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Obama follows in Jimmy Carter’s footsteps and speaks out against Israel and AIPAC

Nasim Ahmed    Middle East Monitor  /  November 16, 2020 Apon leaving office, US Presidents have, on occasion, mustered the courage to speak their mind about America's relationship with Israel and the influence of the Zionist lobby in Washington. Jimmy Carter is perhaps best known for this. The 39th President...

Meet the Democrats vying for House foreign affairs leadership

Ali Harb Middle East Eye  /  November 16, 2020 Joaquin Castro, who has vowed to bring Palestinian voices into the debate, gains progressive backing as he faces two more senior candidates. Eliot Engel, a Democratic Party elder, lost his seat in Congress to progressive challenger Jamaal Bowman in a primary...

Qatar: Normalisation with Israel undermines Palestinian statehood

Al-Jazeera  /  November 16, 2020 Foreign minister calls for united Arab front ‘to put the interests of the Palestinians to end the occupation’. Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has said Arab states that establish ties with Israel undermine efforts for Palestinian statehood. In recent months,...

A Palestinian perspective on the U.S. election

Haidar Eid Mondoweiss  /  November 16, 2020 Last week witnessed the election of a new American president. Elections in the U.S. can have massive impacts across the world. So, what do the results mean for us Palestinians? Donald Trump’s administration was undoubtedly the most far-reaching in its complete adoption of...

Syria asks returning Palestine refugees to prove property ownership in Yarmouk 

Middle East Monitor  /  November 16, 2020 Palestinian refugees have started to apply to return to Yarmouk refugee camp, but they are facing difficult conditions ahead of their return, Quds Press reported yesterday. In addition to tackling unsafe infrastructure, returnees have been asked to provide proof of property ownership, as...

Hamas, Fatah delegations head to Cairo for meetings

Middle East Monitor  /  November 16, 2020 Leaders from the two main Palestinian movements Hamas and Fatah left the Gaza Strip yesterday to join mutual meetings for delegations of their movements in Cairo, Anadolu reported. An official source told Anadolu that the leaders included Hamas Political Bureau member Khalil al-Hayya and senior...

UN envoy decries Israel’s move to expand illegal settlement

Al-Jazeera  /  November 16, 2020 Nickolay Mladenov ‘very concerned’ by Israel’s decision to advance construction in a Jewish settlement in occupied East Jerusalem. The UN’s Middle East envoy says he is “very concerned” by Israel’s decision to advance construction in an illegal Jewish settlement in occupied East Jerusalem that...

Making Space for Palestine

David Palumbo-Liu Jacobin  /  November 15, 2020 Palestinians aren’t just kept in misery and degradation by the Israeli occupation — they’re also silenced, at home and abroad. Palestinian activists and their supporters are trying to change that. In her January 19, 2020 op-ed in The New York Times, Michelle Alexander argued that...

PA ready to resume peace talks with Israel

Middle East Monitor  /  November 12, 2020 The Palestinian Authority said on Wednesday that it is ready to resume peace talks with Israel based on international law and United Nations resolutions, Wafa news agency has reported. "The Palestinian leadership is ready to return to negotiations , based on international legitimacy,...

UN envoy criticizes Israel’s move to expand key settlement

AP  /  November 16, 2020 The U.N.’s Mideast envoy says he is “very concerned” by Israel’s decision to advance construction in a Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem that would make it even harder to establish a contiguous Palestinian state. The U.N.'s Mideast envoy on Monday said he was “very...