Reversing Israel’s deepening annexation of Occupied East Jerusalem
International Crisis Group / Report # 202 (June 12, 2019)
Israel is pursuing new ways of cementing its grip on occupied East Jerusalem, further enmeshing the city’s Palestinians while maintaining a Jewish majority within the municipal boundaries. These schemes could spark conflict. The new Israeli government elected in September should...
Palestinians living in Israel are forgotten by Trump’s ‘deal of the century’
Awad Abdelfattah
Middle East Eye / June 11, 2019
Palestinians inside Israel's borders must unite with refugees outside Israel to fight back against this plan to liquidate their national rights
Palestinians within Israel have never been considered as part of the Arab-Zionist conflict by the international community, but rather as a non-Jewish...
US ambassador: Israel has right to annex parts of West Bank
David Friedman gives interview to The New York Times: ‘Israel has right to some, but unlikely all’ of disputed territory
Reuters / June 8, 2019
The US ambassador to Israel did not rule out an Israeli move to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, land the Palestinians seek for a...
Jared Kushner casts doubt on Palestinian ability to self-govern
White House adviser says freedom from Israeli military interference is a ‘high bar’
Patrick Wintour
The Guardian / June 3, 2019
Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s Middle East adviser and son-in-law, has expressed uncertainty over the ability of the Palestinians to govern themselves in a rare television interview broadcast on Sunday night.
Kushner –...
System to circumvent US sanctions on Iran ready soon: German FM
European payment system nearly operational in key development to salvage Iran nuclear pact with world powers.
Al-Jazeera / June 10, 2019
A European payment system designed to circumvent US sanctions on Iran will be ready soon, Germany announced on Monday.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas met Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran as part of...
The Legal Framework of Second Class Citizenship
Nadeem Shehadeh
Since its establishment in 1948, Israel has lacked a formal constitution. In 1951, the first Knesset decided that it would enact a series of “Basic Laws” that would eventually become the future Israeli constitution.1 This distinction placed the Basic Laws as the highest norm in the Israeli legal hierarchy. ...
52nd Anniversary of Israel’s Attack on the USS Liberty
Paul Craig Roberts
Information Clearing House / June 2, 2019
Two days ago the US celebrated the 75th anniversary of D-Day with accolades to the armed forces and thanks to surviving veterans. The country stood strongly with the military. But today two days later is the 52nd anniversary of a day of shame...
Video shows Israel settlers started West Bank fires, contradicting army statement
An Israeli settler set fire to a field in Burin
Middle East Monitor / May 24, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAgYyaHvNuc
Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem has released a video showing illegal Israeli settlers setting fire to fields in the occupied West Bank, contradicting the Israeli army’s claim that the blaze was started by Palestinians.
The...
Naqab – Recognising indigeneity, erasing Palestine
What did the widespread recognition of the Palestinian Bedouin of the Naqab as “indigenous people” under international law mean?
Lana Tatour
assafirarabi.com / May 18, 2019
Recent years have seen the recognition of the Palestinian Bedouin of the Naqab as indigenous people under international law. This recognition has become widespread, enjoying an...
US peace plan will ‘go to hell’, says Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas
Miriam Berger
The National / June 6, 2019
War of words with Trump administration escalates as Middle East envoy blames PA for Palestinian situation.
The Palestinian president has said the US administration’s Middle East peace plan will “go to hell”.
Mahmoud Abbas’s comment came as the Americans stepped up their criticism of the...
