The international community’s non-committal attitude towards Israeli colonial violence in Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa is not new. It does, however, build upon the established narrative in 2019, when the former UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, blamed the Israeli bombing of Gaza on the Palestinians. Likewise, the EU had embarked upon similar rhetoric. To call upon Israel to stop bombing Gaza would do much damage to the international community’s humanitarian policies, not to mention the challenge that would arise to Israeli impunity. As Israel continues with its current aggression this year, including airstrikes on Gaza, the UN has veered away from blaming Israel. UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, opted for … Continue reading Time to confront Israel’s aggression with Palestinian narratives of the ongoing Nakba