It’s Not Just the Settlers – or Israel – Responsible for the Torching of Huwwara

It’s Not Just the Settlers – or Israel – Responsible for the Torching of Huwwara

A sustained violent attack by hundreds of Jewish settlers on the Palestinian town of Huwwara last week – as well as the response of Israel’s new far-right government – has divided Jewish opinion in Israel and deeply discomfited Jews abroad. The Board of Deputies, which claims to represent Britain’s Jewish community and is usually a…

‘Truth, No Matter What’: Why Watering Down Palestinian Reality is a Crime

‘Truth, No Matter What’: Why Watering Down Palestinian Reality is a Crime

On February 20, the United Nations Security Council approved a statement, described in the media as a ‘watered-down’ version of an earlier draft resolution which would have demanded that Israel “immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory.” The intrigues that led to the scrapping of what was meant to be…

By Recognizing Israel, Muslim Countries Are Betraying the Palestinian Cause

By Recognizing Israel, Muslim Countries Are Betraying the Palestinian Cause

The Arab, Muslim and many of the “Non-Aligned” member countries were once staunch supporters of the Palestinian cause. However, in the world that exists today, this is no longer the case. One after the other, the Arab states are falling into the trap of normalizing relations with Israel. Many African nations are doing the same,…

On False Hopes and Broken Promises: Behind the Scenes of the UN Statement on Palestine

On False Hopes and Broken Promises: Behind the Scenes of the UN Statement on Palestine

Rarely does the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations make an official remark expressing happiness over any U.N. proceeding concerning the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Indeed, the Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour is “very happy that there was a very strong united message from the Security Council against the illegal, unilateral measure” undertaken by the Israeli…

The Road to Huwara

The Road to Huwara

If they could they would murder us all. But they want to uproot us. I say our answer is to strike at them and reaeepen our roots. We have made a series of decisions recently that in the face of international reality is not a simple one: to deepen our roots, to deepen our settlements…

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…