March 4, 2021 |
Ramona Wadi Short-term funding initiatives for Palestinians provided without addressing Israel's colonialism and military occupation have been proven to be a recipe for long-term failure. They simply do not address the...
March 2, 2021 |
Ramona Wadi European politicians are finally waking up to the issue of Israeli annexation of Palestinian land, acknowledging that the suspension brought about by the US-brokered Abraham Accords are not an...
February 25, 2021 |
Ramona Wadi The US has asked to rejoin the UN Human Rights Council in another move that, superficially at least, spells a departure from the Trump administration's withdrawal from the institution....
February 23, 2021 |
Ramona Wadi The latest report by the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process painted a bleak picture for Palestine. Gone are the days when UN representatives attempted to...
February 18, 2021 |
Ramona Wadi With US President Joe Biden's first call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now out of the way, the first inklings of the new administration's diplomacy regarding Palestine and...
February 16, 2021 |
Ramona Wadi The Biden administration is adopting a confusing position regarding Jerusalem, signalling a possible effort to square the circle of taking the US back to the fold of international consensus...
February 11, 2021 |
Ramona Wadi The Palestinian Authority's recent, and unusual, response to the EU's statement condemning Israel's latest settlement expansion would have been welcomed if it came from a consistent political position. In...
February 9, 2021 |
Ramona Wadi At the rate that it is failing the people of Palestine, the Palestinian Authority will only stop jeopardising their cause when it is declared to be completely obsolete, more...
February 4, 2021 |
Anadolu Agency Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is proud of the fact that he was one of the first people called by Donald Trump when he entered the White House four...
February 2, 2021 |
Ramona Wadi When news of the "Abraham Accords" broke last year, Israel's impending annexation of the occupied West Bank was sidelined. The new diplomatic opportunities in line with what the international...
January 28, 2021 |
Ramona Wadi US President Joe Biden announced the restoring of diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Authority and the resumption of humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people, in a bid to bring the country...
January 26, 2021 |
Ramona Wadi "An unprecedented place," is how Israel Hayom described the Trump administration's scheming with Israel against the Palestinian people, during an interview with outgoing US Ambassador David Friedman. Unprecedented, that...
January 25, 2021 |
Motasem A Dalloul On 22 December, the Knesset — Israel's parliament — dissolved itself after failing pass a state budget, triggering yet another General Election. The country has been in political chaos...
January 21, 2021 |
Ramona Wadi The Palestinian legislative and presidential elections are set to be held in May and July respectively, and the Palestinian Authority is following US President Joe Biden's diplomatic path meticulously....
January 14, 2021 |
Ramona Wadi The UN has mastered the art of dissociating itself from colonisation, especially that which it has supported through international consensus. Former UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace...
January 12, 2021 |
Ramona Wadi "Shocking scenes of violence" was how the Jewish Insider described last week's storming of the Capitol Building in Washington DC by supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump. It...
January 7, 2021 |
Ramona Wadi In what reads like a tentative attempt to bring the US back on track when it comes to international diplomacy, the US Foreign Affairs Committee representative, Gregory Meeks, has...
January 5, 2021 |
Ramona Wadi After returning to security coordination with Israel just days after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the US presidential election, the Palestinian Authority wasted no time in reassuring...
December 31, 2020 |
Ramona Wadi When US President Donald Trump leaves office in three weeks' time, he will have laid the foundations for a further downgrading of the Palestinian struggle for freedom. It is,...
December 29, 2020 |
Ramona Wadi In yet another scripted audience, the Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh met the outgoing UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, and made an...
December 24, 2020 |
Ramona Wadi The EU's recent financial donation to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) leaves no doubt about the motive. As the agency continues to face an...
December 22, 2020 |
Ramona Wadi Politicians are portraying Palestine in terms of a state of emergency, while avoiding any public recognition of the fact that colonialism has created permanent instability there that is exacerbated...
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US December 17, 2020 |
Ramona Wadi The 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan designed for Palestinians living in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) is expected to reach 1.8 million out of 2.45 million people who have been...
December 15, 2020 |
Ramona Wadi If we were to listen only to the international community's rhetoric about the impending Israeli annexation of Palestinian territory, the impression would be that the plans are more obsolete...
December 11, 2020 |
Ramona Wadi Last November, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced that it ran out of funds, with Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini calling for $70 million in...
December 8, 2020 |
Ramona Wadi Thanks in part to Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas's decision to restore relations with Israel, pressure is increasing on the leadership to resume negotiations with the occupation state "without...
December 3, 2020 |
Ramona Wadi The UN's hypocritical manner of dealing with the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People finds a contender in the way of the Palestinian Authority. On behalf of...
December 1, 2020 |
Ramona Wadi UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres never misses an opportunity to illustrate how the international community has failed Palestine and its people. On 29 November, the International Day of Solidarity with...
November 26, 2020 |
Ramona Wadi Two statements from the EU within a few days of each other portray the duplicity of its policy towards Palestine. With the two-state compromise always looming in the background...
November 24, 2020 |
Ramona Wadi If there is one thing in which the Palestinian Authority excels, it is theatre of the absurd. Following its announcement that, based on international reassurances, there will be a...
November 19, 2020 |
Ramona Wadi US President-elect Joe Biden has not yet taken office, but Israel's false security narrative is already taking precedence over everything else. Meanwhile, within the ranks of the Palestinian Authority...
November 17, 2020 |
Ramona Wadi There are a couple of meaningful things that the EU should do, without delay: it should drop the pretence that it supports the Palestinian people's right to their own...