What can we take away from the international response to the escalation, especially in relation to the US, UN, and EU? They all did what they do best: The US continued its unconditional support to Israel, the UN issued statements … Continue reading Palestine-Israel: Understanding the Lessons From Recent Escalations
Arab Conference at Harvard 2021 – The Abraham Accords Panel – March 2021 I urge all not to celebrate a delusional peace, and neither to distort the very meaning of peace. You can watch the recording of the panel here Continue reading The Abraham Accords – Arab Conference at Harvard 2021
This online seminar explores the regional outlook of Israel, Palestine and the broader Middle East. The experts provide their analysis through an update on the politics of the Middle East (Dr Alaa Tartir), political trends and life in the Occupied … Continue reading Israel and Palestine: Future Directions in the Middle East
Theodor Herzl, the father of Israel’s foundational Zionist ideology, once said, “If I wish to substitute a new building for an old one, I must demolish before I construct”. Recent examples of Herzl’s colonial paradigm of displacement and replacement include … Continue reading Peace in Palestine cannot be achieved amid unlawful demolitions
The so-called Abraham Accords are neither peace agreements nor historic breakthroughs, as is hailed by many observers. They are rather a prime example of the distortion of the very meaning of peace. At best, on one hand, they are a set … Continue reading Discord Around the Abraham Accords
Alaa Tartir, Program Director of Al-Shabaka, Engaged Scholar, Global Citizen 