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March 22, 2018 |Palestine and the First Amendment in the US: A Victory for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions in Arizona
On Friday, March 17, I reached an agreement with the Arizona State University (ASU), the Arizona Board of Regents, and Arizona Attorney General that will allow a speaking event focusing on BDS to take place on April 3, 2018 on campus. The agreement is a victory for “the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement since…
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March 15, 2018 |Jerusalem: “Gradually, then Suddenly,” Zionism Ceases!
For Zionism, May 14th, 2018 is set to be a major celebration and an arrival to the top of the mountain, Jerusalem, and a US affirmation of the “rightfulness” of settler colonialism. Who can argue with this momentous arrival and on the anniversary of Israel’s independence, the Palestinian Nakba! From the Zionist vintage point of…
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February 20, 2018 |
Israel: Brokering to shatter a broken region!
A recent visit to Qatar by attorney Alan Dershowitz, Zionist Organization of America President Mort Klein and Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is part of a campaign by American Zionist leaders and their supporters to fortify Israel’s standing in the region in the most difficult period faced by the Arab and Muslim world. We can’t…
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February 13, 2018 |Oslo Agreement and PLO Recognition of Israel?
On January 15th, the Palestine Liberation Organization Central Council meeting in Ramallah concluded with a vote “to suspend recognition of Israel until it reciprocates by recognizing a Palestinian state and to cease security cooperation.” The meeting was called after Trump’s decision on Jerusalem, which was followed by the showdown in the U.N. Security Council and…
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January 21, 2018 |Turkey’s and OIC’s Strategy for Jerusalem Must Include Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)!
The position of the Turkish government on Jerusalem is very critical and has made an impact on the world stage with the U.N. vote. Certainly, the Turkish effort can be further strengthened by adopting a robust domestic and international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) strategy in affirmation of Palestinian civil society’s call for this specific…
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December 19, 2017 |The U.S. Veto and Jerusalem’s Legal Status, the Occupied Capital of Palestine!
The U.S. vetoed yet another U.N. Security Council to shield Israel from any consequences for the continued occupation and annexation of Jerusalem and wholesale violations of international law. Trump’s recent recognition and decision to transfer the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem is undertaken to force an acceptance of Israel’s vision of itself and the city, a…
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December 19, 2017 |Trump Wagging the Dog on Jerusalem: Shifting the Narrative, Rewarding Donors and Planning for Re-election!
Trump’s policy grenade, the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the decision to transfer the U.S. embassy to the occupied city, should be added to America’s three decades or longer disaster called “Middle East peace process”. Observers of U.S.’s “Middle East” policy understand that it has been shaped by two prong interests:…
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November 2, 2017 |The Balfour Declaration: The UK Government Must Apologize to the Palestinians!
On the eve of the 100th anniversary of Balfour Declaration, Palestinians under occupation and in the diaspora are due an unequivocal apology from the British government. However, on October 29, 2017, the current Tory Government Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson struck in The Telegraph a celebratory note calling the Balfour Declaration an “incontestable moral goal: to…
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October 31, 2017 |Disenfranchising the Palestinians
Imperial Britain Gave Palestine to the Zionists When It Was Still Part of the Ottoman Empire. On Nov. 2, 2017, Palestinians mark the hundred-year anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, a letter from British foreign secretary Lord Arthur James Balfour to Lord Walter Rothschild that committed Britain to the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine….
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July 20, 2017 |1492 Expulsion, Inquisition, Balfour Declaration and the European Question!
The combination of the 1492 Expulsion and Inquisition of Muslims and Jews may seem out of place at a first glance when the Balfour Declaration is discussed and added to the list. For sure, all these three are monumental events, but while in the case of the Expulsion and Inquisition the consequences were immediate and…
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