Fri 2-May-2025

Ramona Wadi

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.

Israeli impunity is a priority

The developments in the “investigation” into the targeted killing of Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh point rather too obviously to the preservation of Israel’s ability to act with impunity.

Biden’s visit entrenches the humanitarian paradigm

When the Palestinian Authority leader jumped on the US bandwagon spouting status quo rhetoric he should have remembered President Joe Biden’s dedication to Zionism and colonial Israel.

UN has a role in maintaining the constant status of Palestine refugees

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) may well be operating with a permanent financial deficit.

Israel’s colonial violence is the cause of Palestinian suffering

The two-state compromise facilitates the international community’s alienation from the repercussions faced by Palestinians as a result of Israel’s ongoing settler-colonialism and violence.

UN commissions and Israeli impunity

The UN Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry recently released report on the violations in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) has infuriated Israel and sparked another statement from the US State Department on the so-called “one-sided biased approach that does nothing to advance the prospects for peace.

Israel exploits the Palestinian trauma of the Nakba

When Palestinians speak of their ongoing Nakba (Catastrophe) they are imparting a political consciousness which the international community refuses to recognize.

International silence over Israel’s media repression

While there is still much focus on the extrajudicial killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh calls for justice will remain resonant at least presently.

The EU response to Israel’s latest forced displacement of Palestinians

The European Union is as usual taking the wrong approach when it comes to dealing with Israel’s violations of international law.

The international community must adopt the Palestinian narrative

Since 2021 criticism of Israel has focused heavily on its apartheid system and practices.

Palestinian refugees are being marginalized by the focus on UNRWA

Can we speak of the sustainability of humanitarian aid in the face of ongoing colonial expansion and perpetual dispossession?

UN offers no protection to Palestinians per se let alone journalists

When the UN does nothing but perfunctory duties human rights and civil society organizations are brought to full stop; a dead end.

International community invalidates purported support for Palestine

A recent report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) places Israel in 10th place when it comes to the share of global arms exports from 2017 to 2021 with its primary recipients being India Azerbaijan and Vietnam.

US should be reminded that Israel’s settlement expansion is war crime

US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides engaged in further diplomatic contradictions as he fluctuated between asserting the Biden administration’s stance purportedly against Israeli settlement expansion yet making concessions for earlier encroachment upon Palestinian land.

Protection for Palestinians and international complicity with Israel

Calls for the international community to step in and protect the Palestinian people from Israeli violence are always juxtaposed against a complex web of complicity with Zionist colonization of their land.

Palestinian refugees are more politically isolated than ever

Financial support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is dwindling despite the renewed mandates and financial contribution pledges by world leaders.

UNRWA’s existence points to the UN’s failure to implement RoR

As important as the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is in terms of providing essential services for Palestinians its existence is also a stark reminder of the international community’s failure to implement the legitimate Palestinian right of return.

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