Palestine cancels 1995 Oslo Accords signed with Israel
Middle East Monitor / January 31, 2020
Palestine on Thursday cancelled the 1995 Oslo Accords signed with Israel, Anadolu reports.
“Israel has been informed that the Palestinian administration will not adhere to the agreements between them,” the Palestinian Authority’s Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein al-Sheikh said in a televised interview with Al-Jazeera.
Sheikh also...
‘There is no occupation’: US compares its military in Germany to Israel in Palestine
Middle East Monitor / January 30, 2020
Israeli soldiers patrolling a future Palestinian state should not be considered occupying powers, according to David Friedman.
The US ambassador to Israel, who is closely aligned to the Israeli settlement enterprise, suggested that US troops patrolling cities is various parts of the world were...
Palestine: UN reiterates two-state solution based on 1967 borders
Middle East Monitor / January 30, 2020
The United Nations stressed on Wednesday its adherence to international legitimacy resolutions on the conflict in the Middle East, and bilateral agreements on the establishment of two states, living side by side in peace and security within recognised borders based on the 1967...
ICC war crime probe more likely to find Israel guilty says Israeli legal expert
Middle East Monitor / January 29, 2020
Israeli officials are at risk of being issued arrest warrants over possible war crimes in the occupied West Bank. That is the conclusion of Yuval Shany, an expert on international law at the Israel Democracy Institute.
Commenting on what may turn out to be...
The Elders warn that new US ‘peace’ plan for the Middle East is unworkable
Middle East Monitor / January 29, 2020
The Elders warned today that the new US proposals announced by President Donald Trump cannot provide a workable solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. If implemented by Israel, they would make the two-state solution impossible, entrenching deep inequality along ethnic lines and moving the...
