As the 300ft spire of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris tragically came tumbling down on live television, my thoughts ventured to Nuseirat refugee camp, my childhood home in the Gaza Strip.Then, also on television, I watched as a small bulldozer hopelessly clawed through the rubb

So, what have we learned from the Israeli legislative elections on April 9?A whole lot.To start with, do not let such references as the “tight race” between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and his main rival, Benny Gantz, fool you.Yes, Israelis are divided on some issu

The current violence targeting Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails dates back to January 2. It was then that Israel’s public security minister, Gilad Erdan, declared that the “party is over”.“Every so often, infuriating pictures appear of cooking in the terrorist wings.

The aims of the Great March of Return protests, which began in Gaza on March 30, 2018, are to put an end to the suffocating Israeli siege and implement the Right of Return for Palestinian refugees who were expelled from their homes and towns in historic Palestine 70 years earlier

I visited the city of Christchurch on May 23, 2018, as part of a larger speaking tour in New Zealand that also took me to Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton and Dunedin.New Zealand is an exceptional country, different from other countries that are often lumped under the generali

Political commentators sympathetic to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Fateh movement, in particular, fanned out as soon as the news was announced of Mohammad Shtayyeh’s appointment as the new Palestinian prime minister.It is no surprise to witness this gush of support and

More US measures have been taken in recent weeks to further cement the Israeli position and isolate the Palestinian Authority (PA), before the official unveiling of President Donald Trump’s so-called “deal of the century”.

Immediately after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forged an alliance with the fringe political group, Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power), a widespread outrage ensued.The anger did not emanate only from the centre, left and Arab parties, but from some in the right as well.

On February 18, members of Jewish extremist groups raided the Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied Jerusalem.