Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir Have All but Guaranteed a New Intifada Will Soon Erupt

Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir Have All but Guaranteed a New Intifada Will Soon Erupt

There is a story about the Roman Emperor Nero, according to which he set  Rome on fire just so that he could see the flames. The story may or may not be true, but when Palestine is in flames, history will remember who lit the match. Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime minister of Israel, will be…

A Tale of Three Cities

A Tale of Three Cities

One might actually be willing to consider that there might be some value in the “rules based international order” being promoted by the Joe Biden Administration if such a thing actually existed and was applied equally to all transgressors. Of course, in reality, the “rules” being referred to are neither agreed upon nor driven by…

Bennett Must Tread Carefully: The ‘Sword of Jerusalem’ Could Be Unleashed Again

Bennett Must Tread Carefully: The ‘Sword of Jerusalem’ Could Be Unleashed Again

Starting on April 15, the Israeli occupation army and police raided Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied East Jerusalem on a daily basis. Under the pretense of providing protection to provocative ‘visits’ by thousands of illegal Israeli Jewish settlers and right-wing fanatics, the Israeli army has wounded hundreds of Palestinians, including journalists, and arrested hundreds more. Palestinians…

Taught to Hate: Israeli Soldiers and Settlers Commence Annual Ramadan Blood-Spilling

Taught to Hate: Israeli Soldiers and Settlers Commence Annual Ramadan Blood-Spilling

We are barely halfway into the month of Ramadan and already the toll has gone beyond 20 Palestinians dead and countless wounded. Al-Aqsa mosque has been raided and the images of militarized Israeli police storming the mosque, beating and shooting indiscriminately at worshipers, demonstrate what was clear from the beginning: Israel wants this month to…