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Items by Sari Al-Qudwa
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The fall of Benjamin Netanyahu’s extremist government looks inevitable
The indicators are that the extreme far-right Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu is going to fall; that it is inevitable, given the degree of opposition it is facing in the settler-colonial state. Such opposition is reflected overseas, especially in the US, where it is embarrassing the Biden administration due…
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All Israeli settlements violate international laws and conventions
All Israeli settlements violate Article 49, paragraph six, of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. They are, therefore, considered to be war crimes, according to Article 84, paragraph four of the additional first protocol of 1977; an annex to the 1949 Geneva Convention; and Article 8 of the 1998 Rome…
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The UN must insist on an international peace conference
The Israeli occupation government continues to implement its settlement policy as it seeks to annex the West Bank by imposing a new occupation reality that rules out a Palestinian state. This is happening against the background of the world’s inability to find political solutions based on international recognition of Palestinian…
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Palestinian education is another field of conflict
In an unprecedented development, the Israeli occupation authorities are working to adopt dangerous policies regarding the education of Palestinian children and young people, especially in occupied Jerusalem. The intention is to undermine Palestinian character and identity by imposing the Israeli curriculum on Arab schools in the occupied city. After failing…
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Assassinating Shireen Abu Akleh for the second time
The US has assassinated the martyr, Shireen Abu Akleh, once again and has covered up the occupation’s heinous crimes, protecting Israel’s terrorism. The American administration has not issued a single condemnation of what has happened, as if it were living on another planet. In fact, it has not condemned any…
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Israel’s theft of Palestinian water must be stopped
Water is essential for life, which is why the situation is bleak for the people in occupied Palestine because Israel is stealing Palestinian groundwater as it seizes ever more Palestinian land for its de facto annexation by illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank. The occupation state controls the natural…
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Palestine is an occupied land, a fact recognised by international law
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said recently that his government opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state He went on to say: “I don’t think there’s a significant leader in the region who currently thinks there’s somewhere to go right now in the diplomatic process [with the Palestinians]. We learned…
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European parliament vote and support of Palestinian refugees
The European Parliament’s vote in favour of a recommendation to raise the annual support provided to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) will positively reflect on the outcomes of the international donors’ conference for UNRWA resource mobilisation. This will be held…
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The international community and Israeli crimes in Palestine
It is important to build on UN resolutions and to support the perceptions and working mechanisms of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to consider the possibility of conducting a formal criminal investigation into the crimes committed by the Israeli occupation authorities in Palestine. This is a vital step towards ensuring…
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The Israeli military occupation needs to end if security and peace are the aims
Israel’s military occupation is using killings, arrests and changes to the character of Islamic and Christian religious sites in Jerusalem and Hebron in order to fulfil its expansionist ambitions and bring the state security and stability. None of these will work. The only way to achieve security and peace for…
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The political reality and national concept of Palestinian independence
Palestinian diplomatic efforts continue, with Jordanian and Egyptian support, to mobilise Arab and international backing for the Palestinian cause in order to end the Israeli occupation of the land designated to be the State of Palestine and establish the state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.…
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The occupation’s crimes against prisoners in Israeli prisons
The occupation’s crimes are committed without any moral, religious, legal or human deterrents. It executes its crimes against prisoners who are unlawfully imprisoned in Israeli prisons through the actions of the gangs affiliated with the Israel Prison Service. This service is supervised by specialised teams made up of intelligence officers…
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Dialogue between factions and the importance of successful Palestinian elections
In light of the announcement of the dates for the Palestinian presidential, legislative and PNC elections, it is imperative to define the priorities for national action. The responsibility now rests on the shoulders of the Palestinian factions to translate what has been announced into new facts on the ground and…
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International intervention is needed to block the ‘deal of the century’
Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people are escalating, despite the spread of the coronavirus into the occupied territories. House demolitions, field executions and the confiscation of land in the vicinity of Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Hebron are ongoing in preparation for its annexation and the implementation of the so-called “deal of…
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The most important EU meeting in Palestinian history
In one of the most important steps in the history of Palestinian-European relations, the European Union foreign ministers are holding preliminary meetings to discuss the European countries’ and EU’s recognition of a Palestinian state. The importance of European recognition of a Palestinian state lies in strengthening the Palestinian institutions’ self-capabilities…
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Israel’s crime of stealing Palestinian organs continues
The Israeli occupation government practices the worst forms of organised terrorism against the Palestinian people, including theft, destruction, forgery, looting and seizing Palestinian rights. These practices are evidence of the atrocity of the organised terrorism led by the Israeli intelligence services known as the Shin Bet, Aman and Mossad, as…