News & Analysis Archives - Palestine Square

Israel Supreme Court Upholds Decision to Deport Senior HRW Official, Omar Shakir

November 8, 2019 Diana Buttu

[The Israeli Supreme Court] is not a court that has worked to halt Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and its occupation of Palestinian land; it is a court that has cast a veneer of legality over the actions of the racist, apartheid State of Israel.

The Press on Palestine: September 2019

October 14, 2019 Palestine Square

The Press on Palestine is an initiative by Palestine Square to highlight bias and watchdog mainstream U.S. print media’s reporting on Palestinian affairs and the Arab Israeli conflict. Select articles are shared and discussed.

Why Israel’s Election Changes Nothing and Everything for Palestinians

October 2, 2019 Amjad Iraqi

Three key and interconnected trends can be drawn from the election, all of which present crucial strategic questions for the Palestinian struggle in the years ahead.

Palestine refugees: a humanitarian issue to manage or an international responsibility to honor?

September 17, 2019 Francesca Albanese and Terry Rempel

The increasing calls for UNRWA’s dissolution, which conceal an attack on the Palestinian refugees as a community, is an assault on the principle of international responsibility sharing which lies at the core of the modern refugee regime.

The US Repudiation of International Law in Relation to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Wrong, Counter-productive and Dangerous

September 11, 2019 Vito Todeschini and Said Benarbia

The US administration has essentially repudiated international law as a relevant conceptual framework that should serve as a basis for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Israel Uses Its Firepower, Far and Wide

August 29, 2019 Paul Pillar

Israel pours gasoline on fires in places that need de-escalation, not escalation. It is certain to provoke more attempts at retaliation.

Netanyahu and Trump: Undoing Decades of Israeli Public Diplomacy

August 17, 2019 Laura Albast

Trump and Netanyahu are undoing decades of U.S.-Israel relations. Israel’s racism complements Trump’s; America’s defense of its elected officials challenges it.

Dangerous Bill in Congress to Crush the PLO and PA

August 14, 2019 Zaha Hassan

Senate bill 2132 puts at stake the ability of the PLO to engage in diplomatic and legal channels to support Palestinian national aspirations and to seek accountability through international mechanisms.

Palestinian Authority Thought Compliance Would Lead to Independence, but it Only Strengthened Israel’s Domination

July 11, 2019 Noura Erakat

Noura Erakat outlines how the Palestinian Authority’s illusory quest for statehood has shaped the actions of Palestinian leadership. (This excerpt originally appeared on Mondoweiss.net.)

El Salvador’s Bukele at Crossroads in Relations with Ancestral Land

June 28, 2019 Amy Fallas

Bukele’s Palestinian heritage has not necessarily translated to a fair and reasonable position on the conflict in his ancestral land.