Palestinian protesters were neither terrorists nor heroes. “We are just normal people, living under every kind of oppression you can imagine.” “It is about being oppressed some 60, 70 years,” he said. “(The protests) are just the anger that has exploded.”
By Killian Redden
Smashing the Abbas icon of Palestinian non – violence would herald an end to his era, dooming for a long time to come any prospect for a negotiated peaceful solution.
By Nicola Nasser*
Some people believe that love is a sweet enslavement! -“hello!” A sweet female voice came over the phone and I thought of the “sweet enslavement.” -“hello!” and I was about to add “sweet girl” -“Can I talk to Mr Sami?” ‘Wow’ …
MEMO | April 30, 2015 A well informed Palestinian source said yesterday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) had sought the cancellation of the former US President Jimmy Carter’s visit to the Gaza Strip, Quds Press reported. Israeli newspaper Haaretz said that Carter had planned to make the visit today in an attempt to draw attention […]
Waiting on Israeli society to change from within is a colossal waste of time, during which the suffering of an entire nation – torn between an occupied home and a harsh diaspora – will not cease. But what are Palestinians and the supporters of a just peace in Palestine and Israel to do? Plenty.
Due to the fact that the appointment of Malley coincided with the crisis in relations between the U.S. and Israel, caused by the recent speech made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the U.S. Congress behind Obama’s back and without his approval, analysts have begun to talk about “changes in the U.S. role in the Middle East”
Image: Mladenov prays against the ancient stones of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City , on 29 June 2010. Mladenov is considered a friend of Israel Photo by EPA/BGNES
PLO negotiators continue to wait for a breakthrough by “peace” envoys that are imposed on them and appointed by the US and the UN, although they represent the occupation state. Mladenov is the most recent. He will not change anything on the ground.
Ross’s accusation reminds me of the The Israel Project’s training manual designed to help the worldwide Zionist movement win the propaganda war. It teaches how to justify the endless occupation, the slaughter, the ethnic cleansing, the land-grabbing, the cruelty and the blatant disregard for international law and UN resolutions
Image: PA President Mahmoud Abbas signs international agreements in Ramallah, December 31, 2014. Photo by Reuters (Courtesy Haaretz.com)
For years, the Palestinian president Abbas has deluded himself that the United States would act to end the Israeli occupation during his lifetime. On Wednesday, he was forced to abandon his illusions.
