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November 15, 2018
Ramona Wadi
A Washington Post editorial sums up the mainstream aftermath of Israeli aggression against Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is credited with purportedly “choosing peace” in the enclave: “The...
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November 13, 2018
Ramona Wadi
It is time, once again, for the hyphenated “Israel-Gaza” paradigm – an invention that suits mainstream narratives. As the media mulls the possibilities of another Israeli military aggression against...
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November 8, 2018
Ramona Wadi
The UN promotes its penchant for convenience at the expense of Palestinians and hardly anyone expresses concern. Perhaps because “concern” is the UN’s monopoly over the political squalour that...
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November 6, 2018
Ramona Wadi
As the media hype over Khan Al-Ahmar fades away, mainstream narratives have yet to find another sensationalist violation to exploit. It is disheartening to see that the disappearance of...
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November 1, 2018
Ramona Wadi
In collaboration with the Palestinian Ministry of Education, the EU launched a competition across schools in Gaza and the occupied West Bank called “Know Europe”. The aim, according to...
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October 30, 2018
Ramona Wadi
With the US set to reveal details of the “Deal of the Century” in the forthcoming days, the Palestinian Central Council scheduled time for “deliberation upon important matters” to...
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October 30, 2018
Ramona Wadi
Nur Masalha’s latest book, “Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History” (Zed Books, 2018) presents an accurate distinction between the Palestinian return to history and the purported Zionist reclamation –...
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October 25, 2018
Ramona Wadi
The news that the US and the Palestinian Authority are planning for CIA Director Gina Haspell to visit Ramallah comes just as Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report...
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October 23, 2018
Ramona Wadi
After the US unilaterally recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, withdrew all funding from the United Nations Relief and Works Organisation for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and closed the Palestine Liberation...
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October 18, 2018
Ramona Wadi
The Palestinian Authority and the international community made a PR spectacle out of Khan Al-Ahmar and its impending demolition. Suffice to say that when facing human rights violations which...
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October 16, 2018
Ramona Wadi
In 2015, Israel approved a law that stipulated a 20 year prison sentence for individuals caught throwing stones. The intention was to target Palestinians involved in resistance activities, despite...
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October 11, 2018
Ramona Wadi
It is disconcerting that the decision to demolish the village of Khan Al-Ahmar is being tied to the two-state compromise by Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah. At a meeting...
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October 9, 2018
Ramona Wadi
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has recently had its mandate extended until 30 June 2020 “in the absence of a solution to the...
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October 8, 2018
Ramona Wadi
The introduction to Nabil Anani: Palestine, Land and People (Saqi Books, 2018) sets the pace for delving into the art collection in this book which weaves an intricate trail...
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October 4, 2018
Ramona Wadi
In its annual report to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People recommended that Israel acknowledges the Palestinian...
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October 2, 2018
Ramona Wadi
The Great Return March protests in the Gaza Strip have provided the foundations for Palestinians from which they can articulate their demands, away from the political bickering, opportunism and...
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September 27, 2018
Ramona Wadi
While speculation about Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s speech to the UN General Assembly continues, the trends unfolding on the sidelines are indicative of increasing restrictions, to the point...
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September 25, 2018
Ramona Wadi
As the UN General Assembly meeting approaches, the entire international community is engaged in a collective spectacle discussing the obsolete two-state compromise as the only way forward for Palestinians....
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September 20, 2018
Ramona Wadi
Human rights are universal. Or so we were taught. But the simplistic notion has been overturned, mutilated and manipulated to the point that the only universal aspect about human...
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September 19, 2018
Ramona Wadi
Michael Berdine’s succinct analysis of his subject Sykes’s political involvement in the Middle East is also a reflection that can be extended to the present-day turmoil in the region....
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September 18, 2018
Ramona Wadi
What would prompt the UN to assert, without reservations or calculated statements, that Gaza has collapsed in terms of humanitarian necessities? So far, the international organisation has relied on...
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September 13, 2018
Ramona Wadi
There is increasing evidence that international overtures, ostensibly to safeguard Palestinian rights, are nothing but pretence. Following Israel’s High Court ruling in favour of the destruction of Khan Al-Ahmar,...
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September 11, 2018
Ramona Wadi
The US decision to close down the Palestinian Liberation Organisation’s office in Washington is reported to have been made in retaliation for the Palestinian Authority’s decision to reject negotiations...
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September 6, 2018
Ramona Wadi
In the aftermath of the US decision to end its funding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the EU has pledged to continue its financial support....
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September 4, 2018
Ramona Wadi
The rhetoric of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas fools nobody. Less than a week after meeting retired Mossad officer Ari Shaul and reiterating his concerns about Israel’s demography, Abbas...
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August 30, 2018
Ramona Wadi
It is not only the Trump administration that wants to alter, to the point of negating, the Palestinian right of return. On Tuesday, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas made...
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August 29, 2018
Ramona Wadi
Memory and metaphor intertwine in Ghassan Zaqtan’s “Where the Bird Disappeared” (Seagull Books, 2018), to the point that, at times, seeking to distinguish one from the other is akin...
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August 28, 2018
Ramona Wadi
It is possible that the arguments in favour of retaining the Palestinian right of return are falling into the semantics trap which Israel has been perfecting overtly over many...
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August 23, 2018
Ramona Wadi
Not only has the Palestinian Authority lagged behind in matters of urgent decision making, but it also persists in making defeatist comments which will generate additional repercussions for the...
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August 22, 2018
Ramona Wadi
With the Bedouin village of Khan Al-Ahmar still targeted by Israel for demolition, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has availed himself of the opportunity to call for mobilisation in...
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August 16, 2018
Ramona Wadi
As the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, brokered by the UN and Egypt, went into effect yesterday, Ramallah erupted into a litany of abominable comments. Senior Fatah official Azzam...
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August 14, 2018
Ramona Wadi
Argentina’s Foreign Ministry has recently demonstrated its competence in disseminating Zionist propaganda, as well as showing how the “two-state solution” continues to serve Israeli interests. In a series of...
![The remains of a building smoulders and smokes in the aftermath of last night's air strike. 13 November 2018 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018-10-13_GAZA-STRIKE4O6A2464.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
A Washington Post editorial sums up the mainstream aftermath of Israeli aggression against Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is credited with purportedly “choosing peace” in the enclave: “The...
It is time, once again, for the hyphenated “Israel-Gaza” paradigm – an invention that suits mainstream narratives. As the media mulls the possibilities of another Israeli military aggression against...![A Palestinian is injured after Israeli forces attack protesters during the 'maritime demonstration' to break the Gaza blockade by sea with vessels in Gaza City, Gaza on 22 October 2018 [Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018_10-22-attempt-to-break-the-Gaza-blockade-by-sea20181022_2_33029204_38339644.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The UN promotes its penchant for convenience at the expense of Palestinians and hardly anyone expresses concern. Perhaps because “concern” is the UN’s monopoly over the political squalour that...
As the media hype over Khan Al-Ahmar fades away, mainstream narratives have yet to find another sensationalist violation to exploit. It is disheartening to see that the disappearance of...
In collaboration with the Palestinian Ministry of Education, the EU launched a competition across schools in Gaza and the occupied West Bank called “Know Europe”. The aim, according to...![Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas participates in the Palestinian Central Council meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s National Council in the West Bank city of Ramallah [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Palestinian-Central-Council-meeting-in-Ramallah20180815_2_31948594_36447173.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
With the US set to reveal details of the “Deal of the Century” in the forthcoming days, the Palestinian Central Council scheduled time for “deliberation upon important matters” to...
Nur Masalha’s latest book, “Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History” (Zed Books, 2018) presents an accurate distinction between the Palestinian return to history and the purported Zionist reclamation –...![CIA Director Gina Haspel on 26 May 2018 [Facebook]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018_5-10-Gina-Haspel32679029_1789190337826771_1053343164590456832_n.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The news that the US and the Palestinian Authority are planning for CIA Director Gina Haspell to visit Ramallah comes just as Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report...![US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and Senior Advisor Jared Kushner (C) in Iraq, 4 April 2017 [Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff/Flickr]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2017_4-4-jared-Kushner33806404166_dd35013835_o.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
After the US unilaterally recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, withdrew all funding from the United Nations Relief and Works Organisation for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and closed the Palestine Liberation...![Debris are seen as Palestinians continue to wait in Khan al-Ahmar village after Israeli High Court temporarily suspends demolishing until July 11 in Jerusalem on 6 July, 2018 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180706_2_31311211_35364795.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The Palestinian Authority and the international community made a PR spectacle out of Khan Al-Ahmar and its impending demolition. Suffice to say that when facing human rights violations which...![Image of Israeli settlers in West Bank on 31 August 2010 [Mamoun Wazwaz/Apaimages]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2010_8_31-Israeli-settlers-MW00-9.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
In 2015, Israel approved a law that stipulated a 20 year prison sentence for individuals caught throwing stones. The intention was to target Palestinians involved in resistance activities, despite...![Israeli occupation forces storm the Bedouin village of Khan Al-Ahmar in the West Bank on 14 September 2018 [İssam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Israeli-violations-against-Palestinians20180914_2_32365284_37204090.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
It is disconcerting that the decision to demolish the village of Khan Al-Ahmar is being tied to the two-state compromise by Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah. At a meeting...![Palestinian refugees hold banners during a protest against the UNWRA's decision on aid cuts and downsizing plans in Bethlehem, West Bank om 26 September 2018 [Wisam Hashlamoun/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Protest-against-UNRWA-aid-cuts-downsizing-plans20180926_2_32562902_37565085.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has recently had its mandate extended until 30 June 2020 “in the absence of a solution to the...
