US sanctions: collective punishment in the time of COVID-19
Halah Ahmad
Open Democracy / 21 April 2020
The coronavirus outbreak exposes the fundamental inhumanity of US foreign policy in the Middle East.
Despite widespread outcry to alter U.S. foreign policy in recent weeks, including letters on Iran and Gaza in the House and Senate, the Trump administration has largely stayed its course. Among other policy flaws,...
US to recognise annexation of occupied West Bank, Jordan Valley
Al-Jazeera / April 28, 2020
Palestinians reject application of Israeli law on occupied WB areas, saying it will shut the door on two-state solution.
The United States said it was ready to recognise Israel's annexation of much of the occupied West Bank, but asked the new unity government also to negotiate...
PFLP criticises Abbas for blocking budget payment
Middle East Monitor / April 27, 2020
The Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has criticised Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for stopping the PLO’s National Fund from making a budget payment to the organisation, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported on Sunday.
“Tightening restrictions on the neck of the PFLP, halting its budget...
Why should Palestinians talk to their oppressors?
Hind Khoudary
The Electronic Intifada / April 27, 2020
I have recently been at the center of a controversy after publicly expressing my anger at someone in Gaza who would normalize relations with Israel and Israelis.
It happened quite by accident. I was scrolling through Facebook in early April when I came...
