Perspectives
No President Biden, Israel Cannot be “Jewish and Democratic”
In recent weeks, as violence flared across the region sparked by Israel’s attempts to expel Palestinians from their homes in occupied East Jerusalem and provocations in Al Aqsa Mosque, Palestinian citizens of Israel were brutally assaulted by mobs of extremist Israeli Jews encouraged by hateful-anti Arab incitement from Israeli officials and even some media outlets. Peaceful protesters demanding…
Biden Should Support the ICC Probe into War Crimes in Israel/Palestine
Prosecution and persecution are not the same thing, although it is a standard dodge of the guilty to claim otherwise. That appears to be so of Israel’s protest against an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced recently into possible war crimes committed by Israel in the occupied Palestinian Territories. Predictably, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked…
Expert Q&A: On the Latest Hunger Strike by Palestinian Political Prisoners
Expert: Qadura Fares, Director of the Palestinian Prisoner's Club. Q&A Q - The hunger strike by Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails is now in its fourth week. How many prisoners are currently on hunger strike and what are their demands? Qadura Fares - “It is difficult to say how many are on strike because we have been unable to visit the prisoners. However, according to the…
Expert Q&A: On the Final Obama-Netanyahu Meeting
Expert: Diana Buttu Ramallah-based political analyst and former advisor to Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian negotiators. Q&A Q - According to media reports, President Obama used today's meeting to press Netanyahu on Israel's construction of Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian land, which violate longstanding US policy and international law, as part of…
Expert Q&A: The Iran Nuclear Deal & Palestine/Israel
Experts Diana Buttu Ramallah-based analyst, former advisor to Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian negotiators, Policy Advisor to Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, and citizen of Israel. Mouin Rabbani Senior Fellow with the Institute for Palestine Studies, Policy Advisor to Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, Contributing Editor with Middle…
Q&A: The Killing of Nadeem Nowarah
On May 15, 2014, 17-year-old Nadeem Nowarah and 16-year-old Mohammad Mahmoud Odeh Abu Daher were shot and killed by Israeli Border Police about an hour apart in the same location in the occupied West Bank during protests. In both cases, surveillance video showed that the area was calm at the time and that neither teen posed any kind of threat to the police, who shot them with live ammunition.…
Expert Q&A: Killing with Impunity, Israel’s Two-Tiered Legal System
Emily Schaefer Omer-Man is the Coordinator of the Criminal Accountability of Israeli Security Forces project for Yesh Din. Q&A Q - Earlier this month, a senior Israeli army officer shot and killed 17-year-old Mohammed Kasbah as he fled after throwing a stone at the officer's vehicle in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest in a series of incidents over the past year or so in which Israeli…
Expert Q&A: Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress - Israel & Iran
Expert Trita Parsi Founder and president of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), and author of A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama's Diplomacy with Iran (2012) and Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States (2007). Q&A Q - According to reports, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unhappy with President Obama's approach to negotiations with Iran…
Expert Q&A: Unrest in Occupied East Jerusalem
For context on recent violence and unrest in occupied East Jerusalem, the IMEU offers the following Q&A with Ingrid Jaradat Gassner of the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem. Q&A Q - Tensions in Jerusalem, particularly in the eastern, occupied Palestinian section of the city, have been extremely high since the summer. How would you describe the current situation? IJG - “The…