The Middle East Quartet still includes the US, so can it still play a role in the peace process?

First published by the Middle East Monitor on 9/2/2018 President Donald Trump address to Congress in Washington, US on 30 January 2018 [Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency]   Since US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and the subsequent decision to cut American funding to UNRWA and the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian leadership …

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Interview: Is the US using aid to UNRWA as a method to extort and blackmail?

I appeared on Press TV's the sun will rise with Dr Ghada Karmi. This was broadcast on 2/2/2018 https://youtu.be/s0D9mF_nAQ8

EU is all talk and no action on Israel-Palestine conflict

First published by the Middle East Eye on 6/2/2018 If it is to be taken seriously as a broker for peace, the EU must make disruptive decisions to pressure Israel, just as the US has been doing against Palestinians The past few weeks have been transformational for the prospects, or rather lack thereof, for peace …

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أحداث وأصداء: القدس والاستيطان وحصار ال أونروا … جمعات الغضب

مشاركتي على قناة المغاربية بتاريخ ٢/٢/٢٠١٨ https://youtu.be/Lz1q-GpJ4is

Interview: ‘US, Israel decisions on al-Quds threat to Palestine’

I was interviewed by Press TV on 23/1/2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQVdjRaBoMM

Report on seminar: UK panel on Mideast peace urges EU to take broker role

Anadolu Agency 24/1/2018 The US cannot continue to be accepted as an "honest broker" for peace, says speaker at panel organized by EuroPal Forum   By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON It is time for Europe to lead for peace in the Middle East following the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a London …

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Les dirigeants palestiniens devraient se retirer poliment ou être renvoyés par le peuple

Translated from English Published on the Middle East Eye édition française on 22/1/2018 Mahmoud Abbas va demander à l'Union européenne de reconnaître l'État de Palestine. Mais la cause et les sacrifices consentis par des millions de Palestiniens méritent beaucoup plus que ce que les dirigeants actuels ont accompli ou ne pourront jamais offrir Lors de …

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Interview: Hopes for two state solution dying

I was interviewed by Press TV for On the News Line 12/1/2018 Hopes for the so-called two state solution are gradually dying in light of #US support for #Israel and disfavor toward the #Palestinians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPy3mLEqwCQ&feature=youtu.be  

The PA must rise to the dangers facing the cause or make way for new leadership

First published by the Middle East Monitor on 9/1/2018 Israel’s extremist, settler-led government is on a roll. US President Donald Trump’s Christmas gift of recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and his consequent surrogate bullying in the UN General Assembly on behalf of the colonialist entity has sent its leaders into a frenzy of actions that …

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Blacklisted: Why I will not allow Israel to defeat me

  First published by the Middle East Eye on 9/1/2018 We will continue to work using all peaceful means to support the Palestinians until they have attained their rights whatever the price Israel attempts to extract from us I do not have to imagine the anguish - yet determination - felt by the activists who are likely …

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