First published by the Middle East Eye on 26/6/2023 Protesters gather in London in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement for Palestinian rights (undated; credit: Palestine Solidarity Campaign) If proof were needed that Britain continually throws Palestinians under the bus, it came hot on the heels of the UK-Israel "Bilateral Relations Roadmap" when the pro-Israel Secretary …
Continue reading New UK anti-boycott bill shields Israel from accountability
By Kamel Hawwash First published in This Week in Palestine on 1 June, 2023 Palestinians around the world and their supporters recently commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Nakba (Catastrophe), during which British Lord Balfour’s promise materialized and a homeland was established for Jews in Palestine, albeit against the will of the Palestinian people. Israel …
Continue reading Palestinian Communities and Solidarity Groups in Europe
First published in the Middle East Eye in 1/4/2023 The British government's recent bilateral trade deal with Israel is just the latest instance in a long history of trampling on Palestinian rights Israel often repeats the lie that the Palestinians "never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity" as a reason for the failed peace process. However, a …
Continue reading How Britain has always thrown Palestinians under the bus
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 18/3/2023 The English saying goes, "once bitten, twice shy". A more damning Arabic saying roughly translates to "the mind of someone trying something (that has failed again) is surely ruined". Both apply to the Palestinian Authority (PA) which has decided to join the Aqaba follow-up security meeting in Sharm …
First published in the Middle East Eye on 13/10/2022 A true change in leadership cannot be achieved by simply replacing the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with one of his cronies The wrong question to ask now is who should succeed President Mahmoud Abbas, pictured in Ankara on 23 August 2022 (AFP) The question of succession …
Continue reading Palestinian leadership: Now the people must decide
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 18/2/2022 The situation in Palestine gets worse by the day. However, this is not only from Israeli crimes against the Palestinians, including Sheikh Jarrah, but from the behaviour of the now self-proclaimed Palestinian leadership in Ramallah. A matter of a few days has separated the illegitimate meeting …
Continue reading Opinion: The extinction of the PLO, if Palestinians let it happen
First published by the Middle East Eye on 14/2/2022 Central Council meeting showed, yet again, that our leaders are unaccountable to the people Palestinian political leaders must back away from their illegitimate positions and stop trying to take the Palestinian people for fools. At a meeting last week of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s central council in …
Continue reading Opinion: Palestine: Why Mahmoud Abbas and his team must go
First published by Aljazeera on 4/2/2022 Abbas is planning to use the PLO’s upcoming Central Council meeting to expand the lifespan of his illegitimate regime. 84-year-old Mahmoud Abbas was elected as the President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) for a four-year term some 17 years ago, but he is still in office [Mohamad Torokman/AFP] …
Continue reading Opinion: Palestinians should unite to oppose the upcoming PCC meeting
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