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Professor Kamel Hawwash

Professor Kamel Hawwash

Professor Kamel Hawwash is a British Palestinian engineering academic based at the University of Birmingham. He is a commentator on Middle East affairs, Vice Chair of the British Palestinian Policy Council (BPPC) and a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and . He writes here in a personal capacity.

May 7, 2018 Professor Kamel Hawwash

The PNC meeting was ‘much ado about nothing’

After a 22-year lull, the highest Palestinian legislative authority of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), the Palestinian National Council (PNC), finally met in Ramallah for its 23rd session. Palestinian...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
April 24, 2018 Professor Kamel Hawwash

UNRWA, the US Embassy move and the Israeli occupation

This will be remembered as the year when the United States of America broke with the international consensus by moving its Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, thus recognising...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN, US
March 30, 2018 Professor Kamel Hawwash

The Great March of Return: An opportunity for Palestinians to return to Najd or is it Sedrot?

There is nothing like a trip to Beirut and a visit to Palestinian refugee camps to remind visitors of the nub of the Palestinian catastrophe, the Nakba which refugees...

Published in: Article, International Organisations, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN
March 20, 2018 Professor Kamel Hawwash

Israel, the West and shameless hypocrisy

The current crisis between Britain and Russia offers yet another example of the shameless hypocrisy of the West when dealing with Israel and almost any other country. Why bring...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, BDS, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, NATO, Opinion, Palestine, Russia, UK, UN, US
February 9, 2018 Professor Kamel Hawwash

The Middle East Quartet still includes the US, so can it still play a role in the peace process?

Since US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and the subsequent decision to cut American funding to UNRWA and the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian leadership...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, EU, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN, US
January 9, 2018 Professor Kamel Hawwash

The PA must rise to the dangers facing the cause or make way for new leadership

Israel’s extremist, settler-led government is on a roll. US President Donald Trump’s Christmas gift of recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and his consequent surrogate bullying in the UN General...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
December 27, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

What options does Abbas have after that General Assembly vote?

As the dust settles on a significant week at the UN, in which America’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was rejected roundly by the international community, the Palestinians...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN, US
December 4, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

It’s time the international community stood up for Palestinian children

Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinian children is not a new development but rather one example of its many breaches of international law and international humanitarian law. While it has in...

Published in: Article, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN
November 22, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

How long before the Israeli flag flies over Riyadh?

At a recent MEMO conference entitled “Crisis in Saudi Arabia: War Succession and Future”, I asked Professor Madawi Al-Rasheed of the London School of Economics if she thought that...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, BDS, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, US
November 10, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

Netanyahu is redefining ethnic cleansing not pursuing genuine peace

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not known for missing an opportunity to push peace further into the distant future. The dust had not even settled on the Balfour...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, International Organisations, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN, US
October 31, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

If only Boris Johnson would write an ‘alternative’ article on the Balfour Declaration centenary

When it came to BREXIT, the now Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson wrote one article for, and another against, leaving the EU, to help him make up his mind. When...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
October 20, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

Israel is pushing its luck with the EU

When it comes to the various stakeholders in the Israeli Palestinian conflict Israel has guaranteed American support in almost whatever it does. Other stakeholders, including the EU, have consistently...

Published in: Article, EU, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
August 25, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes is, in fact, an own goal

Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes is now almost a daily occurrence. The reasons vary but the phenomenon is ultimately a form of collective punishment; the humiliation of the occupied...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
August 4, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

Palestine must push back against loss of traditional allies

When the PLO asked the United Nations General Assembly for an upgrade in Palestine’s status to “non-member observer state” on 29th November 2012, the motion was passed by a vote of...

Published in: Africa, Article, Authors, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
July 28, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

Israel is sleepwalking towards tyranny not practising democracy

Let me start by acknowledging that democracy is in short supply in the Middle East. However, only one state claims to be a democratic state. In fact, Israel claims...

Published in: Article, BDS, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
June 23, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

Every picture tells a story; can the Palestinians expect any justice from this bunch?

Throughout his first trip abroad as US president, during which he visited Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, Donald Trump expressed his desire to bring peace to the region....