The introduction to Nabil Anani: Palestine, Land and People (Saqi Books, 2018) sets the pace for delving into the art collection in this book which weaves an intricate trail...
In its annual report to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People recommended that Israel acknowledges the Palestinian...![Protestors seen at the Gaza-Israel border, gathered as part of the continuing 'Great March of Return' on August 17, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/11.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The Great Return March protests in the Gaza Strip have provided the foundations for Palestinians from which they can articulate their demands, away from the political bickering, opportunism and...![Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech during the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, on 20 September, 2017 [Palestinian Presidency Handout/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017_09_21-PA-president-Mahmoud-Abbas20170920_2_25851312_26059633.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
While speculation about Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s speech to the UN General Assembly continues, the trends unfolding on the sidelines are indicative of increasing restrictions, to the point...
As the UN General Assembly meeting approaches, the entire international community is engaged in a collective spectacle discussing the obsolete two-state compromise as the only way forward for Palestinians....![Palestinians stage a protest against US decision to cut funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in front of Beit Hanoun border gate in Gaza City, Gaza on 4 September, 2018 [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/20180904_2_32207961_36923888.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Human rights are universal. Or so we were taught. But the simplistic notion has been overturned, mutilated and manipulated to the point that the only universal aspect about human...
Michael Berdine’s succinct analysis of his subject Sykes’s political involvement in the Middle East is also a reflection that can be extended to the present-day turmoil in the region....
What would prompt the UN to assert, without reservations or calculated statements, that Gaza has collapsed in terms of humanitarian necessities? So far, the international organisation has relied on...
There is increasing evidence that international overtures, ostensibly to safeguard Palestinian rights, are nothing but pretence. Following Israel’s High Court ruling in favour of the destruction of Khan Al-Ahmar,...![Outside view of the Palestine Liberation Organization's office in Washington, US on 10 September 2018 [Yasin Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/20180910_2_32299967_37093463.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The US decision to close down the Palestinian Liberation Organisation’s office in Washington is reported to have been made in retaliation for the Palestinian Authority’s decision to reject negotiations...
In the aftermath of the US decision to end its funding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the EU has pledged to continue its financial support....
The rhetoric of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas fools nobody. Less than a week after meeting retired Mossad officer Ari Shaul and reiterating his concerns about Israel’s demography, Abbas...
It is not only the Trump administration that wants to alter, to the point of negating, the Palestinian right of return. On Tuesday, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas made...
Memory and metaphor intertwine in Ghassan Zaqtan’s “Where the Bird Disappeared” (Seagull Books, 2018), to the point that, at times, seeking to distinguish one from the other is akin...
It is possible that the arguments in favour of retaining the Palestinian right of return are falling into the semantics trap which Israel has been perfecting overtly over many...![Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas participates in the Palestinian Central Council meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s National Council in the West Bank city of Ramallah [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Palestinian-Central-Council-meeting-in-Ramallah20180815_2_31948594_36447174.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Not only has the Palestinian Authority lagged behind in matters of urgent decision making, but it also persists in making defeatist comments which will generate additional repercussions for the...![Israeli forces fire at Palestinian protesters during the Great March of Return in Gaza on 9 August 2018 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2-Palestinians-killed-170-injured-by-Israel-in-Friday-protests-in-Gaza4O6A0195.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
With the Bedouin village of Khan Al-Ahmar still targeted by Israel for demolition, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has availed himself of the opportunity to call for mobilisation in...![People gather to celebrate the signing of the reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fatah on 12 October 2017 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017_10-12-Reconciliation-talks-between-Hamas-and-Fatah-organizations4O6A8888.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
As the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, brokered by the UN and Egypt, went into effect yesterday, Ramallah erupted into a litany of abominable comments. Senior Fatah official Azzam...
Argentina’s Foreign Ministry has recently demonstrated its competence in disseminating Zionist propaganda, as well as showing how the “two-state solution” continues to serve Israeli interests. In a series of...