Sad but true – Peter Few people have been involved in more American efforts to broker peace in the Middle East than Aaron David Miller. A veteran State Department negotiator, he worked on Arab-Israeli relations for 15 years, including the Oslo Accords under Bill Clinton, and then in the George W. Bush administration.How, then, does… Continue reading Greatest reason Gaza war ‘will not end’: Why Hamas isn’t going anywhere

by Jonathan Kuttab   “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor” (Luke… Continue reading The Prisoners

God help them – Peter Political and media commentary on the Hamas killings of October 2023 have been preoccupied with claims that these were not only the worst terrorists but that their actions were without precedent. That claim is part of a massive deceit, promulgated for over 100 years. Instead of the public being conned… Continue reading A century of deceit: Towards a new understanding of the colonisation of Palestine

Israel will never stick to any ceasefire and will always blame the Palestinians – Peter Six Palestinians were killed and others injured by Israeli army forces in attacks in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the first violation of the ceasefire that took effect on Friday. According to Al Jazeera Arabic, sources at the Ma’amedani Hospital… Continue reading First Ceasefire Violation: Six Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces in Shejaiya

Netanyahu will keep on destroying all Palestinian life in the West Bank and Gaza because Trump will allow him – so very sad – Peter In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s announcement on Thursday that both Hamas and Israel had signed off on an agreement to stop the fighting, the Israeli military launched an… Continue reading Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement

Hell on earth is what faces them – Peter Thousands of Palestinians have returned to Gaza City in a procession of trucks, donkeys, carts and families on foot who travelled north, with the Mediterranean Sea on one side and, on the other, a wasteland of rubble and twisted metal. Many are returning to suburbs razed… Continue reading Thousands of Gazans are going home after two years of war. This is what they’re returning to

Last week, Layan Nasir was began her 7-and-a-half-month sentence at Ofer prison.  Last year, Nasir was detained by Israeli troops at 4 a.m. without a warrant or reason. She was released after a few months in administrative detention – a system in which people can be taken into custody without evidence, trial, or charge. After… Continue reading Wave of Prayer

The joy and celebration we are witnessing at the initiation of the ceasefire is something to behold. The plan itself may be full of holes and disappointing to many (I gave a legal analysis of its shortcomings here), and many expect that after the initial phase, including the exchange of prisoners and a surge of… Continue reading Thou Shalt Not Kill

Sadly I think that this deal will soon fall apart once the hostages are freed as Israel will blame Hamas and then retake Gaza – please God let me be wrong – Peter Tel Aviv: The Israeli military says that the ceasefire agreement with Hamas came into effect at noon local time, and that troops… Continue reading Gaza ceasefire in effect, Israeli troops withdrawing, IDF says

Please God PEACE – Peter Cairo: A breakthrough deal pausing the war in Gaza has been reached. But will it lead, as US President Donald Trump proclaimed, to “a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace”?It took pressure on both Israel and Hamas from the United States, Arab countries and Turkey, each saying it was time to… Continue reading What we know about the next steps in the deal to pause the Gaza war