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
June 13, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

When Congress celebrates the illegal occupation of Jerusalem, it defiles and redefines US values

The American people missed a major incident in the US Congress last week which should have worried them immensely. Their elected representatives celebrated an illegal act on their behalf....

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN, US
May 22, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

Israel knows that it only has to bide its time to get everything it wants

Recent commemorations of the 69th anniversary of the Nakba followed the long-awaited meeting at the White House between US President Donald Trump and his Palestinian Authority counterpart Mahmoud Abbas....

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
May 13, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

No, it is not unfair to criticise Israel

As Palestinians mark a number of key, painful anniversaries in 2017, Israel is busy with not ending the occupation, but entrenching it and crying wolf claiming to be the...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
April 5, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

The UK is quietly changing its policy on Israel and Palestine

Palestinians were delighted to see 2016 end with the UN Security Council passing resolution 2334 which reaffirmed the illegality of Israel’s settlement enterprise. The passing of the resolution was...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK, UN, US
March 21, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

Richard Falk: People must shame UN for quashing ‘apartheid Israel’ report

The former UN Special rapporteur for Palestine was speaking at an event hosted by MEMO in London

Published in: Asia & Americas, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN, US, Videos & Photo Stories
March 6, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

The Palestinian leadership must embrace the Conference for Palestinians Abroad

In my last article for MEMO, I wondered whether the Conference for Palestinians Abroad (CPA) could lead to Palestinian unity of vision. It was a privilege to be with...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Turkey
February 16, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

Can the Istanbul conference for diaspora Palestinians lead to unity of vision?

The situation continues to get worse for Palestinians as they remain under occupation in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip, and the latter has also been under...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Turkey
February 7, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

Trump’s status quo for Palestine-Israel isn’t so bad, unless you’re a Palestinian

The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States appears to have emboldened Israeli politicians. Many clearly feel that their strongest ally will henceforth provide them with...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
January 16, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

Only through unity can the Palestinians counter Paris and Trump

Many more air miles have been collected and many more fine dinners have been consumed in five-star Parisian restaurants off the backs of the Palestinian people, to bring together...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, France, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK, US
January 9, 2017 Professor Kamel Hawwash

UN resolution 2334 must be seen as a tool, not just a victory

The Palestinians were set to conclude that their cause had been severely damaged in 2016 when the UN Security Council delivered a timely Christmas gift on 23 December: Resolution 2334....

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN, US
December 12, 2016 Professor Kamel Hawwash

The Palestinians too should take back control of their destiny

2016 will be remembered for a new phrase that came to characterise popular uprisings against “the establishment” in the West. From the UK to the USA, “taking back control”...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, France, ICC, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK, US
December 5, 2016 Professor Kamel Hawwash

Palestinian Bedouins face Israeli discrimination from the river to the sea

Will they or won’t they and when? This has been the question being raised constantly over the past few weeks about Israel’s intention to expel the Bedouins of Um...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
November 7, 2016 Professor Kamel Hawwash

Israel’s ban on the Muslim call to prayer in Jerusalem is the tip of the iceberg

Something is in the air in Jerusalem and if Israel has its way it soon won’t be; the Muslim call to prayer – the adhaan – is under threat....

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
October 31, 2016 Professor Kamel Hawwash

Waleed Shaath is the two millionth reason for ending the siege on Gaza

The news that the population of Gaza has reached the 2 million mark was reported widely in the media but has stirred hardly any real action by the international...

Published in: Blog, Blogs - Politics, International Organisations, Opinion, UN
October 15, 2016 Professor Kamel Hawwash

Lichfield Cathedral stands strong in the face of bullying by the pro-Israel Lobby

A few months ago I was invited to speak at a conference organised by an ecumenical planning group, to be hosted by Lichfield Cathedral on 7-9 October. The title...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
October 10, 2016 Professor Kamel Hawwash

Israel trumps Arab and Muslim world’s influence on US presidential candidates

As the United States’ presidential race enters its final stage, with elections due on 8 November, the two candidates have been making their final pitches to woo the...

Published in: Africa, Article, Asia & Americas, Libya, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US

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