https://znetwork.org/author/qassam-muaddi/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:29:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/qassam-muaddi/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-just-started-legalizing-its-annexation-of-the-west-bank-heres-what-that-means/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-just-started-legalizing-its-annexation-of-the-west-bank-heres-what-that-means/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:02:33 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294602 Israel just erased Palestinian existence from the West Bank by law, and it’s not an overstatement.  It has so far been commonplace to say that Israel’s annexation of the West Bank exists in all but name, since a state of de facto annexation was being established on the ground even though the West Bank was [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-just-started-legalizing-its-annexation-of-the-west-bank-heres-what-that-means/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-past-year-has-seen-an-unprecedented-displacement-of-palestinian-communities-in-the-west-bank/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-past-year-has-seen-an-unprecedented-displacement-of-palestinian-communities-in-the-west-bank/#respond Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:59:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293749 The year 2025 saw the unprecedented displacement of Palestinian rural communities by Israeli settlers, who enjoy the Israeli army’s backing. At least 13 rural Palestinian communities in the West Bank were completely wiped off the map. This impacted at least 190 families and 1,090 individuals.  The wave of settler attacks has continued into 2026, with [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-past-year-has-seen-an-unprecedented-displacement-of-palestinian-communities-in-the-west-bank/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-u-s-has-announced-phase-2-of-the-gaza-ceasefire-heres-why-it-doesnt-matter-for-palestinians/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-u-s-has-announced-phase-2-of-the-gaza-ceasefire-heres-why-it-doesnt-matter-for-palestinians/#respond Sat, 17 Jan 2026 15:01:05 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293603 Phase 2 of the tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has started, and it will involve “the full demilitarization and reconstruction of Gaza,” U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff declared on Sunday. Israel has opposed advancing to a second phase, which would include a larger Israeli withdrawal from the Strip, the start of reconstruction, and the transfer [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-u-s-has-announced-phase-2-of-the-gaza-ceasefire-heres-why-it-doesnt-matter-for-palestinians/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-is-trying-to-collapse-the-palestinian-authority-the-first-step-is-destroying-the-palestinian-economy/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-is-trying-to-collapse-the-palestinian-authority-the-first-step-is-destroying-the-palestinian-economy/#respond Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1289138 Following the wave of global recognitions of the State of Palestine from key Western and European nations, Israel has been stepping up its plans to render these gestures moot by implementing measures meant to cripple and delegitimize the Palestinian Authority (PA). Earlier this month, Israel approved a massive settlement plan that would split the West [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-is-trying-to-collapse-the-palestinian-authority-the-first-step-is-destroying-the-palestinian-economy/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/leaked-cabinet-transcript-reveals-israel-chose-to-starve-gaza-as-a-strategy-of-war/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/leaked-cabinet-transcript-reveals-israel-chose-to-starve-gaza-as-a-strategy-of-war/#respond Sun, 10 Aug 2025 18:41:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1287143 Israel decided to starve the people of Gaza as a strategy of war and in order to sabotage the ceasefire deal, according to Israeli cabinet meeting minutes leaked on Wednesday to Israel’s Channel 13.  The document purports to show that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused multiple proposals that would have secured the release of [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/leaked-cabinet-transcript-reveals-israel-chose-to-starve-gaza-as-a-strategy-of-war/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-suspends-aid-into-gaza-bringing-ceasefire-closest-its-been-to-collapse/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-suspends-aid-into-gaza-bringing-ceasefire-closest-its-been-to-collapse/#respond Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:01:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1280550 The ceasefire in Gaza came closest to collapsing since it began in mid-January after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel’s halt of the entry of humanitarian aid into the strip. The first phase of the ceasefire deal came to an end on Sunday as Israel continued to refuse to begin negotiations over the second [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-suspends-aid-into-gaza-bringing-ceasefire-closest-its-been-to-collapse/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-real-reason-israel-is-banning-unrwa-and-what-it-means-for-millions-of-palestinian-refugees/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-real-reason-israel-is-banning-unrwa-and-what-it-means-for-millions-of-palestinian-refugees/#respond Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:00:06 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1279515 The fate of the UN agency responsible for providing relief to Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is left uncertain after an Israeli law banning the organization from working in Israel came into effect last week. The law was originally passed in October 2024, giving the agency a three-month ultimatum to vacate its premises and banning any Israeli state [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-real-reason-israel-is-banning-unrwa-and-what-it-means-for-millions-of-palestinian-refugees/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/as-part-of-west-bank-offensive-israel-conducts-largest-demolition-in-years/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/as-part-of-west-bank-offensive-israel-conducts-largest-demolition-in-years/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1279305 Israeli forces conducted an unprecedented escalation in the West Bank over the weekend by detonating 20 apartment buildings in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. According to some reports, the move constituted the largest single demolition operation conducted in the West Bank since 1967. According to local journalists, the Israeli army warned [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/as-part-of-west-bank-offensive-israel-conducts-largest-demolition-in-years/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestinians-brace-for-more-violence-as-israel-expands-its-offensive-on-the-west-bank/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestinians-brace-for-more-violence-as-israel-expands-its-offensive-on-the-west-bank/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:32:29 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1279044 Israel continued its offensive in the occupied West Bank for the seventh day in a row on Tuesday, concentrating on the northern city of Jenin and continuing to expand to other areas. As part of the same offensive, Israeli forces continued to impose checkpoints and barriers across the West Bank, cutting off Palestinian communities from [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestinians-brace-for-more-violence-as-israel-expands-its-offensive-on-the-west-bank/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-is-hitting-a-wall-in-lebanon-what-is-its-endgame/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-is-hitting-a-wall-in-lebanon-what-is-its-endgame/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2024 17:48:46 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1274780 “Not every objective can be achieved through military means.” Those were the words of Israeli war minister Yoav Gallant on October 28, commenting on Israel’s war on Lebanon. “Painful compromises will have to be made,” he said. Gallant’s comments came amid Israeli reports of a possible deal to end the war in Lebanon drafted by [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-is-hitting-a-wall-in-lebanon-what-is-its-endgame/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/hezbollah-confirms-leader-hasan-nasrallah-killed-in-israeli-carpet-bombing-of-beirut/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/hezbollah-confirms-leader-hasan-nasrallah-killed-in-israeli-carpet-bombing-of-beirut/#respond Sun, 29 Sep 2024 16:23:57 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1272989 The Secretary General of Hezbollah, Hasan Nasrallah, was killed by the latest Israeli carpet-bombing of Beirut’s southern Dahiya district on Friday, according to an official announcement by the Lebanese resistance group on Saturday afternoon. Israel had bombed a residential block in the Haret Hraik area in the Dahiya district with several 2000-pound bunker-buster bombs. The [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/hezbollah-confirms-leader-hasan-nasrallah-killed-in-israeli-carpet-bombing-of-beirut/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-genocide-in-israeli-prisons/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-genocide-in-israeli-prisons/#respond Sat, 08 Jun 2024 15:16:51 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1267556 Israel’s genocidal war on Palestinians since last October has extended beyond the daily mass death, displacement, and starvation of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip. Behind the bars of Israeli prisons, Israel has been waging war against Palestinian prisoners, creating conditions that make the continuation of human life impossible. The effects of this brutal [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-genocide-in-israeli-prisons/feed/ 0