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.
Tuesday 20-July-2021
US President Joe Biden has transferred $135.8 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) following the signing of the 2021-2022 Framework for Cooperation and with additional conditions for the agency’s commitment to “neutrality”.
Tuesday 13-July-2021
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid stressed the importance of a “new start” in relations with the EU during a meeting of the European Foreign Affairs Council yesterday.
Saturday 26-June-2021
The international community speaks of mechanisms while Israel is preoccupied with exploiting the need for Gaza to be reconstructed to free the Israelis held by Hamas in the enclave.
Friday 18-June-2021
In July last year the EU’s High Representative Josep Borrell penned a brief blog warning against Israel’s annexation of the occupied West Bank.
Sunday 13-June-2021
A single perceived omission according to Israel’s colonial agenda was enough to turn down requests for the EU’s Middle East Peace Envoy Sven Koopmans to visit Israel.
Wednesday 9-June-2021
The US will not get involved in the current government turbulence in Israel but remains committed to the security of the settler-colonial state White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has declared.
Thursday 3-June-2021
Two weeks ago while the international community was busying itself with statements condemning Hamas rockets in an attempt to steer the narrative away from Israel’s colonial expansionism Palestinians were also protesting the forthcoming construction of 350 settlement dwellings in Beit El.
Saturday 15-May-2021
The Biden administration has been presented with an opportunity to sound its rocket rhetoric after Hamas retaliated against the Israeli colonial violence unleashed upon Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Friday 7-May-2021
US President Joe Biden has given yet another shard of proof that his policies will follow the legacy of his predecessor Donald Trump.
Wednesday 28-April-2021
In another example of collaboration between the government of Israel and its illegal settlers the Israeli Settlements’ Council has started to issue eviction orders to Palestinians setting up vegetable stalls in the occupied Jordan Valley.
Thursday 22-April-2021
A brief but revealing press statement marked the meeting of US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield with the Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini.
Friday 16-April-2021
Unsurprisingly attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians have increased during the first three months of 2021.
Thursday 8-April-2021
US President Joe Biden may be returning the country to the two-state paradigm but the inequalities between Israelis and Palestinians are becoming more prominent with each statement uttered by officials.
Friday 2-April-2021
In another move that shows US President Joe Biden is navigating between the Trump administration’s era and the return to the two-state politics the US State Department’s 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights presented two facets of the current administration’s policy.
Friday 26-March-2021
The Trump era is over or so the Middle East Quartet would have us believe. Now that the Zionist colonization project is back to contending diplomatically with the two-state compromise.
Monday 15-March-2021
Israel is reportedly concerned that US President Joe Biden will prioritize human rights over traditional allegiances in the Middle East.