The Decline of Diplomacy: How Trump is Destroying the Middle East
The Palestinian case is an excellent textbook example to see how Trumpian diplomacy works without diplomats and law without paying respect to international norms in the Middle East.
The US Pretends No More in Giving Israel What it Wants
If the Jerusalem decision is any indication, the administration’s next moves in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be to embrace and fully endorse the Israeli demands without any regard to the Palestinian aspirations, which can only bring about more violence and instability.
No Unified Front for Turkey’s Ethnic Kurdish Parties
Israel’s massacre of over 50 unarmed Palestinians at the fences separating Gaza from Israel and the rest of Palestine has been the top matter on Turkey’s agenda over the past week.
The Nakba, 70 years on
Apart from threatening member states at the General Assembly, in response to Palestinians who pulled back from the negotiating table and stated that the U.
The 300 French Horsemen of the Apocalypse
For instance, while Palestinians are considered “terrorists,” the Israeli state is regarded as democratic, and its acts such as murdering and displacing Palestinians and occupying Palestinian territory are named “operations.
International Mount of Olives Peace Awards 2018
Under the premiership of the Turkish presidency and organized by the Al-Quds Platform in Istanbul, the International Mount of Olives Peace Awards were rewarded to four different individuals for their long commitment to the Palestinian cause.
US State Dept withholds $65M aid to Palestine
funding will depend on “some revisions” being made at the agency, which provides healthcare and social services to Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, Gaza, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.
Trump, the Israeli Lobby and Christian Zionism
Throughout this turbulent century, no other event put to test the legitimacy and integrity of the international legal order more than the Palestinian issue.
Re-shaping the Middle East? Israel-backed UAE-Saudi Alliance
As listed within the sanctions imposed on the country, Qatar was demanded to withdraw its support from Hamas, a prominent actor within the Palestinian resistance movement.
Defying threats, world rejects US recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital
Though the resolution adopted on Thursday is non-binding, its support by the majority in the General Assembly suggests a symbolic support for the Palestinian cause and simultaneously a rejection of the US power on which the Israeli state has been riding so long recklessly.
Ibrahim Abu Thuraya: the man who fought to his last limb
On Friday when the 29-year-old joined thousands of Palestinians to protest the US declaration of Jerusalem as Israeli capital, he became one among the four Palestinians to be shot by the Israeli military.
Turkey to open embassy in East Jerusalem
Altay criticized the Arab states for being insensitive to Palestinians and failing the cause of Palestine by not being active in their solidarity with the people of Palestine.
Palestine is a sovereign state, with East Jerusalem as its capital
Finally, before finishing his speech, President Erdogan reminded the Palestinian political sections in occupied Palestine to “solve their problems within themselves and act in unity against this test,” claiming that Palestinian unity has become a “must for them.
Gulf States silence media on Jerusalem
Katz claimed that the US administration was in contact with Arab leaders to ensure their help to contain Palestinian and Arab reaction.
Putin in Turkey: S-400 deal to be finalized “this week”
The Russian president stated that the status of Jerusalem should be settled through direct talks between Palestinians and Israel.
World outraged by Trump’s Jerusalem decision
In Turkey, whose president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been at the forefront in condemning Trump’s move, calling the decision as “null and void” for Turkey, thousands of people took to the streets in Istanbul with Turkish and Palestinian flags, chanting pro-Palestinian slogans.
From Balfour to the Nakba: Zionist Settler Colonialism
The Palestinian national movement was organized enough to resist the settler colonial project in Palestine by popular and violent means.
Trump announces Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, crosses red line
“After more than two decades of waivers, we are no closer to a lasting peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians,” he added.
Mr. Trump, Jerusalem is a red line for Muslims
One official stressed that certain regions in East Jerusalem are still considered "occupied Palestinian territories" and that "this decision of the President does not suggest a change in the judicial issues in question.
Trump expected to announce Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
A move by Trump to recognize Jerusalem will not only anger Palestinians but the broader Muslim world as well.
