News & Analysis – Palestine Square

The Multiple Dimensions of the Palestinian Crisis

November 1, 2018 Hani Al-Masri

All of these developments reveal that Palestinians are facing an unprecedented crisis. What is desperately needed is a national vision that would overcome the polarization and produce a united, consensual, and democratic electoral process.

Gaza’s Status Quo Unlikely to Change

October 22, 2018 Tareq Baconi

Three crucial developments today are testing an equilibrium of belligerence that has shaped relations between Hamas and Israel for the past eleven years.

How Bolton’s Strategies toward Palestine Could backfire at World Court

October 18, 2018 Victor Kattan

A favorable ICJ decision in Palestine v. United States of America would be more significant than the Court’s 2004 Advisory Opinion on the Wall because it would be binding on the United States.

What the Closure of the PLO Office in Washington Really Means

October 10, 2018 Dorgham Abusalim

In shuttering the General Delegation of the PLO to the U.S., the Trump administration has cut off any U.S. citizen, including Palestinian-Americans, from engaging with Palestine at the institutional level.

The Sabra and Shatila Massacre: New Evidence

September 25, 2018 Rashid Khalidi

More than 36 years after these tragic events, the Institute for Palestine Studies hopes that by making public these documents, it can help those who wish to shed light on them, and thereby honor the memory of those who lost their lives in Sabra and Shatila

Palestinian Refugees are the Ultimate Battleground for the International Community

September 25, 2018 Francesca Albanese

U.S. attempts to find legal justification for assault on Palestinian refugees and UNRWA brush aside history and sidestep the purpose of international law altogether.

How the Oslo Accords Stunted Palestinian Economic Growth

September 18, 2018 Nur Arafeh

Despite its expiration nineteen years ago, the Paris Protocol has locked the Palestinian economy in a crippling structural dependency on Israel.

The Oslo Accords: An Excuse for War Crimes

September 16, 2018 Diana Buttu

The choice that the PA faces today is whether to withdraw its recognition of the apartheid regime it helped create or continue with the fiction that going through the Oslo Accords will lead to freedom.

25 Years Later: The Oslo Accords and the Palestinian Citizens of Israel

September 13, 2018 Leena Dallasheh

Twenty-five years after Oslo, as a new deal by the Trump administration seems imminent, Palestinians have hopefully learned never to participate in a deal that fails to recognize them as equals to Israelis.

25 Years After the Oslo Accords, Independence Remains More Elusive than Ever for Palestinians

September 13, 2018 Rashid Khalidi

The time has long since come to embrace a new paradigm based on equal rights for all in Palestine/Israel.