South African MP and the grandson of Nelson Mandela, Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, addressed a sold out crowd at the Palestine Expo in London yesterday, saying “We have a moral duty to support the BDS and to support the Palestinian struggle”. Organised by the British NGO Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA), Palestine Expo has been dubbed the […]
As Sudan Crowds Demand Civilian Rule, Was Al-Bashir’s Overthrow just another Military Coup?
By Khalil Charles | @khalilcharles | – According to well-informed sources, on the night of 22 February this year, as the invited guests in Sudan’s presidential palace gardens and television crews waited for the President to arrive and address the nation, the country’s former head of intelligence was also waiting. Enraged by President Omar Al-Bashir’s […]
Lesson for Kushner in Manama: The Palestinian Resistance can Never be Bought
By Abdulaziz Kilani | @AZ_Kilani | – The wheels of US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner’s, peace plan for the Middle East are now in motion. This week, the first step of the plan illustrated in the “Peace to Prosperity” economic workshop took place in Bahrain’s capital Manama. While the Palestinian leadership said that […]
Jared Kushner’s Steal of the Century: Stolen Land, Stolen Water, Stolen Images
By Bill Law | – Jared Kushner and Benjamin Netanyahu must have considered it the longest of long shots but what if the Palestinians by some wild stretch of the imagination had called their bluff on the “deal of the century”; what if they had suddenly decided to turn up in Bahrain for the “Peace […]
How Israeli “Rules of Engagement” Allow Soldiers to Shoot Children in the Back
By Asa Winstanley | @AsaWinstanley | – The Haifa-based Palestinian human rights group Adalah has done a lot of important work over the years. Its name is Arabic for “justice”. Much of Adalah’s work focuses on the rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel, or the “Palestinians of the 1948 territories” as they often describe themselves. […]
Trump & Kushner aren’t Offering Palestinians $50 bn.: They’re Bribing the Neighbors to Bury Them
By Hossam Shaker | – Donald Trump’s administration has recently shown great interest in Palestinians and their welfare. Even Jared Kushner, the US President’s son-in-law, has tried to spread optimism at the Manama workshop, presenting many ‘opportunities’ for the Palestinian people. Kushner has spoken to the participants as Wall Street speculators, reducing the Palestinian cause […]
Dear Jared Kushner: The Real Deal of the Century would be Decolonizing Palestine at Last
By Ramona Wadi | @walzerscent | – Palestinians have rejected the Manama summit taking place today for several legitimate reasons – all pointing to how the US prelude to the so-called “deal of the century” normalises Israel at an unprecedented level. This normalisation will drastically reduce Palestinian prospects for liberation, which are already precariously low, […]
Saudi Crown Prince Haunted by Ghost of Murdered dissident Journalist Khashoggi
By Hazem Ayyad | – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman tried to pre-empt the release of the final report of the international inquiry into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi by giving an interview to journalist Ghassan Charbel of the London-based Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday, 16 June. The Khashoggi crisis has […]
Bipartisan Senate Vote Blocks Trump’s $8 bn. Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia
By Abdulaziz Kilani | @AZ_Kilani | – The US Senate yesterday blocked arms sales to Saudi Arabia, ushering in a new episode in the House’s stance towards the Kingdom. This comes as a rebuke of US President Donald Trump, who has been trying to sell $8 billion worth of military weapons to Saudi Arabia, the […]
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