Donald Trump, hypocrisy and the Holy Land
In their reactions to Donald Trump’s hypocritical Jerusalem declaration, many Arab and Muslim leaders have exhibited their own grotesque double standards.
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Controversial US embassy in Jerusalem changes nothing and everything
Donald Trump’s decision to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem changes nothing on the ground but everything on the horizon. It is the final death certificate of the peace process.
Read MoreISIS and Mosul’s lost diversity
The Islamic State’s (ISIS) destruction of Mosul’s ethnic diversity is more heart-breaking than the erasure of its architectural and cultural heritage.
Read MoreThe Arab world’s missed opportunities
Early Arab rejectionism and division unwittingly helped to build Israel and to lose Palestine, with the Palestinian people paying the heavy price.
Read MoreRefuge in exile for Palestinians and Israelis
Is it possible for Israelis and Palestinians to find common refuge in their shared notions of exile and return?
Read MorePrinciple and pragmatism demand end to Gaza blockade
Both humanity and self-interest should compel Israel to end its inhumane siege of Gaza.
Read MoreRethinking the right of return
Palestinians understandably dream of return, but focusing on the right of return is standing in the way of other, more vital rights.
Read MoreThe Nakba and the battle for Palestinian memory
Palestinians run the risk of forgetting the Nakba and there are those who do not wish us to remember it. But our future freedom depends on our memory.
Read MoreIsraelis for an independent Palestine
Left-wing Israelis do not buy Netanyahu’s scare tactics and look forward to living side by side with an independent Palestine.
Read MorePalestine@UN: From national to civil rights
As the two-state solution enters its final death throes, it is time for campaigners to switch their demands to equal rights in a single democratic state.
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