‘A hotbed for fake news’: How Palestinians are fighting coronavirus misinformation
What does the battle against a coronavirus ‘infodemic’ look like in an occupied population that distrusts its ruling authorities?
Israel elections: amid polling fatigue, can Arab list make gains in third vote?
With no other parties courting the Arab and Palestinian citizens of Israel who make up 20 per cent of the electorate, the Joint List is looking to capitalise in latest run-off
Trump’s ‘Steal of the Century’, Putin’s bloodbath in Idlib, and Lebanon’s ‘feminist’ cabinet
More than half of the Palestinian people live in exile, and it should be fully within their right to return home, Al-Shabaka’s Yara Hawari tells The New Arab Voice podcast. But that right has been consistently denied by administrations since Israel’s establishment in 1948.
‘The occupation broke her once. Now Israel is trying to break her again.’
“All Palestinians are branded as either being a terrorist or having the potential to become a terrorist,” says Yara Hawari. “When you dehumanize people in such a way then you can excuse doing inhuman things to them.”
EU funding criterion accused of ‘criminalising Palestinian resistance’
The European Union has been criticised for caving-in to Israeli pressure following its adoption of a new funding criterion, which critics have warned is intended to criminalise Palestinian dissent.
Why are Arab states ‘divided’ in the face of the US-Israeli plan?
Several countries facing social and economic upheaval and a perceived threat from Iran fail to challenge Trump’s plan.
After Trump’s plan, what options do Palestinian leaders have?
Palestinian Authority says it will go to United Nations, as analysts warn leaders must take action soon.
Trump’s Mideast Plan Leaves Palestinians With Few Options
The landscape has shifted so much that a proposal that would have been a nonstarter a decade ago has put the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in a bind.
Trump Unveils Middle East Plan
President Donald Trump unveiled his Middle East peace plan at the White House Tuesday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his side. The plan includes redrawing the map of the West Bank to favor Israel while offering Palestinians a conditional pathway to statehood. Palestinians have rejected the plan and called on Arab neighbors to boycott. White House Correspondent Patsy Widakuswara speaks with Al-Shabaka policy fellow Halah Ahmad.
