Palestine This Week ‘Common enemy’: the Epstein class behind Oslo’s failure | Palestine This Week with Mouin Rabbani
Feb 18, 2026
Mouin Rabbani, independent analyst of Palestine and Middle East politics, digs into Oslo’s unraveling and the rise of raw power politics. He maps Israel’s tightening control in the West Bank and the rewriting of diplomatic frameworks. He also examines new narratives around Gaza casualties, a parallel aid system, Netanyahu’s Washington visit, and the influence of global networks tied to the Epstein files.
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Impunity Enables Permanent Control
- Israel exploits Western impunity to entrench a one-state apartheid reality in occupied territories.
- Mouin Rabbani explains this is political, not physical, so withdrawal remains possible if sponsors apply will.
Land Registration As a Tool Of Dispossession
- Israel resumed West Bank land registration to convert unproven Palestinian title into state land.
- Rabbani warns this will make dispossession easier and empower settlers with bureaucratic tools.
Oslo Became A Permanent Transitional Trap
- Oslo's transitional arrangements were never finished and became permanent camouflage for land takeovers.
- Rabbani likens Oslo to negotiating pizza slices while one side keeps gobbling them up.