American Muslims for Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace say smear campaign against their leaders won’t stop them working together. By: Charlotte Silver Source: The Electronic Intifada An anonymous campaign has targeted two leaders in the Palestine solidarity movement at their homes in New York and California. University of California, Berkeley lecturer Hatem Bazian left … Continued
By: Mohamed Mohamed Source: The Jerusalem Fund Israeli President Reuven Rivlin recently held a meeting at his residence where he addressed representatives from several European countries. In this meeting, he called on his audience to help recover Jewish property stolen during the Holocaust. The right to own property, which also includes the right to be … Continued
An Israeli army checkpoint in East Jerusalem. Kashfi Halford / Flickr By: Ilan Pappe Source: Jacobin Magazine From Ten Myths About Israel, out now from Verso Books. In the eyes of many Israelis and their supporters worldwide — even those who might criticize some of its policies — Israel is, at the end of the day, … Continued
United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories Richard Falk presents his final report before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP/GETTY IMAGES) By: Richard Falk Source: The Star In recent years, there has been an increasing tendency by Western governments and some media to deal with … Continued
By: Peter Beinart Source: Forward “Mr. President, with you, we have hope.” So said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during his joint press conference at the White House on Wednesday. As with so much in the Donald Trump era, it’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry. Hope? Trump’s Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, … Continued
A mural of Marwan Barghouti on the separation wall at Qalandiya checkpoint, West Bank, June 10, 2016. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org) By Lisa Goldman +972 Magazine On Sunday the New York Times published an op-ed by Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian leader who has been in an Israeli jail since 2002. In his article, Barghouti explains that over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners have … Continued
BY CATE MALEK NEWSWEEK The woman who holds the key didn’t want to talk. She goes by A’abla, and she’s a member of a Muslim family entrusted with the key to the church in Bethlehem, the West Bank city where Christians believe Jesus was born. During Ottoman rule, major churches like this one were divided … Continued
By Anne-Marie O’Connor The Washington Post Palestinian farmer Fawzi Ibrahim is proud of his heirloom corn, whose kernels ripen in iridescent shades of red, blue and gold like jewels. But what makes it priceless are the obstacles he faces to grow his crops. Small farmers struggle worldwide. But international experts say Palestinian farmers face disabling … Continued
By James J. Zogby Arab American Institute It looks like the Trump administration has come to agree with the conclusion reached by every US president and Central Command chief since the Gulf War of 1991—that resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is necessary to promote regional security and US strategic interests in the Middle East. When viewed … Continued
By Robert Fisk Independent Theresa May told us that Britain will celebrate the centenary of the Balfour Declaration this summer with “pride”. This was predictable. A British prime minister who would fawn to the head-chopping Arab autocrats of the Gulf in the hope of selling them more missiles – and then hold the hand of … Continued
By Peter Beaumont The Guardian Israel is refusing to issue visas to the international staff of one of the most prominent international human rights NGOs – Human Rights Watch – accusing the group of an “extreme, hostile and anti-Israel agenda.” The Israeli accusations against the organisation, which documents human rights abuses around the globe, follows … Continued
By Ian Lustick The Guardian A broken watch is right twice a day. Occasionally, so is Donald Trump. In his press conference with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, he was correct to say that the two-state solution used to be the “easier” route to peace between Israelis and Palestinians. He was also correct to … Continued
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