The Galilee First, if the world is serious about Israel and Palestine

If Israel is bent on discriminating against one-fifth of its citizens, what should we expect of it in the occupied territory?

Palestine and COVID-19: Global Standards, Local Constraints

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Although the Palestinian authorities followed a set of global standards and procedures to tackle the pandemic, they had to manoeuvre within severe constraints: weak health infrastructure, a fragile financial situation for the Palestinian Authority (PA), and the political ramifications of the Israeli military occupation – particularly the imminent threat of annexation of major parts of the West Bank. The COVID-19 response yielded a strengthening in the perceived legitimacy and popularity of the Palestinian government, but this is very likely to be short-lived.

Annexation as a Symptom of Israeli Apartheid

One hundred years ago, on July 1, 1920, the British army established a civil administration in Palestine. Over the course of the next 25 years, the British Mandate for Palestine would set the stage for a process of colonization that has continued until today.

Israeli annexation and a history of broken American promises

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Last February, a joint US-Israeli committee began working to implement President Donald Trump’s “Vision for Peace.” The committee included the US Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, and his Israeli counterpart, Ron Dermer. Among its tasks was to delineate lands in the occupied West Bank for annexation by Israel. The committee’s work and membership demonstrated the deep partnership […]

The right to boycott: BDS, Israel and the ECHR

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In a major victory for the BDS movement, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that boycotts are a protected form of protest.

Palestinians are tired of proving Israeli apartheid exists

How Israel Uses Gas to Enforce Palestinian Dependency and Promote Normalization

There is nothing that an annexation bill can tell us that decades of Israeli laws and policies haven’t already.

Israel puts the entire Palestinian banking system on notice

The next fault line in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict comes from an unassuming corner, the banking system.

The myth of the Gaza ‘border’

How Israel Uses Gas to Enforce Palestinian Dependency and Promote Normalization

The Green Line disguises the fact that Palestinians in Gaza are no longer being oppressed outside the Israeli state, but are being caged and brutalized inside it.

Remembering 72 years of the Nakba in the shadow of annexation

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When Palestinians commemorate the Nakba they are not simply remembering a past event. They are marking a continued process of erasure and dispossession.