Jews migrating to Israel should go via Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon

Jews migrating to Israel should go via Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon This first appeared on the Middle East Monitor on 1 February 2016 Every year, Israel announces proudly that more Jews have made “aliyah”, the Hebrew term for Jewish migration from the “Diaspora” to the “Land of Israel”. In 2014, 26,500 made the journey, …

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Oslo’s alphabet language of colonisation

First published in the Middle East Monitor Saturday, 23 January 2016 11:09 Oslo’s alphabet language of colonisation By Kamel HAWWASH The iconic handshake between Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, and PA president Yasser ArafatThe iconic handshake between Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, and PA president Yasser Arafat  The first three letters of the alphabet A, …

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Why is the Middle East Quartet still there?

The Middle East Eye published my latest column on 16/1/2016 Why is the Middle East Quartet still there?    The Middle East peace process has been in deep freeze since US Secretary of State John Kerry's last attempt ended in failure in 2014. This was closely followed by the deadly war on Gaza in 2014 …

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Abbas commits to more negotiations while violence escalates

The Middle East Monitor publiched my article on 15/1/2016 Abbas commits to more negotiations while violence escalates    Image from the Middle East Monitor In his first speech of 2016, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas reviewed the situation facing the Palestinians and set out his approach for the forthcoming year. He started with the …

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Interview: US support encourages Israel to continue atrocities in Palestine

I was interviewed by Press TV on 5/1/2016 about the continuing oppression of Palestinians following the 145th death recorded since the rise started in October 2015.    Link to report and video here

إغلاق الحسابات يلاحق حملات دعم فلسطين ببريطانيا

ساهمت بتعليق للجزيرة نت عن إغلاق احد حسابات حملة التضامن مع فلسطين في بريطانيا 22/12/2015 إغلاق الحسابات يلاحق حملات دعم فلسطين ببريطانيا

US presidential candidates threaten a just peace in historic Palestine

The Middle East Monitor has published this article  US presidential candidates threaten a just peace in historic Palestine 11/12/2015    Image from Middle East Monitor In recent weeks the race for the White House and the top job of president of the United States of America has been dominated by Republican hopeful Donald Trump. His …

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Britain’s security dilemma: to bomb or not to bomb?

My latest column for the Middle East Monitor Britain’s security dilemma: to bomb or not to bomb? 30 November 2015 The issue of whether Britain should join the multitude of nations already bombing Syria is one of the most important questions facing parliament for some time. Prime Minister David Cameron made the case for bombing …

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Israel does not seek peace with Palestinians

Thu Nov 26, 2015  I was interviewed by Press TV after Israel demolished a Bedouin village in the Negev again.    Link to the interview here

Palestinians have a problem with occupiers not Jews

The Middle East Monitor published this article, my first for the website. Friday 30 October 2015 Palestinians have a problem with occupiers not Jews One extremely disturbing feature of the recent clashes between Palestinians and Israelis has been what seems a deliberate framing by Israel of the reasons behind the knife attacks as simply hatred …

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