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
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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
Interview by Muslim Press on 3/7/2017 Muslim Press has conducted an interview with British Palestinian academic and writer on Middle East Affairs Kamel Hawwash about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the role Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is playing in this regard. “It seems Abbas has led the Palestinians to a dead end. Gaza is still …
Continue reading Interview: ‘It seems Abbas has led Palestinians to a dead end’
First published by the Arab Weekly on 2/7/2017 British Prime Minister Theresa May There are questions with regards to what effects the snap elections have on British foreign policy towards Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. The Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Theresa May, won 318 seats in parliament but that was eight seats …
Continue reading Pro-Israel positions likely to continue with new British landscape
First published by the Middle East Eye on 29/6/2017 The president has hit a new low, cutting the salaries and electricity of Palestinians in Gaza. The next intifada will be against the Palestinian National Authority and this should worry Israel and Abbas Photo: A photo of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from 2016 (AFP) The embattled …
Continue reading Mahmoud Abbas has led the Palestinians to a dead end. He must go
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 23/6/2017 Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with Jared Kushner (3rd L) in Jerusalem on 21 June 2017 [Handout / Amos Ben Gershom / GPO] Throughout his first trip abroad as US president, during which he visited Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, Donald Trump expressed …
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