First published by the Middle East Monitor on 3/6/2018 Razan died a proud Palestinian full of humanity and will be remembered with the same name she was born with. In contrast, Nimrata Randhawa, will be remembered by her adopted name, Nikki Haley, hiding her Indian heritage. Elshamy/Anadolu Agency] Last Friday, 1 June, a Palestinian volunteer …
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First published by the Middle East Eye on 1/6/2018 Abandoned by the world, Palestinians could find strength in demographics The political climate is ripe for Israel to achieve, in only a matter of months, victories it would once have only dreamed of attaining over a number of decades. The primary reason for this? Donald Trump. …
Continue reading Six million Palestinians are a fact Trump and Netanyahu can’t ignore forever
I was interviewed by Press TV on 22/5/2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x81_HrGo51Q
I was interviewed by Press Tv's On the News Line programme, broadcast on 21/8/2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=uv_dID_SkRs
First published by the Middle East Eye on 18/5/2018 All who are interested in peace in historic Palestine must remember that we did not choose our occupiers; they chose Palestine, knowing it was not an empty land, and we paid with our lives and rights I would not be writing these words today if Israel …
Continue reading 70 years of Nakba: Why can’t Palestinians walk home?
First published by the Middle East Eye on 14/5/2018 As Trump celebrates the relocation of his country’s embassy to Jerusalem, Israel should recognise that the next generation of Palestinians will never stop fighting back The vultures are circling again, this time on a mission to take another bite out of Palestine's heart, Jerusalem, 70 years …
Continue reading US embassy move is a day of mourning and a warning
I took part in the Sun will Rise programme for Press Tv which was broadcast on 4/5/2018 https://youtu.be/Q93uFCtC4B4
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 7/5/2018 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (2nd L) makes a speech during the 23rd session of the Palestinian National Council in Ramallah, West Bank on 30 April 2018 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency] After a 22-year lull, the highest Palestinian legislative authority of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), the …
Continue reading The PNC meeting was ‘much ado about nothing’
I was interviewed by Press TV on 26/4/2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze1pXJQY5rY&feature=youtu.be
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 24/4/2018 Gazan's gather outside the UN offices in Gaza to protest US cuts to UNRWA's funding, on January 28, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor] This will be remembered as the year when the United States of America broke with the international consensus by moving its …
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