Sebahate J. Shala The international community should finally resolve the status of Palestinian refugees by pressuring Israel to respect the refugees’ right to return, repatriation, and compensation—pursuant to international law. In a recent meeting of the Security Council, the Arab nations—including League of Arab States and Organization for Islamic Cooperation—rejected in unison the US “Peace... Continue Reading →

Sebahate J. Shala (This article has been written for the World Mediation Organization, Berlin, Germany). The negotiation process to achieve a lasting solution on the Palestine final status has been going on—intensively since the early 1990—sinvolving Israel and Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel and Arab neighbors. Under the United States’ (US) leadership, and supported by... Continue Reading →

Sebahate J. Shala (This article has been written for the World Mediation Organization, part of an online course on Mindful Mediation and Conflict Management). Venezuela brings the story of a country—which within five years went from economic and political instability to a humanitarian crisis. After years of denying, in April 2019, President Nicolas Maduro, finally... Continue Reading →

Sebahate J. Shala (This article has been written for the World Mediation Organization, part of an online course on Mindful Mediation and Conflict Management). The Ukrainian conflict is often portrayed as related to territorial disputes between Ukraine and Russia over Crimea peninsula and Donbas region—an oversimplified approach mainly used by the U.S. think tanks. The... Continue Reading →

Sebahate J. Shala (This article has been written for the World Mediation Organization, part of an online course on Mindful Mediation and Conflict Management) The protracted conflict between Macedonia and Greece over the name of Macedonia involved many actors and players, direct and indirect, each seeking to take its share on the cake. The main... Continue Reading →