Op-Eds & Articles

Empowering Palestinians means equipping them with the tools to resist Israeli settler colonial rule and enhancing their capacities for solidarity, resilience and steadfastness. International aid actors must recognize and accept that development under military occupation and colonization means first and foremost a process of confrontation to realize rights, including the right to self-determination.

As we mark the anniversaries of the Balfour Declaration, the Palestinian nakba, the Israeli occupation, the Oslo accords and the intra-Palestinian divide, the realities on the ground get worse, the ramifications of these tragic events become more entrenched, and justice and peace recede further and further into the distance. Given these political trajectories, and the new global, regional and local orders, a discussion of how to end the Israeli occupation that began in 1967 might appear odd to some.

As the Israeli occupation turns 50, I still believe Palestinians will bring justice without creating injustice, secure equality for all and achieve freedom

This article examines the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) economy following the 1967 occupation within the analytical framework of settler-colonialism.ⁱ Indeed, the occupation was only a continuation of the Zionist settler-colonial project. Israel’s control over the WBGS has been colonial because it involves a foreign entity that is seeking to appropriate the land of the indigenous population and establish a new colonial society. It has also been based on the disarticulation of the WBGS economy, making it heavily dependent on the Israeli economy and thus preventing Palestinian independence and sovereignty.ⁱⁱ

Trump’s regional approach to “peace” and stability and the new regional order, aims to ensure the normalcy of relations between Israel and its Arab neighbours, especially the wealthy ones.

Neither Trump, Abbas, nor Netanyahu is willing to move beyond document signing and actually work for a just and lasting peace

As new political document is released, questions arise over Hamas' next moves and new strategy.

Concerns remain, but efforts to distance the group from antisemitism are an opportunity to be grasped

President Trump says he wants “to see peace” between Israel and the Palestinians." No one would disagree. But how is a peace agreement to be reached after decades of failed negotiations? And will it meet the basic requirements of a just and durable solution to the 70-year old conflict?

In recent weeks, armed with a leaked document, many have speculated that the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, will adopt a new Charter. However, the leaked document is nothing but a new “platform” being floated among the movement members, to be officially announced on May 1 as the “General Principles and Policies Platform.” The platform will not replace its original 1988 Charter, according to Ismail Radwan, a senior leader in the movement.