palestine
Israel Plans to Conquer the West Bank
The Israeli parliament has passed a preliminary reading on a series of bills designed to apply Israeli civilian law to significant parts of the occupied West Bank. This legislative advancement, which occurred on 22 October 2025, primarily targets Jewish settlements and outposts within the territory. The proposed legislation represents a direct challenge to the internationally...
Diplomatic Momentum Builds for Palestine Statehood Recognition
The process of formally recognising a state, which is currently very important for Palestine, is a core function of international law and diplomacy, reflecting a political determination by one state to acknowledge the existence and legitimacy of another. The concept of statehood, while traditionally based on criteria such as a defined territory, a permanent population,...
How to Stop Israel
The best way to make somebody do something is to create structures that lead this person, organisation or state to do it. Obviously, there is always the possibility of making use of our free will and acting virtuously without having the structural setting to do so. However, the overwhelming majority of people are not capable...
Palestine Will Not Survive: A Commentary
If one would make an effort to compare news sources on the various clashes between Jews and Arabs on their mutually claimed home soil, we would quickly come to the understanding that the developments between those two parties are merely recurring routine events. First, there is an information shortage on the first strikes. Then mutual...
Understanding the 2021 Israel-Palestine Conflict (Part II)
In the first part of this comprehensive analysis, we have analysed the Israel-Palestine conflict within the framework for building understanding around political events. If you have not read the first part of this analysis, it is strongly recommended to do so. The second part builds on the findings of part I, which provides the necessary...
Understanding the 2021 Israel-Palestine Conflict (Part I)
Undoubtedly the most discussed topic of 2021, so far, is the ongoing escalation of violence between Palestinians and Israelis. In an eruption of mutual acts of violence, the already highly explosive relationship between the two sides enters another round of hostilities. Interestingly, this event’s tension is also in large part reflected across global media outlets...
