Israel’s Decades Old Plan to Exploit Gaza the Gas Fields of Gaza

What does Israel’s current war against the Gaza Strip have to do with oil and gas? Since the year 2000, when Gaza’s gas fields were discovered, the Israeli government has prevented the Palestinian people and their representatives from reaping the benefits of their own resources.

Robert Inlakesh
By Robert Inlakesh
Gaza Gas Fields Feature photo

To what extent is the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Gaza Strip intertwined with the region's oil and gas resources? Since the year 2000, upon the discovery of gas fields in Gaza, the Israeli government has obstructed the Palestinian people and their representatives from harnessing the advantages of their natural resources. Let's look at

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PLO Learned Bitter Oslo Lesson: Negotiation With US and Israel Is for Suckers

The actual reality in Palestine today is a direct result of the Oslo Accords and is precisely what Israel had always wanted: advancing deeper and more entrenched Israeli control over the lives, land and resources in Palestine while maintaining the appearance of a peace process, the failure of which is blamed on the Palestinians.

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
20 Years After Oslo Israel Palestine

WASHINGTON -- The intention behind the Oslo Accords, one can argue, was made evident when, almost to the day on the 25th anniversary of the accords, the U.S. closed the PLO mission in Washington. The State Department cited the Palestinian failure to “advance the start of direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel,” according to a report in the

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Should Israeli Settlers be Considered Civilians?

Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.”

Robert Inlakesh
By Robert Inlakesh
The Israeli Jewish-settlement of Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem, Feb. 7, 2017. (AP/Oded Balilty)

It is time to pose a question: Are Israeli settlers civilians? Or are they illegal occupiers? A group of Israeli settlers made the move, to seize land in East Hebron (al-Khalil) last Monday (06/03/18), setting up camp - adjacent to the ‘Kharsina settlement’ - backed by an entourage of heavily armed soldiers. This move threatens three Palestinian

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Has Trump Killed The Two-State Solution?

Israelis, Palestinians & Americans weigh the prospects of a two-state solution under President Donald Trump.

Joe Catron
By Joe Catron
President Donald Trump escorts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)

UNITED NATIONS --- Hours before hundreds of people protested outside the White House and hundreds more gathered at over a dozen demonstrations across the United States on Feb. 15, President Donald Trump took aim at more than a decade and a half of foreign policy during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “So

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The Oslo Impasse: A 23-Year-Old Deal That Benefits Israel At The Expense Of Palestine

Recent gunfire against Palestinian protesters in Area C shows the Palestinian Authority’s strange position more than two decades since the Oslo Accords were signed.

Joe Catron
By Joe Catron
President Clinton gestures as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands after signing a peace accord, Monday September 13, 1993 on the South Lawn of the White House.

NEW YORK --- Palestinian Authority security forces in the Israeli-occupied West Bank crossed a strange line on Tuesday, firing into the air to disperse Palestinians protesting the construction of a new landfill near Ramallah that would service both Israeli settlers and Palestinian residents. The incident both illustrates the PA’s unique position

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