First published in the Arab Weekly on 3/12/2017 The continuing discussions on moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem raise serious doubts with the Palestinians. Risks ahead. The exterior of the US Embassy building in Tel Aviv. (AFP) US Vice-President Mike Pence recently confirmed that “President Donald Trump is actively considering when and how to move …
Continue reading A tale of two embassies and the ‘ultimate deal’
I contributed to Press TV's The Newsline programme on 16/11/2017 This can be watched here
First published by the Middle East Eye on 1/11/2017 #Balfour One hundred years ago, the Balfour Declaration backed Palestine as a Jewish homeland. Imagining if history had taken another turn offers a fresh perspective. On 2 November 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour sent a letter to Lord Walter Rothschild, a prominent zionist, which …
Continue reading What if Wales had been offered to the Jews as a homeland?
I was interviewed by Press TV on 25/10/2017 https://youtu.be/9Y-XNIrQsS8
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 20/10/2017 Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks during US President Donald Trump's (R) visit to Israel on 23 May 2017. [Israeli Government Press Office/Haim Zach/Handout] When it comes to the various stakeholders in the Israeli Palestinian conflict Israel has guaranteed American support in almost whatever …
Aired on Press TV on 29/8/2017https://youtu.be/Gxullc7alBk
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 25/8/2017 Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes is now almost a daily occurrence. The reasons vary but the phenomenon is ultimately a form of collective punishment; the humiliation of the occupied by the occupier and a means to achieve “demographic control” of occupied Palestinian territory. The Zionist state …
Continue reading Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes is, in fact, an own goal
I was interviewed by Press TV on 11/8/2017 Israel continues to avoid dealing with the problem, which is the occupation and siege when it could spend $1 Billion on measures to bring peace. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQE4Ntll0H0
عرضت الحلقه على قناة العربيه في 9/8/2017 https://youtu.be/cI2bnBGDROo
First published by the Arab Weekly on 6/8/2017 Israel has been replacing Arabic road names with the Hebrew names. The Israeli Ministerial Committee on Legislation recently approved a draft bill that would end Arabic’s status as an official language of the country, despite an Arabic-speaking population that includes 20% of the state’s citizens. This …
Continue reading Language discrimination, another blow at Jewish- Arab equality in Israel
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