The Israeli Declaration of Independence, formally the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel (Hebrew: הכרזה על הקמת מדינת ישראל), was proclaimed … More
Category: Israel
1949 Armistice Agreements
The 1949 Armistice Agreements were signed between Israel and Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria. They formally ended the hostilities of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and also demarcated the Green Line, which separated Arab-controlled … More
All-Palestine (Ḥukūmat ‘Umūm Filasṭīn) 22 September 1948 – Israel 17 May 1948
The All-Palestine Government (Arabic: حكومة عموم فلسطين, Ḥukūmat ‘Umūm Filasṭīn) was established on 22 September 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, to govern the Egyptian-controlled … More
Anatomy of a Genocide
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese* … More
Treaty of London (1946)
The Treaty of London was signed between the United Kingdom and the Emirate of Trans-Jordan on 22 March 1946 and came into force on 17 June … More
King Hussein’s federation plan
A political program was proposed by King Hussein of Jordan during a speech to Parliament on March 15, 1972 that aimed to establish a … More
Jordanian annexation of the West Bank
The Jordanian administration of the West Bank officially began on April 24, 1950, and ended with the decision to sever ties on … More
Military occupation
Military occupation, also known as belligerent occupation or simply occupation, is the temporary military control by a ruling power over a territory that … More
‘Madness’: Netanyahu’s handling of US relations under scrutiny after UN vote
The Israeli prime minister’s handling of relations with the Biden administration, which led the US on Monday to decline to … More
Israel fury at US abstention on Security Council ceasefire vote
Israel reacted angrily on Monday to the first UN Security Council vote to demand an “immediate ceasefire” in the Gaza … More
1967 USS Liberty – 1968 USS Pueblo
The sky was clear over the eastern Mediterranean when I assumed the forenoon watch as officer-of-the-deck on the bridge of … More
US pushes full-court press to stop Israel operations in Rafah
The Biden administration is desperately trying to convince Israel not to carry out a full-scale military operation in Rafah, the southern city in Gaza where more … More
Thousands will now die of starvation and disease in Gaza
That Israel’s destruction of essential infrastructure, siege, and obstruction of aid efforts in the Gaza Strip are causing severe hunger and … More
The Tragic Absurdity of Biden’s Gaza Policies
Since Israel’s campaign of death began, President Joe Biden has perfected the art of cognitive dissonance, planting story after story about his … More
Israel is an ethnocracy, not a democracy
In the eyes of many Israelis and their supporters worldwide — even those who might criticize some of its policies … More
Rachel Corrie Gave Her Life for Palestine
We mark the 21st anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old U.S. peace activist who was crushed to … More
“Schrödinger’s genocide”: simultaneous glorification and denial of genocide
Bosnians have experience with genocide. Not just the signs of it coming. Not just the fact of it happening. But … More
Rank colonization is still repeating itself
A few evenings ago I watched the 2018 film, Black 47. It tells of the Irish Famine through the story of … More
US Senate leader Chuck Schumer calls for new Israel elections amid Gaza war
The top legislator in the United States Senate, Chuck Schumer, has offered his most strident criticism of Israel since the war … More
Architects of the Disastrous Iraq War Want a Do-Over in Gaza
In an echo of Washington’s disastrous de-Baathification campaign in occupied Iraq, a new report puts special stress on “deradicalization” efforts … More
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