News & Analysis – Palestine Square

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.

Jerusalem Mayor Vows to Kick Out UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees

September 4, 2018 Allison Deger

“We will close their schools and give pupils hope and Israeli matriculation in the city’s schools, we will put an end to incitement, and we will replace their failed welfare services with our plan,” he said.

Christian Zionism Not Essential for Evangelicals

August 30, 2018 Jonathan Kuttab

Young evangelicals, in particular, hold differing views from their parents on a variety of subjects: they are less comfortable with blind uncritical support for the state of Israel.

The Gaza Truce: At What Price?

August 23, 2018 Ramzy Baroud

The sad truth is that whatever grand illusion is harbored by Washington and Tel Aviv at the moment is almost entirely based on exploiting Palestinian divisions, for which the Palestinian leaderships are to be wholly blamed.

Israeli Restrictions Add to Suffering of Gaza’s Cancer Patients

August 22, 2018 Ahmad Kabariti

Caught between Israel’s restrictions and crippling poverty, Gaza’s cancer patients find themselves in a grim reality with little reason for hope.

After Cortez, Tlaib, and Omar Victories: What’s Next for Palestine Advocacy?

August 20, 2018 Tala Alfoqaha

Tlaib’s victory propels forward a shift already underway in U.S. politics, as do primary victories by New York’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar.

UNRWA Crisis: Beyond Dollars and Cents

August 3, 2018 Zaha Hassan

The existential threat facing UNRWA is deliberate, and so are the dire consequences for the 5.3 million registered refugees it serves.