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Adel Safty

Adel Safty is author of From Camp David to the Gulf (Montreal); Democracy and Governance (Istanbul); Leadership and Democracy (New York); Might Over Right: How the Zionists Took Over Palestine (England); and the Cyprus Question: Diplomacy and International Law (USA).

Recent Articles

Monday May 20

The culpability of Zionist leaders

The struggle for Israel’s national conscience, waged by its leaders to avoid accountability and block international support for Palestinian refugees’ right of return, has reached a critical juncture
Sunday May 5

Many ironies of the Palestine conflict

Netanyahu claims he wants peace, but he will not halt colony-building activity in the Occupied Territories or return the land of Palestinian refugees
Sunday Apr 21

Two-state solution: Another opportunity for Palestinian-Israel peace goes to waste

Changing attitudes and misconceptions in Washington about Israel’s actions is critical to ensuring the success of the two-state solution
Sunday Apr 7

Astute dispossession of Palestinian land

Annexing Arab territory is a basic tenet of Zionist ideology usually at the expense of Arab farmers, who are banned from working on Jewish land
Sunday Mar 24

US President Barack Obama appeals to young Israelis

Obama’s address to university students in occupied Jerusalem indicates that he believes that Netanyahu’s electorate has the power to change his thinking if they understand the importance of a two-state solution
Sunday Mar 10

Palestinians deserve justice, not apathy

The Obama-Kerry team must remember that the occupation, the dispossession, and international law are the fundamental foundation of a two-state solution
Sunday Feb 24

Egyptians playing into Zionist hands

Israel’s designs call for the reoccupation of the Sinai, supporting the creation of a Coptic state in upper Egypt and two Sunni states in the North and in the South
Monday Feb 11

All Egyptians want is to live free

Democracy is not about the tyranny of the majority, but about the protection of the rights of the minorities
Sunday Jan 27

Turning social justice into a reality

The forces of opposition in Egypt should abandon the policy of negative participation and engage instead in one of positive contribution
Monday Jan 14

Egypt’s constitution: The lingering doubts

Instead of making the document the supreme law of the land, its authoritative nature has been diluted by requiring consultations