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Even without a UN veto, Gaza remains hostage to American power
The downplaying of the Security Council’s ceasefire resolution shows why the world can no longer look to Washington as the arbiter of a rules-based order.
By
Samer Badawi
April 2, 2024
Why do Israelis feel so threatened by a ceasefire?
Halting the Gaza war means recognizing that Israel’s military goals were unrealistic — and that it cannot escape a political process with the Palestinians.
By
Meron Rapoport
March 29, 2024
After years of diplomatic inertia, what can the ICJ offer Palestinians?
The UN’s vote to request a ruling on the occupation is an indictment of the failure to hold Israel accountable — and carries risks and opportunities alike.
By
Hugh Lovatt
January 1, 2023
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I was meant to talk about Palestinian kids at the UN. Israel forced me out
Belgium caved into Israeli pressure to disinvite me from the Security Council. In doing so, they helped undermine human rights work for Palestinian children.
By
Brad Parker
February 24, 2020
The UN is right to track businesses in Israeli settlements
The disinformation campaign against a new UN database aims to legitimize the Israeli settler movement and those who illegally profit from it.
By
Hugh Lovatt
February 14, 2020
Unlike South Africa, the world is giving Israel a pass on apartheid
A UN Security Council resolution rejecting South Africa’s 1983 constitution shows that there is precedent and necessity to act against Israel’s Nation-State Law. In a referendum on November 2, 1983, White voters in apartheid South Africa approved a new constitution to restructure their political system. In addition to consolidating executive power with the presidency, a tricameral parliament…
By
Amjad Iraqi
July 26, 2019
In Gaza’s Return March, echoes of an Apartheid-era massacre
The Sharpeville Massacre, in which South African police gunned down 250 black protesters, marked a turning point in the struggle against Apartheid. But it would take another 34 years until democracy finally came to South Africa. A cautionary tale for Palestinians. His art lies scattered across an unkept room, amid tarps and spent cans of paint. In…
By
Samer Badawi
March 31, 2019
The Palestinian leadership must speak directly — to Americans
As long as Israel holds unparalleled sway in Washington, no progress toward Palestinian rights will be achieved. But that needn’t be the end of the story. By James J. Zogby Three decades ago, I was invited to address a Palestinian American audience on the work that was needed to change American policy toward Palestinian rights.…
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September 4, 2017
German bank fights BDS while financing dispossession
Germany’s Bank for Social Economy shut down an account belonging to a Jewish peace group, accusing it of anti-Semitism. Meanwhile, it continues to handle an account belonging to the Jewish National Fund — which actively supports dispossession of Bedouin. By John Brown* In the beginning of December, +972’s Haggai Matar revealed that Germany’s Bank für…
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January 16, 2017
The real impact of UN Resolution 2334 has yet to come
The heart of the UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements is territorial, picking up where 242 left off almost 50 years ago. It will also likely serve as the framework for this month’s Paris Peace Conference. By Shemuel Meir UN Security Council resolution 2334 caught Prime Minister Netanyahu off guard. Out of the clear…
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January 9, 2017
After the UN, the EU must lead the way on Israeli settlements
Resolution 2334 should be seen as a belated step towards mobilizing the international consensus. But to give it any real effect, states will need to build on the resolution with a view to making it operational. The EU is best positioned to do so. By Hugh Lovatt Much of the discussion about the UN Security…
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+972 Magazine
December 28, 2016
UN vote exposes the true face of Israel’s settlement policy
Whatever the passage of a UN resolution criticizing the settlements may bring, the fallout has already made one thing clear: the Israeli government subscribes to a de facto ‘Greater Israel’ policy. In the summer of 1967, before anyone was aware of just how durable Israel’s occupation of Palestinian and Syrian territory would prove, a movement…
By
Natasha Roth-Rowland
December 26, 2016
There’s nothing ‘pro-Israel’ about the UNSC vote — and that’s a good thing
The Israeli Left was quick to praise the UN Security Council’s resolution against the settlements, arguing that it was ‘good for Israel.’ As usual, the Palestinians were left out of the equation. Ever since the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution condemning Israeli settlements last Friday, the Israeli Left has, for the most part,…
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Orly Noy
December 25, 2016
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