Jerusalem 20 September 2011
Amid reports that the Israeli military is arming and training Israeli settlers in advance of a United Nations vote on Palestinian statehood later this week, Palestinian activists in the West Bank have organized emergency response teams to document Israeli settler attacks and prevent more from taking place. Read more about Settler violence rises in West Bank; more expected before UN vote
Beirut 19 September 2011
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon aren’t exactly holding their breath over the upcoming bid to have an independent Palestinian state voted into the United Nations. Read more about Palestinian refugees in Lebanon eye statehood bid with skepticism
19 September 2011
Illinois Republican Congressman Joe Walsh has introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives that seems to support formal Israeli apartheid. Or does it in fact support a one-state solution with equal voting rights for Israelis and Palestinians alike? Read more about Is Tea Party Congressman Joe Walsh supporting a one-state solution for Palestine?
19 September 2011
Palestinian analysts continue to hotly debate the Palestinian Authority’s UN “statehood” bid Read more about Palestinian analysts continue to debate, oppose PA "statehood" bid
17 September 2011
A group of Palestinian youth activists in response to the PA’s UN bid came up with a satirical video titled “Blue Chair”. The video highlights the fact that supporters of statehood have become obsessed with “magical” chairs rather than basic human rights. Read more about Palestinian song "Blue Chair" mocks PA's UN statehood bid
16 September 2011
Jalal Abukhater discusses Abbas’ speech and the UN statehood bid on the BBC. Read more about My BBC radio and TV talks today
15 September 2011
It may be time to recognize that historic Palestine today resembles one giant Northern Ireland, but with a lot more firepower, including, on the Israeli side, nuclear weapons. Read more about Putting away the partitionist's knife: Palestine and approaches to "ethnic conflict"
12 September 2011
We are all going to be invited to the funeral of the two-state solution if and when the UN General Assembly announces the acceptance of Palestine as a member state. Read more about At the UN, the funeral of the two-state solution
Gaza Strip 8 September 2011
An average Palestinian might in fact be the least interested in whether a Palestinian state would be declared in September. Yet he or she will be the one will be the one whose life will be most profoundly impacted by any hasty act of folly by the Palestinian Authority. Read more about The PA doesn't represent me; why should I trust its statehood bid?
2 September 2011
If we can’t learn from recent history, what will we ever achieve? We are being lured into a trap where the rights of millions of dispossessed refugees are at risk, but who is listening? Read more about Operation Establish a Sovereign Bantustan