Guest Writers

In Stalin's Soviet Union, mention of the great dictator's name in any mass meeting could trigger a standing ovation. This became a problem. In The Gulag Archipelago, Alexander Solzhenitsyn...

It is often forgotten that BDS is a three letter word. To achieve real success and a free Palestine we need to make progress on every front: B, D...

The Syrian refugee crisis has evolved into one of the most dramatic human tragedies of our times. Over four million Syrians have been displaced within Syria and more than...

According to a Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Poll in April 2006, a majority of Israelis and Palestinians favored third-party intervention in peace negotiations. The 60-year-old conflict between these...

Walls are the very embodiment, the essential symbol, of separateness and apartheid, and in Palestine, the Separation Wall gives a literal, concrete form to the Jewish exclusivism and separation...

Introduction According to Egyptian Islamist Zaynab al-Ghazali, the 'ideal Muslim woman must work out, with God's help, priorities for her life: Should she stay in the kitchen or should...

It is generally assumed that there can be no progress in resolving the Israel – Palestine conflict without leadership from the US. As Brent Snowcroft, the former US National...

(Author of Hamas – Unwritten Chapters) The recent revelations made jointly by Al-Jazeera TV Channel and the Guardian newspaper have vindicated my long held position of opposition to any reconciliation...

Observers of the systematic Israeli abuses in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs), especially the demolition of houses and the resultant forced expulsion of the Palestinian population, may be surprised...

The recent agreement between the Palestinian groups creates the potential for real progress. After decades of conflict in the Middle East and countless abortive efforts to put in place...

In a peculiar twist of history both Zionist Israel and Apartheid South Africa came into existence in May 1948; they went on to become something of a grim double...

1. Samer, Jerusalem If you live in Ramallah and work in Jerusalem, the time your journey will take to the office is an unknown quantity. It could be an...

Tons of paper, gigabytes of email and hours of talking heads on TV, led up to the psycho-political drama of the unknown territory that was the application for UN...

In November 2011 the Russell Tribunal on Palestine will hold a session in Cape Town on the question of whether or not Israel is guilty of committing the international...

Introduction After decades of human suffering resulting from Israel's occupation and illegal colonisation of Palestinian territory; fruitless and stalled negotiations; moribund policies; and legal options being overlooked in favour...

Lorna Fitzsimons believes that Israel's lurch to the right is just one facet of a global democratic crisis, but I would argue that the Israeli rejectionism that she defended...

Ever since its creation in 1949 by General Assembly Resolution 302, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has had to defend...

Persistent campaigning by the Palestine solidarity movement has turned Veolia into something of a toxic brand. From Manchester to Melbourne, local authorities have been quizzed about their dealings with...

The reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas that has been under discussion since last April now seems to be moving to a new level, with the leaders of these two...

For a person of Jewish descent, there are two ways of drawing lessons from the Nazi genocide of the European Jews: one leads to saying "Never again to us,...

Expressions of racial discrimination are multiple and widespread across Israeli society, and are particularly evident between Jews and Arabs. There is also evidence of racism between Jews themselves. May...

How far should artists and academics be held accountable for the actions of their government? The question was powerfully raised when the Israeli national theatre group, Habima, performed at...

This year, while Palestinian refugees in Lebanon prepare to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Sabra-Shatila massacre, the country is receiving thousands of refugees fleeing from Syria. We pray...

In Palestine solidarity circles the debate around the pro-Israel lobby often focuses on the chicken-or-the-egg problem: are Western governments supportive of Israel because the lobby is so influential, or...

By early 2005, most of the developed infrastructure of the West Bank lay in ruins and the security services of the Palestinian Authority were in disarray – the result...

From a Palestinian perspective, we are at an all-time low. The peace talks are dead, Netanyahu is likely to be re-elected, unilateral annexation is threatened, reconciliation talks have stalled...

On the question of the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel's settlement project, the stated policy of the European Union, and its member states including the UK, is clear: the...

In December 2010, I accompanied a group of expert eviction lawyers from England on a visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territories. We examined the case of Sheikh Jarrah and...

As a lawyer who is also trying his hand as a historian, I am aware that the truth can only be reached by going beyond accepted mythologies and confronting...

Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts have been at a standstill since 2009, and no new initiative will emerge from either side soon. The Netanyahu government is not interested in a two-state...

It has been ten years since Iraq was invaded by the coalition forces led by the United States of America. The Bush administration, upon whose insistence the invasion took...

Thirteen years ago I knew very little about Israel-Palestine. Like most Americans, this seemed to be a distant, confusing conflict that had little to do with me. I was...