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March 3, 2014

The reality of Palestinian children in Israeli jails

Israel has repeatedly declared its intention to continue working with UNICEF to devote efforts to solve the issue of the mistreatment of Palestinian children. The treatment of Palestinian children...

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March 3, 2014

Yemen: moving the revolution from the street into the halls of parliament

In 2011, as mass protests swept the Middle East, Yemen unseated its dictator of 33 years, Ali Abdullah Saleh. Since then, the country has dropped off the western news...

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March 3, 2014

The meatball state of Egypt

Given the state of absurdity and farce experienced by Egypt at the moment, we should expect the unexpected; absolutely everything goes, no matter how illogical. We shouldn’t even laugh...

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March 3, 2014

UNRWA's human rights curriculum suffocates Palestinian resistance

The curriculum taught to students in schools run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has been criticised by Hamas...

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March 3, 2014

New Amnesty report blasts Israel's killing of Palestinian civilians, urges international pressure

The killing of Palestinian civilians by Israeli forces is the subject of a damning new report by Amnesty International, which documents “a callous disregard for human life” and “mounting...

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March 3, 2014

Are German-Israeli relations wavering?

This week, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and nearly every minister in her new coalition landed in Israel for two days of joint cabinet consultations. These annual meetings highlight...

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March 3, 2014

Preserving dependency to support settler-colonialism

The European Union’s financial aid to Palestinians has been a source of discussion in light of the fabricated peace negotiations which have been deemed a failure. Discourse concerning “the...

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March 3, 2014

Saudi Arabia takes tentative steps to ease tensions with the US

America and Saudi Arabia have been allies since the kingdom was formed in 1932. The relationship is mutually beneficial, giving Riyadh the protection of a powerful western military, and...

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March 3, 2014

Palestinian youth have Arab Spring in their step

Little attention has been paid to the increasing phenomena of peaceful demonstrations which have been held by apparently “non-aligned” Palestinian youth in the West Bank. These remarkably resembling the...

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March 3, 2014

UN appointment endorses fabricated Israeli human rights advances

Only a few months after rejoining the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and a few days after being allowed to participate in JUSCANZ, an advisory group affiliated with the...

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