Mike Pence Just Confirmed America’s Exit From the Mideast Peace Process
When Pence says: ‘We stand with Israel. Your cause is our cause, your fight is our fight’, it’s clear America is only interested in offering Israel blind political support and abandoning the Palestinians. Real peace must now mean circumventing the U.S. administration.
Why cutting US aid to the Palestinian Authority is not a bad idea
If the US cuts aid to Palestine, then it may force the Palestinians to have the political courage to stand up for what’s right.
What would happen if Trump cuts UNRWA funding?
A total US funding cut would mean a serious reduction in services and the complete halt of many of the education and health programmes.
International aid to Palestine: Time to change course
Aid dependency has stripped the Palestinian people of power to resist colonialism, apartheid and oppression. It’s time to lay failed Oslo aid model to rest.
A Century of Settler Colonialism in Palestine: Zionism’s Entangled Project
Throughout the past century, the Zionist movement constructed the most sophisticated settler-colonial project of our age: the State of Israel.
A White Christmas in Palestine
Each year the land that gave birth to Christianity is covered in tear gas instead of snow.
McCollum’s bill on Palestinian children’s rights: Now is the time to act
Now, more than ever, it is urgent for Congress to pass Betty McCollum’s proposed bill, which would prevent the use of US tax dollars for the Israeli military’s detention and mistreatment of Palestinian children.
How to grasp the full impact of the settlement on the Palestinian quest for self-determination
Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories loom large in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They are not only a major obstacle to securing a lasting peace but also a grave violation of international law. To grasp the full impact of the settlements on the Palestinian quest for self-determination, both the economic and the political impact should be addressed.
The spectacle of Palestine
For a change, rather than be seen as a photo op, Palestinians’ anger and frustration should be understood and respected within the context: Israel has been colonising Palestine – including Jerusalem – since 1948, and Trump’s declaration simply gives Israel more of a green light to continue its settler-colonial project.
