Israel’s ‘environmental crisis’ is of its own making
Israel's destruction of the environment in Palestinian territories is now threatening Israeli lives.
Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo
Al-Jazeera / July 7, 2019
Gaza's growing humanitarian crisis is finally registering in Israel as a pressing problem requiring "clear and immediate" action. However, it is not the impact of the crisis on the...
How ‘archaeological settlements’ are destroying Palestinian homes
Israel is creating an 'imaginary historical reality' with tunnel excavations in occupied East Jerusalem, NGO says.
Mersiha Gadzo
Al-Jazeera / July 8, 2019
Fayyad Abu Rmeleh, 60, is afraid the floor and yard of his home will one day collapse. Every day, he says, from morning until late afternoon, the family hears...
The ‘Ultimate Deal’ is not meant to work
Omar Karmi
The Electronic Intifada / July 6, 2019
Well, thank the powers that be that that’s over.
The Manama Peace to Prosperity conference promised little and delivered nothing. There was some shouting and posturing, but overall the performance fizzled.
It was not, however, merely a botched exercise in futility.
It was a show...
Why Israel wants Iran destroyed
Greg Shupak
The Electronic Intifada / June 11, 2019
Much worried commentary is being written these days about the possibility of a US-led war on Iran.
The truth, of course, is there is already a war on Iran. And it is one that very much serves Israeli interests.
The US government is prosecuting...
VIDEO – Israel beyond Apartheid – Susan Abulhawa
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs / March 24, 2019
(58 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYvb8YAvHL8
Susan Abulhawa will present the keynote speech at the sixth Israel Lobby & American Policy Conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on March 22. Her address is entitled “Israel Beyond Apartheid,” and will examine the nature...
Israel’s problematic role in perpetuating water insecurity for Palestine
Zena Agha
Atlantic Council / June 2019
Climate change poses an existential and global threat to humanity. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is expected to be impacted more than any other area. At the regional level, the predicted consequences of climate change are an accelerated rise in sea level, a significant increase...
Head of Israel lobby group exposed by undercover film resigns
Asa Winstanley
The Electronic Intifada / July 3, 2019
The CEO of one of America’s most influential Israel lobby groups has stepped down, amid reports of a funding crisis.
Though unacknowledged in the reporting, Josh Block’s resignation as head of The Israel Project comes less than a year after an undercover documentary revealed many of the group’s covert...
Echoes of FDR in Trump’s bid for Palestinian surrender
There’s nothing new about a U.S. president assuming that Palestinians can be bribed into cooperating with Zionist ambitions.
Lawrence Davidson
consortiumnews.com / July 1, 2019
President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, or at least the economic side of it, was discussed at a meeting in Bahrain on June 25 and...
Settlers in suits
Tamara Nassar
The Electronic Intifada / July 1, 2019
US officials participated in the launch of a settlement project in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan on Sunday.
Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt and US ambassador to Israel David Friedman helped to sledge-hammer the opening to a tunnel beneath the Palestinian neighbourhood, part of a...
State of Exception – What role has local and international law played in the...
Raja Shehadeh
The Nation / July 15-22, 2019
Living and working as a lawyer in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, I have followed the changes that Israel has been making to the laws in force there since the late 1970s. Over the course of the first 24 years of its occupation, Israel...
