Rima Khalaf

Is Israel an Apartheid State?

[Prefatory Note: This post was originally published on March 22, 2017 by The Nation under the title “The Inside Story of Our UN Report Calling Israel an Apartheid State,” the text of which can be found at this link: https://www.thenation.com/article/the-inside-story-on-our-un-report-calling-israel-an-apartheid-state/ What is below is somewhat modified.]
 
 
Is Israel an Apartheid State?
 

Out in the Open: Jewish Power Rears Ugly Head in Censoring of UN Report

By Richard Edmondson | Fig Trees and Vineyards | March 20, 2017 Recent developments at the United Nations–(with regard to the censoring of a report on Israeli apartheid and the resignation of a high-ranking UN official who had been ordered to repudiate it)–should be viewed in the context of remarks made earlier this month by […]

Text of Resignation Letter by ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf

Jadaliyya | March 18, 2017 The following is the resignation letter by ESWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf in response to the formal request by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that ESCWA withdraw the publication of a scholarly report (below) that found Israel guilty of apartheid. Dear Mr. Secretary-General, I have carefully considered your message conveyed through […]