The collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition following the April 9 elections should show Palestinian voters in Israel that they have a voice and can force the government to change.
Palestinians are absolutely correct that US President Donald Trump’s efforts on the Arab-Israeli conflict have been extremely pro-Israel. But is it a smart strategy for the Palestinians to disengage from the process completely and remain absent from what Trump is doing?
Israel has announced a plan to file lawsuits against Arab countries, asserting that the Arab world forced Jews to leave their lands following the establishment of the Israeli state 70 years ago.
The failure to push Israel’s government to accept a just peace and end its occupation of Palestine and oppression of Palestinian rights has empowered extremist regimes, including and especially Iran.
As a Christian Palestinian living in a politically-charged America, I look forward every year to the Christmas holiday season, a period of about 30 days during which the world pauses from its violent chaos to think about the plight of the quickly vanishing segment of Christians who are barely surviving in the Middle East.
Despite being the target of ongoing defamation by the US and Israel because of its refusal to abandon the Palestinian refugees, the UN manages to serve as a method of monitoring the world’s moral compass.