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Comment: A permanent settlement of the Israel-Palestine conflict is not yet a lost cause, but it will require courageous and resolute US leadership from President-elect Joe Biden, argues Daoud Kuttab
Analysis: The Palestinian leadership must escape the illusion that Biden will significantly challenge Israeli policy, let alone deliver Palestinian statehood.
The future of EU-Israel relations after Biden's victory
Analysis: While there are hopes that Joe Biden will revamp transatlantic ties, the EU needs to find its own voice on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
'Cultivating settlements': Israel's colonial expansion rebranded
Comment: Dropping the term 'annexation' will make it easier for Israel to continue its colonial project without being reprimanded by the ...
How will the EU respond to Israel's annexation plans?
The EU is a staunch defender of the two-state solution but remains divided on how to push back against Israel's annexation plans.
Trump's 'Deal of the Century' hijacked the international order
Comment: The PA and EU have a chance to reclaim an international order hijacked by Israeli obstructionism and American unpredictability, write Faysal and Nizar Mohamad.
Israeli settlements: A final wakeup call to the EU
Comment: It's crucial that the international community acts now to stop Israel, with US support, inching closer towards perpetual apartheid, ...
Trump's decision to declare Israeli settlements 'legal' draws criticism
The US decision to declare Israeli settlements legal has sparked anger in the Arab world and beyond.
Netanyahu visits West Bank to celebrate US announcement
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the Trump administration's declaration, which stepped back from four decades of US policy, a "huge ...
America declares Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land 'legal'
The declaration puts the United States at odds with virtually all countries and UN Security Council resolutions
EU slams Israel for building thousands of settlement homes
The EU has urged Israel to comply with international law by halting the construction of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
South Africa shames other nations at UN over Palestine
Comment: South Africa ended its Security Council term on a fiery note, calling out inaction and the need for UN reform, writes Suraya Dadoo.
The 'Palestinian Affairs Unit' is not about Palestine
Comment: The 'Palestinian Affairs Unit' amounts to little more than a mechanism for obliterating Palestine while prioritising US relations with ...
Standoff at Rissan Hill: Resisting a new Israeli outpost
Comment: Strategically located villages near Ramallah are suffering land grabs that fragment their territory and aim to drive people from their ...
Malaysian pro-Palestine NGO files lawsuit against Israel
A Malaysian pro-Palestine NGO is filing an ICC lawsuit against Israel for violating a 2016 UN Security Council resolution.
How many times has US backed Israel at UN?
As Israel's biggest ally, the US has used its UN Security Council veto dozens of times to protect the Jewish state from resolutions condemning illegal settlements to violence against Palestinians.
Efforts to smother BDS are only empowering it
Comment: With endorsement from the Democratic Socialists of America, BDS continues to gain momentum, despite unfounded accusations of ...
Abbas seeks out Chinese support for Palestine
Analysis: China has historically been a friend of Palestine, but its economic initiatives require increasing cooperation with Israel, writes ...
US to UN: ignore 'usual-suspect' Israel and blacklist Hamas
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, on Tuesday absolved Israel of responsibility for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, calling ...
'Settlement activity banned' in Israel-China construction deal
Israel cites Chinese concerns over worker safety as reason for workers being barred from working on settlement activity in newly-signed ...
Elusive as ever, two-state remains the only option
Comment: Rejecting the two-state solution and failing to offer equal citizenship to Palestinians would see Israel become an ethnocracy. The ...
Abbas warns he could suspend security cooperation with Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has warned of dire consequences to the prospects of peace with Israel, after the Knesset passed a law ...
EU invests billions in companies linked to Israeli settlements
Europe's five largest pension funds are heavily invested in companies with links to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, ...
Israel-Palestine? Forget Paris. It won't be hard.
Comment: Alone, the conference amounts to little, but in the context of the past year it signals an ongoing, significant move away from the ...
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