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.
Dareen Tatour sentenced to five months in prison over poem
“The case of Dareen Tatour captures what it means to be Palestinian under the Israeli settler colonial regime – especially the limits on freedom of speech and expression.”
The Nation-State Law
On July 19, the Israeli Knesset passed the “Nation-State Bill” in a 62-55 vote. Many critics of the bill say that it undermines Israel’s historic claim to be both Jewish and democratic in character. But does this new law actually change anything, or only make explicit the way things have been for decades?
Israel’s New Nation-State Law Enshrines Apartheid
The formal embrace of ethnic cleansing strengthens Israel’s right wing–and portends an escalation of violence against Palestinians.
Protests in Ramallah Challenge Abbas over Gaza
Yara Hawari, Al-Shabaka’s Palestine Policy Fellow, tells The Real News Network that the Palestinian Authority is resorting to violence against its own people because it has lost its legitimacy, as it collaborates with the Israeli siege on Gaza.
The two-state solution is dead. Palestine needs a new UN mandate
“A UN mandate would provide protection not just for Palestinians, but for all those living within and beyond the occupied territories.”
