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.
What does Tel Aviv Expect from an “Independent” Erbil?
Yet this sensuality alone is not enough to explain the harmony between the Kurds and Israel as Israel has a stateless population right beside itself (Palestinians) to whom it denies independence.
International community slowly integrating Palestine
Criticizing Israel’s negative stance, PLO negotiations spokesman Xavier Abu Eid tweeted: “Israel’s hysteria over Palestine’s Interpol membership is simply based on the fact that they don’t accept Palestinian statehood.
Time to Reform the United Nations
Concerns for international law and justice, alas, play only a negligible role for these actors as we have seen, for instance, in the entire episode of the Palestinian tragedy and the deafening silence in the face of the killing fields of Assad’s Syria since 2011.
Understanding Hamas’ New Political Document
ast month, two developments that are of vital importance for Palestinian politics occurred.
Why DAESH is So Pleasant to Israel
As one of its first heinous crimes, Daesh had attacked the Yarmouk Camp seven kilometers from the center of Damascus, where 200,000 Palestinians sought refuge after they were forced to leave their lands with Israel’s foundation in 1948.
Melian Dialogue and Six Years of Civil War in Syria
Endless efforts to raise awareness about the plight of Palestinians bore no fruit.
Has the Myth of the Global Village Ended Now?
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There are also some other socio-political indicators that highlight the probable end of the myth of the global village: the rise of the far right in European Union countries, the Scottish independence referendum in 2014, the Catalan independence movement in Spain, the Flemish movement in Belgium, the unofficial referendum of Venetian independence in Italy, Brexit, neo-Nazi tendencies in Germany, the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, anti-Islamic attacks, ethnic and denominational divisions in the Middle East, etc.
Sino-Soviet Split Redux under President Trump?
military from the Middle East, and a more evenhanded official position in approaching the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
US Elections: A Game without Winners for Muslims?
” She openly criticizes the United Nations for its votes against Israel, which has been committing crimes and carrying out apartheid policies towards the Palestinians, and says that she will increase the military budget for Israel if she becomes President.
DAESH: Documenting a Modern Heresy, Interview with Belkıs Kılıçkaya
But DAESH attacked the Yarmouk Camp where Palestinians were residing.
How Can Turkish-Iranian Commonalities Outweigh the Areas of Disagreement?
Other sources of tension between Iran and Turkey have been the Kurdish and the Palestinian issues.
The Troubling Legacy of the Sykes-Picot: A Century-Old Chaos in the Arab Middle East
The Cold War was indeed the scene of Israel’s neo-colonial uprooting of the Palestinians to the extent that most of the indigenous inhabitants of the area were forced to flee their homeland; thus, most became refugees.
Russia in Syria
In the 1970s, Hafez Assad as a "secular Baathist," after taking power in Syria, searched for a cover for his sectarian rule and legitimized it by lending his support to the Palestinian cause.
