Have the Oslo Accords been a success or a failure? Are they dead or alive? Is the Oslo experience still worth revision after having had its fill of criticism during the past 20 years? What are the results of those 20 years since the agreement was (...)
The night of Wednesday, 21 November, will go down in Palestinian history as a turning point. On that night, the balance of power between the Palestinian people and Israel shifted.
For eight days, Gaza was being bombed from warships off the coast, (...)
The post-Oslo balance of power must be tilted in favour of the Palestinian people, writes Mustafa Barghouthi
Most observers familiar with the situation in Palestine agree that Israeli settlement expansion has put paid to any prospects for the (...)
Palestinians not only endure a crushing occupation; Israel's apartheid system makes them pay for it as well, writes Mustafa Barghouthi
Frederick Douglass, the American orator, writer and social reformer who had escaped from slavery, wrote: (...)
While the political horizons have collapsed on them, Palestinians now face the deepest economic crisis in recent memory. A backlash is inevitable, writes Mustafa Barghouthi
Current developments in Palestine drive home the following points:
- The (...)
Irrespective of what political settlement is ultimately embraced, Palestinians need a unified strategy for confronting and overcoming Israeli racism, apartheid and oppression. Mustafa Barghouthi* outlines the basis of such a strategy
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As one who for decades has supported a two-state solution and the non-violent struggle for Palestinian rights, I view the recent conference in Annapolis with a great deal of skepticism-and a glimmer of hope. Seven years with no negotiations - and (...)
Mustafa Barghouthi* questions the underlying intentions of Sharon's unilateral withdrawal plan in Gaza
Returning from the failed Camp David summit in 2000, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak first coined the mantra that has become the (...)