First published by the Middle East Monitor on 25/8/2017 Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes is now almost a daily occurrence. The reasons vary but the phenomenon is ultimately a form of collective punishment; the humiliation of the occupied by the occupier and a means to achieve “demographic control” of occupied Palestinian territory. The Zionist state …
Continue reading Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes is, in fact, an own goal
First published by the Arab Weekly on 20/8/2017The last serious, sustained effort to broker a deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians was made during the Obama administration by then-US Secretary of State John Kerry. He tried over nine months to advance peace talks but his efforts met with failure and the breakout of the …
Continue reading What better offer does Israel have than the Arab Peace Initiative?
I was interviewed by Press TV on 11/8/2017 Israel continues to avoid dealing with the problem, which is the occupation and siege when it could spend $1 Billion on measures to bring peace. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQE4Ntll0H0
First published by the Arab Weekly on 6/8/2017 Israel has been replacing Arabic road names with the Hebrew names. The Israeli Ministerial Committee on Legislation recently approved a draft bill that would end Arabic’s status as an official language of the country, despite an Arabic-speaking population that includes 20% of the state’s citizens. This …
Continue reading Language discrimination, another blow at Jewish- Arab equality in Israel
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 4/8/2017Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the 29th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 3 July, 2017 [Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency] When the PLO asked the United Nations General Assembly for an upgrade in Palestine’s status to “non-member observer state” on …
Continue reading Palestine must push back against loss of traditional allies
First published by the Arab Weekly on 30/7/2017London - The results of the tawjihi — General Secondary Education Certificate Examination — were recently announced across the Palestinian territories to great cheers and celebration in some households and deep disappointment in others.The future isn’t what it used to be. Palestinian children chat outside a school in …
Continue reading Jerusalem’s Palestinian youth face bleak future
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 28/7/2017 Israeli forces injure Palestinians with tear gas as they gather to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque following the removal of Israeli security measures in Jerusalem on 27 July 2017 [Mahmoud İbrahem/Anadolu Agency] Let me start by acknowledging that democracy is in short supply in the Middle East. …
Continue reading Israel is sleepwalking towards tyranny not practising democracy
مشاركتي يوم ٢١/٧/٢٠١٧ ببرنامج وراء الحدث على قناة الغدhttps://youtu.be/0v7TbpBmGRE
First published by the Arab Weekly on 16/7/2017 It is quite hypocritical for Israel to reject BDS while boycotting others for taking legal and moral positions in support of the Palestinians. Peaceful expression. An Egyptian man shouts anti-Israeli slogans in front of banners with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) logo at the Journalists’ Syndicate …
Continue reading Israel’s double standards about boycotts do not advance peace
4/7/2017 Following an outrageous speech by Israel's representative to UNESCO which cynically abused the memory of the Holocaust, he forced a minute's silence without permission from the Chair. He did not expect the representative of Cuba to intervene calling his action out of order and asking the meeting to stand for a minute's silence for …
Continue reading Cuba stands with the Palestinian people at UNESCO
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