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Resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict EXPECT NOTHING FROM TRUMP
February 22, 2017 22:45Sorce: Qantara.de
https://en.qantara.de/content/resolving-the-israel-palestine-conflict-expect-nothing-from-trump
By Sam Bahour and Mousa Jiryis
Sam Bahour and Mousa Jiryis are policy analysts with Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network. An earlier version of this commentary was published by Al-Shabaka and can be accessed by clicking here.
While the US continues to turn a blind eye to settlement expansion, the international community and the EU in particular are left with the responsibility of ensuring that everyday life in the Palestinian enclaves does not collapse. Time for a rethink, argue policy analysts Sam Bahour and Mousa Jiryis
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US urges Human Rights Council to end ‘obsession with Israel’
March 01, 2017 19:21Source: The Times of Israel
BY AP AND TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF March 1, 2017, 4:58 pm
Envoy Erin Barclay says relative indifference to ongoing abuses in Syria, North Korea undermining credibility of UN body
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Out the Closet …
March 07, 2017 22:03The Times of Israel, MARCH 7, 2017, 10:16 PM
By: Abraham A. van Kempen
The Hague, The Netherlands
I can’t suppress it any longer. I must express exactly how I feel. It’s who I am.
We can’t continue fooling ourselves. When will we realise we cannot fool all of the people all of the time, especially ourselves? Around the world, Israel has lost the war in the Greater Court of World Public Opinion. Why is it that every person I meet, religious or secular, tells me: “You can’t get away getting something for nothing. You can’t get away with murder”.
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Opinion // My Parents Founded a Settlement, Now Trump Could Make Their Dream Come True
March 13, 2017 15:17Source: Haaretz
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.776450
Mar 12, 2017 4:37 AM
By Yair Svorai
The expansion of Jewish settlements has followed a consistent pattern for about 100 years – the replacement of Palestinians by Jews. The new U.S. president provides a historical opportunity to accelerate the process.
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Open Letter to Theresa May: On 100th anniversary of Balfour Declaration recognize an independent Palestinian state
March 29, 2017 16:48Source: Mondoweiss
March 22, 2017
http://mondoweiss.net/2017/03/anniversary-declaration-independent/
By: Rev. Dr. Alex Awad
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Will EU take the lead on two-state solution?
April 03, 2017 15:29Source: Al-Monitor
By: Uri Savir
The EU leadership both at headquarters and in its main member states have become disillusioned with US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. After Trump’s March 17 meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s Feb. 9 meeting with Federica Mogherini, the EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, it is clear to both Berlin and Brussels that on the main international agenda issues, the EU will have to develop an independent foreign policy. As an independent policy, it will not depend on US approval, but only on coordination with Washington. A senior EU official close to Mogherini told Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity that while the EU still sees the United States as the leader of the Western world, it is concerned about America’s growing isolationism and significant policy differences on key issues such as Russia, climate change, free trade and the Israeli-Palestinian issue.
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The Price of Fear, the Price of Dictatorship ثمن الخوف، ثمن الديكتاتوريه يدفعها العرب الان
March 13, 2017 14:42By: Sami Jamil Jadallah, JD
Founder and Executive Director
New Arab Foundation
Mr. Sami Jamil Jadallah is a Palestinian-American immigrant with over 50 years in the US and is a Veteran of the US Army where he received leadership award.
Sami attended Indiana University where he earned his BA, MPA/School of Public and Environmental Affairs and Doctor of Jurisprudence.
After a two-year stint with a major Wall Street law firm, Sami and for the last 35 years served as international legal and business consultants with clients from the Middle East, Europe, Latin America and the US.
I grew up when there were curfews that lasted for days, when listening to the wrong radio station can land you in jail, when a stupid illiterate “security/mukhabarat” can haul you to jail for no reason. I remember when and have seen "gendarmerie" on horses raiding villages, breaking into homes; mixing rice, oil, lentil and flour in the middle of the floor.
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Addressing growing needs of Palestinian women and children in Gaza: Need for moral Diplomacy
April 11, 2017 20:36By Anant Mishra
Anant Mishra is a Former Youth Representative to the United Nations. He has extensively served in the United Nations Security Council, the United Nations General Assembly along with the Economic and Social Council. He is also a visiting faculty for many prominent universities and delivers lectures on conflict management, foreign policy and non proliferation subjects.
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Israeli Practices towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid
March 21, 2017 17:51Submitted by Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dr. Rima Khalaf
Palestine and the Israeli Occupation, Issue No. 1
Executive Summary
This report concludes that Israel has established an apartheid regime that dominates the Palestinian people as a whole. Aware of the seriousness of this allegation, the authors of the report conclude that available evidence establishes beyond a reasonable doubt that Israel is guilty of policies and practices that constitute the crime of apartheid as legally defined in instruments of international law.
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Open letter to Mr António M. de Oliveira Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
May 01, 2017 11:59Mr António M. de Oliveira Guterres
Secretary-General
The United Nations
1st Avenue and 46th Street
New York, NY 10017
Dear Mr Guterres,
Thank you for your reply dated 4 April 2017 to my letter to you of 23 March 2017. I have another ‘sour apple to peel with you’, Mr Guterres. It’s a Dutch saying meaning: I must have a strong word with you.
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