Ramona Wadi is an independent researcher freelance journalist book reviewer and blogger. Her writing covers a range of themes in relation to Palestine Chile and Latin America. Her article appeared in MEMO.
Wednesday 10-March-2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is counting upon the diplomatic route against the International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate war crimes alleged to have been committed by his country. Israel will not be short of supporters.
Thursday 4-March-2021
European politicians are finally waking up to the issue of Israeli annexation of Palestinian land acknowledging that the suspension brought about by the US-brokered Abraham Accords are not an impediment to the annexation actually happening in what remains of Palestinian territory.
Thursday 25-February-2021
The latest report by the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process painted a bleak picture for Palestine.
Thursday 18-February-2021
With US President Joe Biden’s first call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now out of the way the first inklings of the new administration’s diplomacy regarding Palestine and Israel have been made public.
Monday 1-February-2021
US President Joe Biden announced the restoring of diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Authority and the resumption of humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people.
Wednesday 27-January-2021
“An unprecedented place” is how Israel Hayom described the Trump administration’s scheming with Israel against the Palestinian people during an interview with outgoing US Ambassador David Friedman.
Monday 18-January-2021
The UN has mastered the art of dissociating itself from colonization especially that which it has supported through international consensus.
Thursday 14-January-2021
“Shocking scenes of violence” was how the Jewish Insider described last week’s storming of the Capitol Building in Washington DC by supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump.
Friday 25-December-2020
The EU’s recent financial donation to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) leaves no doubt about the motive.
Friday 11-December-2020
Last November the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced that it ran out of funds with Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini calling for $70 million in aid to ensure the continuation of basic needs and services for Palestinian refugees.
Wednesday 2-December-2020
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres never misses an opportunity to illustrate how the international community has failed Palestine and its people.
Wednesday 18-November-2020
There are a couple of meaningful things that the EU should do without delay: it should drop the pretence that it supports the Palestinian people’s right to their own land and it should clarify the purpose of its diplomacy which is to safeguard the two-state rhetoric.
Friday 6-November-2020
UN intransigence over Israel contrasts with Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk’s observations regarding Israel’s ongoing settlement expansion not least because the latter boosts his arguments by providing some colonial context instead of remaining tethered to the two-state compromise.
Friday 30-October-2020
Calling for the freedom of one Palestinian political prisoner is what Israel expects from the international community.
Wednesday 21-October-2020
The UN’s non-binding and generalised Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have provided a diversion in current EU and Palestinian politics.
Friday 9-October-2020
For decades since Israel established itself in Palestine there has been no gradual relinquishing of slogans such as its “right to exist”.