I participated in Scope with Waqar Rizvi on 14/8/2020 to talk about the Israel UAE agreement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiz_hgJcRC8
Category: Normalaisation
How the international community reacted to Israel’s annexation plan
A transcript of my talk to Open Discussions/ Gulf Cultural Club on 22/7/2020 I thought that in my own talk I would concentrate on what the international community’s reaction has been. As someone who was described as an engineer rather than a law professor, I write very much on the subject. I am from Jerusalem. …
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Why Palestinians deserve a new leadership
First published by the Middle East Eye on 2/3/2020 The Palestinian Authority's response to Trump's 'deal of the century' has been woefully inadequate, and Hamas is no better Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks to the UN Security Council in New York on 11 February (AFP) A month since US President Donald Trump announced his “deal …
غزل متبادل بين نتنياهو وبن زايد يكشف عن تطبيع وشيك
أضواء على الأحداث، قناة الحوار بتاريخ ٢٢/١٢/٢٠١٩ https://youtu.be/trKasC41F54
من الملتقى الدولي الأول للمهندسين الشباب ضد التطبيع
مشاركتي في الجلسة الثانية من الملتقى بتاريخ ٢١/١٢/٢٠١٩ https://fbwat.ch/1SHRr1Mu5XLjFgtn
Gulf concessions to Israel have yielded nothing in return
First published by TRT World on 14/10/2019 Several Gulf states have violated every negotiating tactic in their dealings with Israel and are giving away the keys to a kingdom that isn't theirs to give. The utopia of the Middle East free from conflict is not within reach at the moment. Conflict is likely to characterise …
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What Palestinians want from the Arab League summit
First published by the Arab Weekly on 31/3/2019 Palestinians know Arab citizens support them but they will want Arab leaders to be equally supportive through the delivery of strong positions in Tunis. Daily struggle. An Israeli soldier stands guard as Palestinians watch Jewish settlers (unseen) touring the Palestinian side of the old city market in …
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Israel’s actions speak louder than its talk of regional peace
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 …
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Mientras los Estados árabes normalizan su relación con Israel, los votantes británicos presionan a los parlamentarios en favor de Palestina
First published in Spanish by the Middle East Monitor on 4/12/2018 Noviembre ha sido un mes extraordinario para la normalización entre los Estados árabes e Israel. Podrías pensar que Israel ha resuelto sus disputas con sus vecinos – quizá aceptando e implementando la iniciativa de paz árabe, por ejemplo, – y que un Estado palestino …
While Arab states normalise relations with Israel, British voters lobby MPs for Palestine
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 3/12/2018 November was an extraordinary month for normalisation between Arab states and Israel. You would think that Israel had settled its disputes with its neighbours — perhaps accepting and implementing the Arab peace initiative, for example, — and that a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital was …
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