Bet on Trump or Challenge Israel? Palestinians Mull Strategy

Karin Laub / AP Sep 21, 2017 After more than two decades, Palestinians are increasingly questioning their leaders’ policy of reaching statehood through negotiations with Israel. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Hamas Accepts Reconciliation Demands by President Abbas

Mohammed Daragmeh / AP Sep 17, 2017 The group clears the way for a deal after a 10-year rift that has left the Palestinians divided between two governments. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Slow Colonial Genocide: Palestinian Leader Abbas Asks Britain for ‘Balfour’ Apology

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Sep 23, 2016 This extended colonialism is unparalleled in the whole world: No other colonial power now existing is keeping millions stateless and without rights. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Obama Administration Is Cutting Aid to the Palestinians by $80 million

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Oct 23, 2015 As violence in the region escalates, congressional sources are describing the huge reduction in economic aid for the West Bank and Gaza as a "message" to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How Israel Used F-16s and High-Tech Soldiers to Devastate Gaza

By Max Blumenthal/Nation Books Jul 14, 2015 Forty-six days into Operation Protective Edge in the besieged Gaza Strip, the Israeli military was attacking with renewed ferocity. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Cutting Through the Hysteria Over Court’s Gaza War Probe

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jan 28, 2015 Here are the facts about the International Criminal Court’s examination of crimes committed in the 2014 fighting. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

U.N. Approves Palestine’s Bid to Join International Criminal Court

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jan 7, 2015 The United Nations has given Palestine the go-ahead to become the 123rd member of the International Criminal Court, effective April 1 of this year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Is Mahmoud Abbas Right That Israel Is Guilty of War Crimes, Genocide in Gaza?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Sep 27, 2014 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday at the United Nations that Israel was guilty of war crimes in Gaza and even “genocide.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Gaza Update: Don’t Expect Quick Action by the International Criminal Court

Bill Blum / Truthdig Aug 26, 2014 The initiative to push the ICC into action rests with the Palestinians, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is stalling. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

U.S., U.N. Try Diplomacy in Israel

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jul 24, 2014 Both U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry are in Israel, where they are meeting with Palestinian and Israeli leaders to urge an end to hostilities. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel’s Apartheid Deepens, Along With Its Global Isolation

Juan Cole / Truthdig Dec 12, 2012 The real threat to Israel comes not from tiny, impoverished Gaza, but from the policies of the country's increasingly right-wing politicians. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

U.N. Calls Palestine a State

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 30, 2012 Flouting opposition from Israel and the U.S., the United Nations General Assembly voted Thursday to elevate the status of the Palestinian territories to "nonmember observer state." The boost from "nonmember observer entity" marked a diplomatic victory for embattled Palestinians. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )