On the 55th anniversary of the 1967 war and the commencement of Israel’s military occupation over Palestinian territory, the Palestinian Authority’s Prime Minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh, feebly called out the international community on its acquiescence to Israel and its international law transgressions. “This occupation would not have continued if it had been held accountable for its violations and if there was an international will to end it,” Shtayyeh declared. Decades of Israeli military occupation, not to mention the ongoing colonisation, and the PA’s politicians are unable to string together a sentence that goes beyond obvious admonishment. To do more would entail speaking against the two-state compromise, which would spell the PA’s dissolution. Maintaining inequalities among Palestinians, bolstered by complicity with Israel … Continue reading Double standards over Palestinian fragmentation and displacement