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Roundtable on UNRWA’s Contemporary Role

December 8, 2019 Palestine Square

Palestine Square gathered a diverse group of experts with legal and academic backgrounds for a roundtable to reflect on UNRWA’s role in this era of uncertainty surrounding the question of Palestinian refugees.

What Gaza’s Escalation Tells Us About Israel’s Policy Towards the Besieged Enclave

November 19, 2019 Muhammad Shehada

Consciously acting on a failed assassination policy underlines Israel’s deep cynicism in its relationship with Gaza.

October 2019 Press Review: Victimization, Delegitimization, and “Democracy”

November 12, 2019 Laura Albast

In October, Israelis and the Kurds were lumped as one as if they share the same fate, Israel’s institutional strength is overstated, and the Democratic Party’s shift on Israel is presented in a negative light.

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.