The Oslo Accords were never a peace process. They were distractions, a scam to neutralise the Palestinian movement and give reactionary Arab dictators a fig leaf to normalise with Israel. They were a political deception, aimed at ending the Palestinian civil uprising (Intifada), dismantle the armed struggle and grant Israel time, space, and international cover to quietly complete its colonisation of Palestine. Israel’s recent security cabinet decisions advancing de facto annexation across the West Bank thus constitute the logical culmination of the real Israeli strategic objectives to undermine the very foundations for any future Palestinian entity.  

From the outset, Oslo demanded upfront concessions from Palestinians whilst imposing no commitments on Israel. Palestinians were forced to recognise Israel, renounce armed resistance, surrender fundamental rights, and police their own society. Israel, by contrast, was never bound to define borders, halt the expansion of Jewish-only colonies, or recognise Palestinian sovereignty. This was not an omission; it was the very fabric of colonial domination, in which the “power” extracted immediate renditions while deferring, renegotiating, and discarding its obligations at will, leaving the occupied to wither, perpetually subordinated to colonial occupation.

Donald Trump outpaced Joe Biden only in his fealty to Israel. His vow to block West Bank annexation is a worthless sop tossed to assuage impotent Arab leaders as he enables Israel to advance its Jewish supremacist agenda.

Donald Trump outpaced Joe Biden only in his fealty to Israel. His vow to block West Bank annexation is a worthless sop tossed to assuage impotent Arab leaders as he enables Israel to advance its Jewish supremacist agenda.

Trump reduced Palestinian rights, dignity, and lives to expendable debris in Gaza, and across the West Bank and Jerusalem. At the same time, he gutted all American aid to the Palestinian Authority........

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