- Since the normalisation agreements of the UAE and Bahrain with Israel were announced, the UN's only response has been to communicate its approval for a new phase which, in...
- On the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas had the opportunity to deliver a powerful speech and back it up with...
- The Palestinian Authority's Foreign Minister, Riyad Al-Maliki, has said that it will forego its six-month presidency of the Arab League due to the organisation's attitude towards the normalisation of...
- US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman is reeking of fake accomplishments. The "conflict", he has claimed, will be over with the normalisation agreements which Arab countries are seeking with...
- In the aftermath of the Arab League's failure to condemn normalisation of relations with Israel, Palestinian unity is once again on the agenda. Whether this is a reaction to...
- Reports in the Times of Israel indicate that the annexation of land from the occupied West Bank will be suspended until 2024, confirming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence that...
- Should we take the Nobel Peace Prize seriously? This year's nominations include two polar opposites: Cuba's Henry Reeves Brigade, whose medical interventions in the coronavirus context have placed the...
- Prior to the UAE-Israeli normalisation agreement, when speculation over annexation of the occupied West Bank was rife, Israel's Agriculture Minister Alon Schuster spoke in favour of "cultivating settlements"; his...
- Predictably, Donald Trump's Senior Adviser Jared Kushner exhibited no historical discernment when justifying the normalisation of relations between Israel and the UAE, and how this will affect the Palestinian...
- It was not a half-hearted scramble by the EU to get Israel to abide by international law, but rather another manoeuvre biding time to rekindle suspended diplomatic meetings. Following...
- Following a brief interval in which all attention was focused on whether Israel would follow through with its annexation plans, world leaders are now back with their usual rhetoric...
- It is rare that we come across writings of how people identify with Palestine. Zionist colonisation has created both a displaced population and a contradiction in terms of affinity...
- Contrary to what the Palestine Liberation Organisation's Secretary-General Saeb Erekat stated confidently a few months ago, Israel has not stopped demolishing the homes of Palestinian civilians in the occupied...
- While Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) normalised relations, based upon a US-brokered deal, the United Nations (UN) in turn normalised this latest diplomatic aggression against Palestine, hoping...
- It is a pity that Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas wasted so much time in declaring that no one has the right "to speak on behalf of the Palestinian people." The...
- Palestinian refugees are at the core of Palestinian narratives. The international community has, however, classified Palestinian refugees as a humanitarian issue. In between these diverging depictions, the Palestine Liberation...
- In perfect synchronisation with Israeli lobbying at an international level, pro-Israel organisations in the US have influenced Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden to remove references to the "occupation"...
- After five years as Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon has been appointed as the Zionist state's Ambassador to Australia, although he still awaits official approval. Do the...
- While the Palestine Liberation Organisation has been calling upon the EU to step up from rhetoric to action regarding Israel's forthcoming annexation of occupied West Bank territory, Europe's Foreign...
- In the aftermath of the 1948 Nakba, Palestinians have had to contend with different forms of erasure and fragmentation of Palestinian identity, while acquainting themselves, without choice, with a...
- Like other countries prioritising international consensus and diplomatic relations with Israel simultaneously, Australia is trying to square a colonial circle. Whilst not averse to promoting the two-state paradigm and...
- Unsurprisingly, Israel's decision to halt its annexation plans temporarily has been met with a resounding silence from the international community, rather than utilising the interlude to come up with...
- The UN is changing its narrative about the coronavirus cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. A few months ago, this cooperation was politicised by the UN within the...
- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has adjourned without issuing its ruling on whether Israeli officials will be tried for war crimes against the Palestinian people since 2014, when Gaza...
- In May, Israeli security forces killed Eyad Al-Hallaq, a 32-year-old Palestinian man with special needs, on suspicion that he had a weapon. He was on his way to the...
- Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden may try to sustain the fable that he is an alternative to current US President Donald Trump, but for the Palestinians a Biden presidency...
- Israel's outgoing Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, is not leaving the arena without his usual, unfounded claim that the international community is subservient to the Palestinian narrative. In...
- From seemingly defiant rhetoric to the expected capitulation, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has offered nothing in terms of a unified Palestinian stance against US President Donald Trump's deal...
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's op-ed for YNet news reflects all that is wrong with speaking out against annexation "as Israel's friend". Israel has diplomatic allegiances and acquaintances; "friendship"...
- According to Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz, 1 July is not "a sacred date" to implement the proposed annexation of more Palestinian land. In response, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
- International donors have influenced and shaped narratives on Palestine, to the point that to speak about Palestine without reflection is an exercise in disseminating global perceptions and intent. Nadia...
- For Palestinians, Israel's military checkpoints are made for its colonial violence and perpetual dehumanisation of the occupied population. In the latest grotesque spectacle of extrajudicial killing, Ahmed Erekat, a...