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2021: Palestine’s Chance of Fighting Back

2020 will go down in history as the year that terminated the American-sponsored ‘peace process’. While 2021 will not reverse the monumental change in...

The US Money Tree: The Untold Story of American Aid to Israel

On December 21, the United States Congress passed the COVID-19 Relief Package, as part of a larger $2.3 trillion bill meant to cover spending...

The Great Divider: Covid-19 Reflects Global Racism, Not Equality

The disease is another terrible reminder of the deep divisions and inequalities in our societies The notion that the COVID-19 pandemic was ‘the great equalizer’...

How the Intifada Changed the Political Discourse around Palestine

To understand the meaning and relevance of the Intifada, it has to be viewed as an active political event, constantly generating new meanings, as...

Abbas Prioritises US Ties over Palestinian National Unity

No one seemed as excited about the election of Joe Biden being the next President of the United States as Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud...

Football is about Politics

Noam Chomsky is right when he says that, in the US, sports creates the necessary “fantasy world” required to shield people from understanding, organizing,...

The King’s Man: Blinken’s Appointment Reassures Israel that Little Will Change under Biden

Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nothing to worry about as the man who will directly handle America’s foreign policy in the Middle...

One-State is not Ideal, but it is Just and Possible

Once again, Europe's top diplomats expressed their ‘deep concern’ regarding Israel’s ongoing illegal settlement expansion, again evoking the maxim that Israeli actions “threaten the...

Israel ‘Takes Advantage’ of Trump’s Remaining Days in Office

In a few words, a close associate of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, summed up the logic behind the ongoing frenzy to expand illegal...

Joe Biden’s ‘Total Reset’: Wishful Thinking, At Best

A new term has imposed itself on the conversation regarding the impending presidency of US President-elect Joe Biden: “The Total Reset”. Many headlines have...

As Israel Destroys EU Projects in Palestine, European Foreign Policy Remains Impotent

Belgium is furious. On November 6, the Belgian government condemned Israel’s destruction of Belgian-funded homes in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank. Understandably, Brussels wants...

Future of American Democracy: Inequality, Polarisation and Violence

In January 2017, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)’s Democracy Index downgraded the state of democracy in the United States from “full democracy” to “flawed...

‘Playing for Time’: The non-strategy of Mahmoud Abbas

“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...

Escalating the Demographic War: The Strategic Goal of Israeli Racism in Palestine

The discussion on institutional Israeli racism against its own Palestinian Arab population has all but ceased following the final approval of the discriminatory Nation-State...

‘They Tried to Freeze Me to Death’: Torture and Resistance in Israeli Prisons

Mohammad Ibrahim Ali al-Deirawi was born on January 30, 1978, in Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. His family is originally from Bir...

Why does Israel hate Palestinian singer Mohammed Assaf?

On October 16, Avi Dichter, Israeli Member of Parliament from the right-wing Likud Party, announced that Assaf’s special permit to enter the occupied Palestinian...

‘Crisis in Islam’ or French Politics?

There is no moral or ethical justification for the killing of innocent people, anywhere. Therefore, the murder of three people in the French city...

The World is Changing: China’s Campaign for Superpower Status

The outdated notion that China ‘just wants to do business’ should be completely erased from our understanding of the rising global power’s political outlook. Simply...

Europe’s Hypocrisy: Empty Words for Palestine, Deadly Weapons for Israel

In theory, Europe and the United States stand on completely opposite sides when it comes to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. While the US...

Zionist War on Palestinian Festival in Rome

A Zionist-led war on a Palestinian cultural festival in Rome has exposed the fragility of the Italian political system when it comes to the...

Dying Alone: When We Stopped Caring for Palestinian Prisoners

“No one cares about the prisoners.” Over the past few years, I have heard this phrase - or some variation of it - uttered...

Palestinians are Winning the ‘Legitimacy War’

‘International law’ remains one of the most discussed terms in the context of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. It is almost always present, whether...

Black Lives Should Always Matter

After viewing the first US Presidential debate on September 29, one is left with no doubt about the degenerating political discourse among America’s ruling...

In Lieu of a Liberation Strategy: Palestinian Elections Are Designed to Buy Time

It is abundantly clear that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has underestimated the seriousness of the challenges facing Palestine and the Palestinians. The rushed agreement...

We the Children of Gaza: Poet, Fashionista, Footballer

The inevitable has finally happened, and the coronavirus pandemic is now ravaging the besieged Gaza Strip. On August 24, a total lockdown was imposed...

Beyond Numbers: On the Future of the Palestinian Discourse

Palestine can never be truly understood through numbers, because numbers are dehumanizing, impersonal, and, when necessary, can also be contrived to mean something else...

Do Democrats and Republicans Differ on Palestine and Israel?

The polarised nature of American politics often makes it difficult to address fundamental differences between the country’s two main political rivals, Republicans and Democrats....

Gantz Escalates Israel’s War on the Dead

On September 2, the Israeli government approved a proposal that allows the military to indefinitely withhold the bodies of Palestinians who have been killed...

As Washington Retreats, Eastern Mediterranean Conflict Further Marginalises NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is an alliance in name alone. Recent events notwithstanding, the brewing conflict over territorial waters in the Eastern...

Israel’s Friends Dictate the Agenda of the Republican Party

It is difficult - and futile - to argue which American president has historically been more pro-Israel. While former President Barack Obama, for example,...

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