Supreme Court Petition to Protect PA Residents from PA Oppression
Israel was scheduled to transfer a portion of an 800-million-shekel loan to the Palestinian Authority (PA) on 10 May 2020, but it was held up, apparently due to two Supreme Court petitions demanding that the funds not be sent. The loan was described as a measure to help the PA make up for losses incurred […]
Open Disobedience to Abbas’ Lockdown Orders
Why is this not being reported or if it is, why is the context for this disobedience not being given? Look at these photos… this is not from pre-Corona days. This is from Sunday, May 25, 2020. Abu Mazen imposed a strict absolute lockdown that was supposed to last from Friday until this morning, Monday. […]
Former Terrorist: No such thing as “security cooperation”
With talk in Israel about extending our sovereignty over Area C and the Jordan Valley, Abbas has been threatening to cancel security cooperation between the PA security forces and the IDF. Should Israel be worried? Matan Peleg, CEO of Im Tirzu, interviews Mohammad Massad, representative of the Palestinian Workers’ Organization that seeks to free the […]
Breaking News: PA Residents Uprising against the Leadership
The residents of the Palestinian Authority have had enough. They are rising up against the leaders. What is in this video is happening right this very moment (23 May 2020 – late afternoon) in Bethlehem. The PA police shot and injured two people. On Friday the PA Prime Minister Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh declared Martial […]
Intersectionality: Comparing Gaza to Ferguson
Oh how some people just love the term, intersectionality! You can take roads going hither and thither and somehow find a way to make them intersect. It seems to me that without the word, intersectionality, there would be little justification for what some people have to say. Take James R. Thomas, for example. He compares […]
Genocide: Seeing Israel Where It Is Not
If hate for Israel is triggered whenever you hear or read certain trigger-words, such as genocide, then you might see things that are not really there. I can think of no other reason for the blooper I spotted in an academic journal than that. “Racialized Violence and the Churches’ Responsibility” is the title of a […]
Maternal Diets in Gaza: Not Our Fault!
Congratulations are in order…..a team composed of scientists from Gaza, Iran and Iraq just published a high quality paper in which the name “Israel” did not appear even once. There was no mention of “occupied territories” or anything that could have been construed as political. A breath of fresh air. While the paper did talk […]
“Extending Our Sovereignty” in one corner Versus “Divorce” in the other
It looks like the incoming government might actually move toward a July declaration of sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. With this idea gaining traction, we can expect lots of push and pull in the media and semi-academic websites. I examine the two sides of this debate using […]
You Cannot Divorce an Octopus Until You Release Its Tentacles
Anyone who looks at the map of Judea & Samaria can see that it can be compared to an octopus that has its tentacles all in a dither. Therefore, when talking about any change in status to the region, whether that is extending Israel’s sovereignty, unilaterial disengagement, or the supposed two-state-solution, it is not the […]
When Israel’s Supreme Court Sees itself as Therapist
Sometimes you can find the damndest things when you read court protocols. While preparing an article on MK Ofir Katz’s (Likud) proposed amendments to the law prohibiting the candidature for the Knesset of those who support Israel’s enemies, I read the judgement in the case against Heba Yazbak that was held before the March 2020 […]