Oslo Accords: ‘the big illusion and the false dream’
Mohammad Makram Balawi
Middle East Monitor / September 22, 2023
Every time the anniversary of the signing of the Oslo Accords between the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Israeli occupation – officially known as the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, on 13 September, 1993...
Israel soldiers raid Palestinian girls’ school in East Jerusalem causing extensive damage
Middle East Monitor / September 22, 2023
Israeli occupation forces yesterday broke into the Izzariyeh Elementary School for Girls, located to the east of Jerusalem, reported WAFA news agency.
According to Sireen Faroun, the school’s principal, both teachers and students were shocked at the extent of damage...
Hamas: Israel’s use of suicide drones in Jenin reflects its weakness
Middle East Monitor / September 22, 2023
A senior member of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Mousa Abu Marzouk, said yesterday that “the Israeli army’s use of suicide drones in the Jenin camp is proof of the deep crisis it is facing due to successive resistance strikes in...
Israel to seal off Palestine territories for Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur
Middle East Monitor / September 22, 2023
Israel announced, on Friday, that it will seal off the Palestinian Territories for the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which begins Saturday midnight, Anadolu Agency reports.
The Israeli army said in a statement that, based on a security assessment and the political level directives,...
25-year-old Palestinian shot dead in Israel, becoming the 179th victim this year
Middle East Monitor / September 22, 2023
A 25-year-old Palestinian citizen of Israel was shot dead in the village of Musmus, near Umm al-Fahm, in Israel, reported Haaretz.
Identified as Mohammad Agbarya, the victim was pronounced dead at Haemek Medical Centre in Afula after being transferred by paramedics from the...
Israel strikes Gaza after Palestinians in besieged strip launch incendiary balloons toward Israel
Julia Frankel
AP / September 22, 2023
JERUSALEM – Israel carried out a series of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip late on Friday after Palestinian activists launched incendiary balloons into Israel as a week of violence along the volatile frontier intensified.
The rising tensions along Israel’s front with Gaza came...
Palestinians must not have veto over Arab-Israel deals, Netanyahu tells UN
AJ Staff
Al-Jazeera / September 22, 2023
Israeli prime minister’s speech focuses on push for formal relations with Saudi Arabia. Here’s all you need to know.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hailed recent so-called “normalization” deals between Israel and Arab states, stressing that Palestinians must not have “veto” over such agreements.
Speaking...
Thousands in New York City protest Israel’s judicial overhaul as Netanyahu addresses UN
Noa Yachot
The Guardian / September 22, 2023
Demonstrators see the move as an attack on Israel’s institutions but New York City protest lacks Palestinian presence.
Thousands of Israelis and American Jews protested outside the United Nations in New York City, as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke before the...
[normalization] US senator ‘very wary’ of signing a defence pact with Saudi Arabia
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / September 21, 2023
Chris Murphy questions if Riyadh is ‘the kind of stable regime that we should commit American blood to defending’.
US Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and vocal critic of Saudi Arabia and Egypt, has expressed concerns about potentially offering...
The permit regime is Oslo’s enduring legacy – it must be abolished
Yael Berda
+972 Magazine / September 21, 2023
The separation logic enshrined by the Oslo Accords birthed a cruel system of Israeli control, whose security justifications collapsed into openly racist ones.
As the world marks 30 years since the signing of the Oslo Accords, many have been eulogizing the agreement and declaring...
