First published by the Middle East Eye on 16/2/2019 Not only did Britain abandon Palestinians to face the terror of Zionism in 1948, it continues to befriend the state that oppresses them. Protesters gather on the centenary of the Balfour Declaration in Gaza on 2 November 2017 (AFP) Britain's colonial past has left its mark …
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First published by TRT World on 17/2/2019 The Middle East’s tectonic plates shifted in Warsaw and the aftershocks could be felt for decades to come. The American Administration summoned representatives of 60 states to the Polish capital of Warsaw dubbed strangely ‘Ministerial to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East’. However, …
Continue reading In Warsaw Arab nations crowned Netanyahu as the king of the Middle East
مع شكري لوكالة وطن للأنباء لترجمة مقالي المنشور في مرصد الشرق الأوسط بتاريخ12.2.2019 نشر المقال المترجم بتاريخ 17.2.2019 كتب كامل حواش- ترجمة خاصة وطن - آلاء راضي: يبدو جلياً أن هناك غيابا لمحاسبة إسرائيل لما يزيد عن سبعة عقود حول الجرائم ضد الشعب الفلسطيني. "طفح الكيل" هي عبارة مستخدمة دائماً ولكن في حالة شعب فلسطين المحتل الذي …
Continue reading حان الوقت أن يتصرف الاتحاد الأوروبي حيال الجرائم الإسرائيلية
First published by TRT World on 29/1/2019 Malaysia has been stripped of holding a sporting event because it would not allow Israel to participate in the competition. Is the decision fair - and is Israel held to the same standard? The World Para-Swimming Championships were due to open in Malaysia on the 29th of July. …
Continue reading Palestinians aren’t spared the horrors of occupation for the sake of sport
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 17/1/2019 Muslims arrive at Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound to perform the Friday prayer in Jerusalem on 26 October 2018 [Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency] When Muslims first prayed, they faced Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem rather than Mecca. When Prophet Mohammed (Peace be Upon Him) ascended to heaven, he did so …
Continue reading Al-Aqsa under threat as Israeli elections loom
First published by TRT World on 19/12/2018 Illegal settlement building is increasingly becoming a favoured collective punishment against Palestinians. If only Israel was as creative in seeking peace with the Palestinians as it is in finding different ways to punish them. A policy of dehumanisation that aims to present Palestinians to the world as sub-human, …
Continue reading How Israel uses attacks as an excuse to expand illegal settlements
First published by the Arab Weekly on 16/12/2018 It is clear that Israel is unwilling to meet the legitimate demands of the Palestinians for peace or those of the wider Arab world. Louder than words. Israeli police scuffle with activists in the West Bank Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar which is slated for demolition, October …
Continue reading Israel’s actions speak louder than its talk of regional peace
First published by the Middle East Eye on 12/12/2018 #HumanRights An army of social media trolls are at the ready to denounce legitimate criticism of Israel’s occupation and settlement enterprise Israel was created through violence and terror, which it continues to heap on Palestinians to this day, as it works to fulfill the dream of …
Continue reading Criticise Israel and you immediately trigger its army of outraged partisans
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 10/12/2018 US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley [Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency] The 6 December was the first anniversary of US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and that he would move the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city. …
Continue reading Nikki Haley’s swansong at the UN was an embarrassment
First published by the New Arab on 26/11/2018 Israel has had a 'normalisation' bonanza with a number of Arab Gulf countries in recent weeks without having to give anything in return. What had previously been relations under the table are now out in the open. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu breached the decades-long taboo of …
Continue reading If there’s no occupation, then where are equal rights?
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