شاركت بهذا التقرير بتاريخ 24.1.2020 التقرير كاملا مداخلتي منفردة
Category: UNRWA
Trump’s 12 days of Christmas: The gift that keeps on giving – to Israel
First published by the Middle East Eye on 24/12/2019 From the Jerusalem embassy move to UNRWA funding cuts, the US administration has lavished Israel with gifts while erasing Palestinian rights US President Donald Trump stands on stage after his address to the Israeli American Council National Summit in Florida on 7 December (AFP) Christmas - …
Continue reading Trump’s 12 days of Christmas: The gift that keeps on giving – to Israel
And just like that, illegal Israeli settlements are now ‘legal’
First published by TRT World on 20/11/2019 What is the point of 'international law' when it can be summarily dismissed by the US in service to its ally Israel? US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement that the long-held American policy that Israeli settlements were illegitimate according to international law has been abandoned, and could be the …
Continue reading And just like that, illegal Israeli settlements are now ‘legal’
Israeli elections are being fought by annexing Palestinian land
First published by TRT World on 12/9/2019 The Israeli right led by Benjamin Netanyahu is having to grab increasingly more land from neighbours in order to shore up support at home. Next week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces his second election of the year, having failed to form a coalition government in his first …
Continue reading Israeli elections are being fought by annexing Palestinian land
US premises approach towards Palestinians on denial of Israeli occupation
First published by the Arab Weekly on 31/8/2019 Israel and the United States are trying to disappear Palestine and its people but the Palestinians will not agree to losing their collective identity. Obvious occupation. Maps showing Israel’s changing borders since 1947. (AFP) The so-called Deal of the Century, or what US Special Representative for International …
Continue reading US premises approach towards Palestinians on denial of Israeli occupation
From Iraq to Lebanon, Israel attacks its neighbours with impunity
First published by the Middle East Eye on 29/8/2019 With an election around the corner, Netanyahu has launched a regional show of force, safe in the knowledge that his targets are too weak to retaliate before the September vote A Hezbollah media centre in Beirut was damaged in the recent Israeli strike (AFP) It’s election …
Continue reading From Iraq to Lebanon, Israel attacks its neighbours with impunity
Canada’s move to label settlement wines is a positive step. Much more is needed
First published by the Middle East Eye on 2/8/2019 The global community must take action to remind Israel and its US backers of the vital importance of international law One wine in question is made by Shiloh Winery, based in a West Bank settlement (AFP) In what is one of their darkest hours, Palestinians are …
Continue reading Canada’s move to label settlement wines is a positive step. Much more is needed
The US administration and fanatic Zionism
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 11/7/2019 US President Donald Trump (L), Jared Kushner (C), US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Flickr] For decades now, the Palestinians have been looking for an ‘honest peace broker’ to bring an end to their suffering through …
Palestinians remain key player in Middle East peace dynamics
First published by the Arab Weekly on 29/6/2019 Kushner claimed the political plan would not be based on the Arab Peace Initiative but would be somewhere between the initiative and what Israel’s position is. Accommodating hosts. Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa (C) attends the closing session of the US-sponsored Middle East …
Continue reading Palestinians remain key player in Middle East peace dynamics
Three Mecca summits show support for Palestine but no action
First published by TRT World on 2/6/2019 Solidarity will not bring justice for the Palestinians at a time when they have been abandoned by their neighbours. General view of Arab leaders during the14th Islamic summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia June 1, 2019. ( Reuters ) Islam’s holiest city …
Continue reading Three Mecca summits show support for Palestine but no action
Brum2Jerusalem Blog 