MAUREEN CLARE MURPHY
The Palestinian human rights and prisoner advocacy group Addameer announced today that the mass, open-ended hunger strike in Israeli prisons which began on 17 April, Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, has now grown to an estimated 2,000 participants. Addameer renews its calls for action in support of the hunger striking prisoners.
A TALE OF PALESTINIAN NONSENSE BY BARRY SHAW
BARRY SHAW
The world has bought into the Palestinian narrative of victimhood to the extent that, for decades, it has thrown billions of dollars into a lie.
ENDING THE PALESTINIAN “RIGHT OF RETURN”
DANIEL PIPES
Between 1967 and 1993, just a few hundred Palestinians from the West Bank or Gaza won the right to live in Israel by marrying Israeli Arabs (who constitute nearly one-fifth of Israel’s population) and acquiring Israeli citizenship.
EXTREMISM ON THE RISE IN ISRAEL
ARIE AMAYA-AKKERMANS
“It’s been enough. It is unacceptable to sit and wait for the next political murder.” Those were the words of Ishay Menuchin, director of the Public Committee Against Torture.
GLOBAL REPERCUSSIONS: PALESTINE, UNESCO, AND THE AMERICANS
KIT WEAVER
On 31st October, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, or UNESCO, voted to admit Palestine as a full member. The vote was as highly politicised as it was controversial.
THE LEGAL CASE AGAINST PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD
DAVID B. RIVKIN JR.
Later this week Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to seek recognition of a Palestinian state from the United Nations. The move is opposed by the Obama administration, which has rightly called it a “distraction.” Nevertheless, the PA’s effort has wide support among the U.N. membership, including Security Council members Russia, China and Britain, as well as other important regional states such as Turkey.
THE PALESTINIAN UN BID: ABBAS AND DOMESTIC FRONT
NERVANA
On September 16, 2011 President Mahmoud Abbas formally declared his intention to seek full membership for the Palestinian state in the United Nation. His decision raised more than a few eyebrows, as many did not expect him to defy the Obama administration who have repeatedly warned against such a move. So does Abbas know what he is doing?
JERUSALEM: THE KEY TO ISRAEL’S PEACE? OR AN EXISTENTIAL LIABILITY?
DANIEL SEIDEMANN
The Jewish attachment to Jerusalem is incontrovertible. However, the realities in Jerusalem today clash with Israel’s genuine interests.
TRUMPING THE LEGAL FORMALISM
ABDULAZIZ ALMUSLEM
Critical analysis of the“A Performance-based Road Map to a Permanent Two State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” (2002) in the light of the international law of self-determination.