What’s gone wrong at The Guardian?
Abunimah says that hiring Joshua Trevino, who endorsed the killing of Gaza flotilla members, is a worrying step for journalism.
Rethinking aid to Palestine
Foreign aid to Palestine is desperately in need of rethinking. Wittingly or not, external aid facilitates Israel’s occupation, enables an inept Palestinian leadership to survive, and subverts much of Palestinian civil society.
Murder of Arafat: How the Israeli Quintet Indicted Itself
Yasser Arafat may be dead, but for all intents and purposes he lives on and continues to be a thorn in Israel’s side.
Can Israel survive its 45-year occupation?
Israel’s occupation is proving its Achilles heel, but in ways one could not have imagined 45 years ago. Its brutality is increasingly impossible to ignore. Israel now risks becoming an international pariah, as former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert foresaw in 2007, even as he was unwilling or unable to stop the settlement project. And a growing number of Palestinians are giving up on the two-state solution in favor of a future state of Israel/Palestine where all citizens enjoy freedom, justice, and equality regardless of race or religion.
UNRWA reform’ effort will harm Middle East peace effort
Benjamin Netanyahu and his U.S. congressional enablers are “euthanizing peace.”
Donor aid to Palestine masks the real problem
A sovereign Palestinian state would not need handouts. The EU, which invests hugely in the Palestinian economy, would be better off calling on Israel to allow development of Gaza’s offshore gas reserves, rather than calling on third states to donate more.
Turning to the Past for Future Peace
A growing number of studies show that a Palestinian right of return is not only just but viable, even though at this historical juncture it seems far-fetched.
Slamming the door to justice on Palestinians
The announcement of no charges filed against the Israeli soldiers who killed dozens of members of the Samouni family in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead illustrates an international effort to block all official channels for redress and justice for Palestinians.
Fatah and Hamas: An Elusive Reconciliation
Joint measures as Fatah and Hamas have agreed upon fall very far short of challenging the occupying powers.
