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Go topSOURCE: INDEPENDENT BY JEFFREY HELLER ‘The State of Palestine and the Solomon Islands are now Interpol member countries’ Palestine joined Interpol as a member state on Wednesday, a move opposed by Israel, in a vote at the international police organisation’s general assembly in Beijing, Interpol said. “The State of Palestine and the Solomon Islands are … Continued
SOURCE: ABC NEWS BY TERESA CRAWFORD Dozens of demonstrators gathered at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Tuesday to show their support for a Chicago Palestinian activist with a decades-old record of bombings in Jerusalem prior to her deportation to Jordan. Rasmea Odeh posed for pictures with supporters and activists, some carrying signs with her picture proclaiming … Continued
By: Alex Ritman Source: The Hollywood Reporter The comedy-drama — teaming Mohammad Bakri and Saleh Bakri for the first time – is Annemarie Jacir’s third time representing Palestine. Palestine has picked Annemarie Jacir’s Wajib as its official contender for the 2018 Oscars in the foreign-language category. The film, which premiered in Locarno’s official competition, where it won … Continued
By: Stephen M. Flatow Source: JNS.org The U.S. government’s reluctance to demand the immediate creation of a Palestinian state has sent J Street into a panic. With its candidates having been defeated in elections on both sides of the ocean, and its proposals crumbling in the face of reality, J Street is trying one last desperate … Continued
By: Laurie Zimmerman Source: JTA MADISON, Wis. (JTA) — In March, the Israeli Knesset passed a law that denies entry to foreigners who support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, or BDS. At the time, the law felt so insidious because it introduced a political litmus test designed to exclude those who object to Israel’s … Continued
By: Nour Saudi Source: Aljazeera Rona Sela, a researcher of visual history and a lecturer at Tel Aviv University, first began studying the history and culture of Zionist and Israeli photography more than 20 years ago. Her goal was to uncover photographs that preceded the establishment of the state of Israel. In her research, she found visual archives … Continued
By: Mary Jo Madda Source: EdSurge Ideological and political conflicts exist across the world, and often appear oversimplified and binary: conservative versus liberal, left versus right, the 99 versus 1 percent. Yet the reality is often much more complicated. And for children born in the wake of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East, growing … Continued
By Michaela Schrum/Contributing Writer Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and presidential advisor, met with both Palestinian and Israeli officials on August 24 to discuss what some are hoping will produce a comprehensive peace initiative to be implemented in the future. Former U.S. presidents have had this conflict on their to-do lists for a while now. … Continued
By: TP O’Mahony. Source: Irish Examiner It is time for Ireland to stop procrastinating, show some real vision, and summon up the courage to formally recognise the state of Palestine, writes TP O’Mahony. WHEN David Ben-Gurion, the leader of the Jewish community in Palestine, stood up in Museum Hall in Tel Aviv to proclaim the … Continued
By: DOV LIEBER AND VIDEO BY LUKE TRESS Source: The Times of Israel Four years ago, when 29-year-old Alaa Sayej was setting up a brewery in his hometown of Birzeit, north of Ramallah, he encountered a problem he didn’t foresee: Palestinian authorities insisted his logo looked too much like Jesus. Officials from the Palestinian Authority … Continued
BY: BROADWAY WORLD NEWS DESK STAFF SOURCE: BROADWAY WORLD NYU Skirball will present the North American premiere of the Palestinian company The Freedom Theatre’s The Siege, running for 10 performances, October 12- 22, 2017. The Siege is based the 2002 occupation of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, where more than 200 Palestinian fighters, civilians and … Continued
By Jonah Gellman/Contributing Writer The American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF), a branch of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), paid for fifty-three Congressional representatives to visit Israel at the beginning of August. AIEF lobbies for AIPAC, raising the moral question of whether or not AIEF is using its status as an educational foundation to … Continued
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