A World Without UNRWA?
With the world media focusing on the crisis in Syria, it has been forgotten that Syria is home to some 400,000 Palestinian refugees. This includes 14,000 Palestinians who inhabit a refugee camp in the bombarded city of Homs, and who rely on UNRWA, the UN Agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees, for their daily needs.
A Formal Funeral for the Two-State Solution
The Palestinian Authority’s bid to the United Nations for Palestinian statehood is, at least in theory, supposed to circumvent the failed peace process. But in two crucial respects, the ill-conceived gambit actually makes things worse, amplifying the flaws of the process it seeks to replace. First, it excludes the Palestinian people from the decision-making process. And second, it entirely disconnects the discourse about statehood from reality.
Palestinian Statehood: A Turning Point
The Palestinian ambition of becoming a full member-state of the United Nations is approaching a crucial moment.
Freedom Flotilla II: No to a Kinder, Gentler Siege
The Flotilla is not transforming Israel’s siege into a kinder, gentler blockade. Rather, it is to deliver this question: By what right does Israel besiege Gaza? The answer is : None, under international law.
Palestinian Statehood: Individual Nations, not the U.N., will Have the Final Say
The option of going to the U.N. in the fall to seek recognition of a Palestinian state is a measure of last resort that will be pursued only if negotiations fail.
Arab Freedom and the ADC Convention
The real challenge is to speak, and to do so from a position of principle that is applied without distinction and increasingly without fear of those in power.
Just as well that Obama had no Details about Middle East Peace
It’s just as well that President Obama did not present a detailed vision for Middle East peace in his speech today. He has lost considerable credibility given his inability to secure a settlement freeze, let alone a withdrawal of Israeli soldiers and settlers from the occupied territories.
What the Muslim World Needs to Hear from Obama
The timing and venue of Obama’s upcoming speech on U.S. policy in the Middle East and North Africa is baffling.
Hollow ‘Reconciliation’ in Palestine
Hamas and Fatah’s agreement will only maintain the status quo of division, called ‘unity’ only for public consumption.
