Ariel Sharon: Legacy of death
Sharon, feted in death by Western colonial powers, was a killer whose distinction among all of Zionism’s criminals was simply being brazen about his deeds, writes Salman Abu Sitta.1
The Geographic and Demographic Imperatives of the Palestinian Refugees’ Return
Diplomats, politicians and activists alike have long laboured under the assumption that a two-state solution is the only path to peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But as this goal has…
The Confederation: We don’t need new catastrophes
News has been swirling that important members of Fatah in Ramallah have been instructed to prepare for a new confederation between the ‘new state of Palestine’ and Jordan. This news was given more…
The Invisible People: A Letter to President Obama from the father of a Palestinian Child
Dear President Obama, I saw you when you visited Sderot in July 2008 as a presidential candidate, wearing an “I love Sderot” T-shirt and heard you condemn “The genuine threat Israel faces from Qassam…
The Palestinian History Weapon
“The war runs along several fronts, not only militarily, but it [is] also a battle over the minds of people... We are not trying to obliterate any other history–we are trying to say that we will not…
The Challenges for the Right of Return
To predict that Zionism will vanish or be totally discredited is probably difficult to imagine now, but in reality it is inevitable. The reasons for the eventual demise of Zionism are several.…
Senator Kirk’s Strange Obsession: The Scheme to Define Away Palestinian Refugees
In May 2012, Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) made an outstanding discovery, which had escaped scores of politicians, diplomats and experts for six decades. He discovered that the number of Palestinian…
UNRWA Registration Discrepancy
The inclusion of a new term, “Registered Persons”, removing the word “refugee” from about one third of a million records, is a revival of old, albeit unsuccessful, efforts by USA and UK to implement…
The PLO is to “liberate” not to legalize partition
If political wisdom does not prevail, if no crucial decisions are taken in which ALL Palestinians are represented, and if we do not learn from the mistakes of the past by changing the previous…
It’s Time For Those Who Hold The Keys To Their Homes To Rise Up
The issue is not that documents giving details of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority were leaked by Al Jazeera and the Guardian. We all had a general picture of the positions…