For decades, the international community has sought to portray the occupied West Bank as being distinct from Gaza by focusing on the Palestinian Authority in terms of diplomacy, and...

Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association agreement states, "Relations between the Parties, as well as all the provisions of the Agreement itself, shall be based on respect for human...

If Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas was serious about holding the international community and Israel accountable for the ongoing colonisation of Palestine, his UN General Assembly speech would have...

Chilean President Gabriel Boric may currently be the most outspoken leader in Latin America on Palestinian rights and Israeli violations. However, his rhetoric leaves much to be desired. It,...

A prominent part of Israel's colonial violence is the deprivation of free movement for Palestinians. Maryam S. Griffin's book, Vehicles of Decolonisation: Public Transport in the Palestinian West Bank...

If the EU did not embark upon "shows of support", to use the phrase synonymous with anything related diplomatically to Palestine, there would be nothing to its name through...

The US preoccupation with the Palestinian Authority possibly losing control over the Israeli-occupied West Bank has resurfaced, at a time when Mahmoud Abbas is adamant about pursuing full UN...

No criminal investigation will be opened to establish who killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) released an ambiguous statement that merely echoed...

The Palestinian Authority is once again seeking full membership of the UN, and the US has already expressed its opposition. The two-state compromise continues to form the premise for...

Had the wife of hunger striking Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh not publicised photos of her husband's emaciated body, the EU would have felt no urge to call for his...

When Israel's violations are caught on camera, it seeks to scapegoat the identifiable individuals only in order to safeguard the state's institutions. Israeli media quoting the Israeli Defence Forces'...

Israeli forces raided the offices of seven Palestinian civil society organisations last week and shut down the premises, following accusations of ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation...

For Israeli officials who disagree with the meetings between Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, the latter's remarks during a press conference in Germany...

We expect better terminology from a diplomat, not uncouth jargon with no other purpose except to misrepresent a bad situation. US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides spoke out recently...

Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas has exposed how exploitative his role is within the coalition government formed by former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. His political party, he claims,...

"The deaths of innocent people, particularly children, is heart-breaking," said Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, without any signs that his heart was breaking. All Palestinians, including children, have been...

Although US President Joe Biden is merely paying lip service to the two-state compromise, given that the Trump administration's legacy still holds sway over US foreign policy with regard...

Palestinian Authority leader, Mahmoud Abbas, does not tolerate any political thought that is divergent from his brand of corruption. While the murder of Palestinian activist, Nizar Banat, last year...

The developments in the "investigation" into the targeted killing of Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh point rather too obviously to the preservation of Israel's ability to act...

Of all the political fragmentation that Palestinians have experienced, the United Arab List's leader and Knesset member Mansour Abbas has definitely forged his own niche. Upon joining the coalition...

The Palestinian Authority is spending considerable time informing the US of its ambivalence towards Washington's foreign policy. From blind faith, to trust, to a sense of urgency because diplomatic...

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas's bleating during US President Joe Biden's visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank has of course achieved nothing apart from entrenching his subjugation...

When the Palestinian Authority leader jumped on the US bandwagon spouting status quo rhetoric, he should have remembered President Joe Biden's dedication to Zionism and colonial Israel. Upon arriving...

Last June, the Israeli organisation, Peace Now's Settlement Watch project released a report describing how the Bennett-Lapid government increased settlement expansion planning by 26 per cent. Under the heading,...

Last March, senior Palestinian Authority official Hussein Al-Sheikh met with now Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid to stress "the need for a political horizon" based – of course –...

The Palestinian Authority's refusal to hand over the bullet which killed Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was short lived. So was any hypothetical expectation of justice from an Israeli...

A recent poll by the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research showed that there is significant disillusion with Palestinian politics. Arguably most notable is the opposition to Palestinian...

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) may well be operating with a permanent financial deficit. UNRWA's Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini warned...

"Sovereignty is made out of a patchwork, weaved together from institutions, private companies, and most significantly technology itself, which dictates certain behaviour and habits." Israel's security narrative has become...

Out of hundreds of UN Resolutions on Palestine, Palestinian Authority leader, Mahmoud Abbas, has recently said he only wants one resolution implemented, digging a deeper hole for himself in...

The two-state compromise facilitates the international community's alienation from the repercussions faced by Palestinians as a result of Israel's ongoing settler-colonialism and violence. Imagining Palestine through the imposed (and...

This week, the White House announced US President Joe Biden's forthcoming visit in July to Israel and the occupied West Bank. Needless to say, the Palestinian Authority will increase...