A look from South Africa. By Dr. Halim Gençoğlu, Wits University – South Africa The relationship between the United States and Israel has long been a contentious issue in global politics, with the U.S. being one of Israel’s strongest allies. However, the support provided by the U.S. to Israel, particularly under former President Donald Trump, has sparked widespread criticism, especially ...
How did the agreement impose itself? By Yiğit Saner After 15 months in Gaza, the weapons have temporarily been laid down. But how did we come from vows of complete annihilation to a point where Israeli hardliners describe the situation as a “defeat” and “humiliation”? The most obvious answer lies in former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s remarks at ...
What do Trump’s appointees think about Palestine? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist / Author The only thing that is known for certain about US President Donald Trump’s Middle East doctrine is that he has no clear policy in this part of the world other than “defending Israel”. Considering the developments in Trump’s first term, such as the signing of the ...
Interview with the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine. By Yunus Soner, Siena / Italy Francesca Albanese is the UN’s Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories. She provides regular reports to UN human rights bodies regarding the situation here, including Israel’s violation of human rights. Albanese has been very frank her reports and stated, in these official documents, that Israel ...
The world is watching the developments on the Russian-Ukrainian and Palestinian-Israeli fronts with bated breath. We are not talking about limited or ephemeral wars, but about the big explosions of the process that, in the words of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, will end the West’s “500 years of world domination”. We are approaching the critical developments on both fronts. ...
Hamas has accepted a ceasefire deal proposed by Egypt and Qatar. But Israel says, it will continue to operate in Gaza despite Hamas’ response to the deal. So, the drama will go on for some times. It is a very sad saga, because an official familiar with Israeli thinking says Israeli officials are examining the cease-fire proposal approved by Hamas. ...
Israel and its aggressions against Palestine as well as its interventionism and cross border violence against the region keep on dominating the global headlines. The government of Netanyahu has not only kept on bombarding the Gaza Strip for 7 months, it is conducting also military attacks from Lebanon to Syria and Iran. Iran has responded to the recent bombing of ...
The scene seemed bitter and even blood-soaked, and between the shameful international inability and the timid attempts to put an urgent end to the tragedy of the Palestinians in Gaza, there is nothing on the horizon to put a quick end to this tragedy. The war is still at its peak, although the parties to the tragedy want a quick ...
Oral presentations before the International Court of Justice regarding Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territories including East Jerusalem continued on their 5th day. The court has been asked by the UN General Assembly to provide a non-binding advisory opinion. 12 countries made their presentations. Among them was Namibia, itself a victim of apartheid, that emphasized that previous ...
The public hearings in the International Court of Justice about Israel’s practices and policies in the occupied Palestinian territories continued their third day. 52 states had requested to make additional oral statements in the case, that started with a UN General Assembly resolution on December 30, 2022. The Assembly asked the court for a non-binding advisory opinion. On Wednesday, the ...