Support for Israel ‘continues to drop’ among US liberals, youth
Only 25 percent of US liberals view Israel as an ally, poll shows, as issue of support becomes increasingly partisan.
Palestinian Authority and Hamas run parallel police states — Human Rights Watch
A new report by Human Rights Watch finds both the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza guilty of making widespread use of arbitrary arrests and torture to quell criticism and political opposition.
Labour to debate Palestine and arms embargo on Israel at conference
Party members vote for rare conference debate as Labour recommits to recognising Palestinian state
No one will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Oslo Accords
“It’s not that the PA has turned into a monster, I think it was born a monster,” Yara Hawari, a young activist and a policy fellow at the Palestinian think tank Al-Shabaka, told The Intercept this summer. “I don’t think it was ever going to be anything else just because of the way that it was set up: What it was supposed to do was maintain and manage the situation and assist it.”
25 Years Later, Oslo’s Promise for Mideast Peace Is Unfulfilled
“What Oslo created,” said Mr. Tartir of Al-Shabaka, “was a clear benefit for some Palestinians and the political elite. Everyone else has to live with the consequences, but doesn’t really have a say.”
UN agency for Palestinian refugees faces largest ‘structural crisis’ in its 70-year history
“Global powers and international governance institutions must stop instrumentalising the UNRWA through its humanitarian intervention to cover up for their political failures. Humanitarianism has its inherent limits, and it risks, despite all the good intentions, sustaining the status quo of refugees,” Alaa Tartir tells The National.
What’s Going on with Settlement Building in the Jordan Valley?
The news coverage of settlement building in the Jordan Valley comes in fragments. But an eye on the bigger picture is critical, and this is more important as the ominous American-led “deal of the century” develops.
Trump’s UNRWA Funding Cuts Part of a New Formula to Erase Most Palestinians
It is puzzling that the state of Israel claims its own legitimacy derives from the right of Jewish people to “return” to their biblical homeland after 2,000 years of exile — but demands that Palestinian refugees drop their claim to return after 70 years and forget their homeland.
Trump aid cuts embolden Israel but hurt peace prospects: analysts
US President Donald Trump’s swingeing cuts to aid for Palestinians will advance Israel’s interests but risk compromising a US-led peace push and raise tensions in the Middle East, analysts and diplomats said Saturday.
