Opinion

By Majdi Khaldi1 On September 18, 1967, roughly four months after Israel occupied the 22 percent left of Arab Palestine, the Israeli Foreign Ministry submitted a legal opinion to its prime minister’s office. Known as the “Meron Opinion,” it aimed to answer questions regarding the establishment of settlements in the …

By Manuel Hassassian, Palestinian ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark. On May 26, Benny Dagan, the Israeli ambassador to Denmark, wrote a column in Berlingske, which can best be described as a smear campaign against Politiken and a direct attack on the free media, which performs its role by describing …

By: Professor Manuel Hassassian, Ambassador of Palestine to The Kingdom of Denmark On December 20th 2019, the International Criminal Court (ICC) opened a formal investigation into alleged war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This is a step in the right direction for the international community to uphold universal principles …

From nuclear disarmament to Palestinian rights, Noam Chomsky discusses the need to disrupt authoritarian alliances and an entrenching ‘Greater Israel.’ By Lilach Ben David Professor Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned linguist and one of the most important political thinkers of last half century, may have celebrated his 92nd birthday late last …

BY Medhini Kumar As the world races to vaccinate against COVID-19, Israel has been touted for having one of the fastest response rates. The country has, as of January 1, 2021, already vaccinated 10 percent of its 9 million citizens and predicts another 2 million will be vaccinated by the …

BY Brian Walt, Truthout Afew weeks ago, the major Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem issued the report “A Regime of Jewish Supremacy From the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. This is Apartheid.” The report contains vital, ground-breaking analysis, and the Israeli government immediately moved to censor the group. And …

By Daoud Kuttab If the European Union truly wants to drive progress toward peace between Israel and Palestine, it must show courage and conviction. That means the EU’s largest members, France and Germany, must recognize the state of Palestine along the pre-1967 borders. AMMAN – As the contours of US …

By Ramzy Baroud Motivated by their justifiable aversion to former US President Donald Trump, many analysts have rashly painted a rosy picture of how Democrats could quickly erase the bleak trajectory of the previous Republican administration. This naivety is particularly pronounced in the current spin on the Palestinian-Israeli discourse, which …

Israel may finally be investigated for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip By: Shawan Jabarin In a landmark ruling on Friday 5 February, the International Criminal Court (ICC) recognised its full legal authority to investigate alleged war crimes …

With every settlement and military operation, Israel has been paving its own road to The Hague. By Avner Gvaryahu The decision released by the International Criminal Court last Friday, which confirmed it could look into suspected war crimes committed by Israel and Palestinian groups in the occupied territories, may have …