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Likely U.S.-Israel Relations Under Biden

Israel will establish Trump Heights, a new community located in occupied Golan Heights.

(SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.) - Under President Donald Trump our relationship with Israel became an "extra special relationship."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not ungrateful about Israel's relationship with the U.S. under Trump, when early 2020 he said that Trump has been “the greatest friend that Israel has ever had in the White House.”

I Am Old Enough.

Reflections are still important. Is it alright for 7.5 million Palestinians to remain refugees?

(OCCUPIED PALESTINE) - I am old enough to have been able to see Palestine slowly strangulated over the past few decades, with us natives who trace ancestry thousands of years here kicked out or squeezed into cantons/open air prisons like Gaza and Bethlehem.

Old enough to have researched events even before I was born and wrote books about them (like Sykes-Picot, Balfour-Cambon, Gawler, Hertzl and more).

The Israel-UAE Agreement: Good for a Few, Bad for Most

The Real Deal: Palestinians again left behind when it comes to US-backed deal making in the Middle East.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Martin Indyk, the former US ambassador to Israel, argues in the October issue of Foreign Affairs that the UAE leader’s decision to recognize Israel was made in order to preempt Trump’s “green light” to Benjamin Netanyahu on annexing the West Bank territory.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ) saw strategic value in opening relations with Israel, but only after being assured of a Palestinian state. The Trump “peace plan” worked against that goal.

Gaza Endures As Israel Bombs Relentlessly

Israel has bombed Gaza every night since August 6, in the middle of a global pandemic.

(SALEM, Ore.) - For the last 14 nights while the world slept, Israeli fighter jets have besieged the entrapped Palestinian land known as the Gaza Strip. Two million Palestinians in Gaza live in this open air prison, blockaded by Israel and Egypt.

Every day, Israel threatens to bomb Gaza. Every night, they follow through.

O Palestine (POEM)

Written in 2005, O Palestine (a poem by Mazin Qumsiyeh written 2005)

(OCCUPIED PALESTINE) - There is still time to register to attend this important event hosted by Scientists for Palestine. Join us for an in depth panel discussion with Palestinian colleagues on the impacts of Israel’s annexation plan in research and higher education in Palestine.

The following poem was written in 2005, and is sadly as appropriate today...

UAE Recognition of Israel: Whither the Arab and the Muslim World?

Parochial interests and competition between the rulers of the Arabian peninsula lie behind the UAE decision to recognize Israel and Saudi Arabia’s turning its back on Jammu and Kashmir.

(LONDON Redress) - An agreement to establish diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel and a Saudi-Pakistani spat over Kashmir coupled with feuds among Gulf states and between Turkey, the kingdom, and the Emirates drive nails into the notion that the Arab and Islamic world by definition share common geopolitical interests on the basis of ethnicity or religion and embrace kinship solidarity.

The UAE-Israel agreement weakens the Palestinians’ efforts to create a state of their own.

Steal Of The Century: Trump`s Palestine-Israel Catastrophe (Documentary)

How Donald Trump's actions have resulted in an escalated environment of violence throughout the Palestinian territories.

(OCCUPIED PALESTINE) - The 'Steal Of The Century' is a documentary by Robert Inlakesh, filmed on the ground in occupied Palestine, investigating the peace process, Donald Trump's proposed 'Deal of the Century' and why the Palestinian people have unanimously rejected it.

It also seeks to show the brutality of the occupation under which the Palestinian people live, as well as a brief look into the history of Palestine-Israel.

Where Am I From?

The people of Palestine love the ancestral land from whence they came.

(GAZA CITY, State of Palestine) - A POEM:
"Where am I from?"
I'm from the land of prophets
Where they ascended to heavens.

I'm from the land of olive trees,
Lemons, apples and oranges
Where the guests are generously hosted.

U.S Members of Congress Move to Block Israeli Annexation of Palestinian West Bank Territories

The Free Palestine Movement comments on the positive move for peace and justice by U.S. Congress

(OCCUPIED PALESTINE) - The Free Palestine Movement accepts the positive statement by twelve members of the U.S. Congress to condition aid to "Israel" on blocking annexation of territories in the Palestinian West Bank.

It is a gesture in the right direction, and we support it as such. However, we caution that it is a very small step and that much more is needed to restore justice.

Addressing the Lies Spread about Gilad

Direct from the source: Gilad Atzmon takes on his critics.

(LONDON) - For more than a decade and a half I have been subjected to a relentless and sometimes violent smear campaign. I have been accused of all sorts of ‘hate crimes’ including the totally ludicrous claim that I advocate the ‘burning of synagogues', 'incitements of violence', and have routinely been labelled, among other slurs, a ‘notorious anti-semite’ and a ‘Holocaust denier’.

Of course, if any of these accusations had merit, I would have spent time behind bars.