Taglit/Birthright...
US vetoes Palestine’s request for full UN membership
The Security Council rejected Palestine’s request for UN membership on Thursday, with the United States casting a veto.In a vote of 12 in favour...
Israel and Hamas see Gaza ceasefire negotiations as an existential battle
The Gaza ceasefire negotiations have all but broken down, with Israel and Hamas pursuing mutually exclusive goals.
At stake in the negotiations is more than...
Israel and Hamas play whack-a-mole
Despite its devastating human and physical cost, Israel’s effort to destroy Hamas has a whack-a-mole aspect.
Even though Israel asserts it has killed 12,000 of...
Palestine seeks legal prosecution of Jewish settlers at ICC
The Palestinian Foreign Minister Mohammad Mustafa stated that the Palestinian Authority is persistently advocating for the International Criminal Court to prosecute Jewish settlers who...
Biden and Hamas tie Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu up in knots
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is tying himself up in knots as he grudgingly, and only to a limited degree, bows to US President...
Time is mature to create a sovereign state of Palestine
The proposition for the referral, spearheaded by Ambassador Vanessa Frazier of Malta, President of the Security Council for April, encountered unanimous support from the...
UNICEF: Ceasefire the only way to end killing and injuring of children in Gaza
Advocating for a ceasefire is the best way to support the people of Gaza, including children in the north who are dying of hunger,...
UN continues to face aid access denials in Gaza
UN-coordinated food convoys are three times more likely to be denied access to north Gaza than other aid convoys, the UN humanitarian affairs office,...
The Greater Middle East is a ticking time bomb
Generations in war-wracked Palestine, Syria, and Yemen have little, if anything, to look forward to. Moreover, discontent is mounting and could explode anytime in...