Ramona Wadi is an independent researcher, freelance journalist, book reviewer and blogger specialising in the struggle for memory in Chile and Palestine, colonial violence and the manipulation of international law.
Palestinian-Israeli Knesset member Mansour Abbas is the newest mouthpiece for the Israeli government's colonial narrative, but the Palestinian people will not be easily swayed in their fight for liberation, writes Ramona Wadi.
Throughout the decades, the Palestinian Authority maintained an illusion of power, with no qualms about losing Palestine if it can safeguard its privileges. Yet, what will the PA do when these privileges inevitably end? writes Ramona Wadi.
If the UN was serious about Palestinian rights, it would have recognized a blatant link between the international community's normalisation of Israeli colonisation in 1948 to the increasing Israeli settler violence today, writes Ramona Wadi.
Opinion: Despite promises of walking back on Trump-era policies on Palestine, both the Biden administration and the United Nations will likely maintain the gains made for Israel, writes Ramona Wadi.
Book Club: Louis Yako's latest book veers away from the pre-prescribed understanding of post-conflict Iraq - that of securitisation, sectarianism and humanitarianism - to focus on the lived experiences of various Iraqi academics who live in exile.
Book Club: Edward Said's contribution both to Palestinian literature and Postcolonialism as a theoretical discipline remains unparalleled. In this searing new biography, Timothy Brennan provides an exhaustive account of the man's life and legacy.
Opinion: Taken at face value, Israel appears to be attempting a new approach in policy towards the Palestinians. But the real agenda is saving the PA to ensure continued Palestinian repression, writes Ramona Wadi.
Said Habib's debut text is an enchanting retrospection of Palestinians lives, and how previously mundane realities were then impacted by political events. It is a poignant reminder of the power of memory and Palestinian existence as resistance.
Opinion: The PA's authoritarian efforts to quash calls for accountability and justice will only serve to further unite Palestinians against them, writes Ramona Wadi.
Book Club: Despite over twenty inquiries into Israel's human rights abuses against the Palestinians, the international community has consistently thwarted a response. Lori Allen's new book chronicles these attempts and how the Palestinians persevere.
