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Palestine

What comes after Abbas and Netanyahu?

By: Alaa Tartir Source: Palestine Square- Institute of Palestine Studies Blog With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing corruption charges and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat dealing with health issues, analysts say that a political upheaval is on the docket in the coming few months in Israel/Palestine. Although there is an increasingly narrow difference between … Continued

In Gaza, we get four hours of electricity a day — if we’re lucky

SOURCE: LOS ANGELES TIMES BY: ABIER ALMASRI http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-almasri-no-electricity-in-gaza-20170820-story.html   Some friends threw me a surprise birthday party last month. They placed a chocolate cake lit with candles before me and told me to make a wish for the year ahead. I immediately blurted out, “24-hour electricity and air conditioning.” They laughed and suggested I wish … Continued

The End of This Road: The Decline of the Palestinian National Movement

Source: New Yorker By:  Hussein Agha and Ahmad Samih Khalidi   Hussein Agha and Ahmad Samih Khalidi have been involved in Palestinian peace negotiations for three decades, and are senior associate members of St. Antony’s College, Oxford, and co-authors of “A Framework for a Palestinian National Security Doctrine.” Agha most recently carried out backchannel negotiations during the Obama … Continued

Palestinian art after Darwish

Source: Electronic Intifada By: Sarah Irving  In the Wake of the Poetic: Palestinian Artists after Darwish by Najat Rahman, Syracuse University Press (2015) Perhaps inevitably, the ways in which Palestinian literature and art are thought of and written about are strongly colored by the memory and influence of the great poet Mahmoud Darwish almost a decade since his death. … Continued

Palestinian professor speaks out on cancellation of Friends’ Central speech, stands with fired teachers

Source: Philly.com By: Sa’ed Atshan “I never knew there was affirmative action for terrorists!” Coming from the Ramallah Friends School, a Quaker institution that has been in Palestine since the 1800s, I had not expected such remarks as a freshman at Swarthmore College, particularly considering our Quaker ethos. Overall, I loved my college experience, and … Continued

Water deal tightens Israel’s control over Palestinians

Source: Aljazeera By: Dalia Hatuqa Agreement fails to address the fundamental concept of water as a shared resource, critics say. The deal increases the amount of water that the PA can buy from Israel, but does not increase Palestinian access to water or infrastructure development [File: Reuters It was hailed as a breakthrough, a rare … Continued

Archives believe Israel’s narrative of Palestinian conflict

Source: al-Monitor It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. In the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, an image can also be as dangerous as a cannon. This appears to be the conclusion reached by two women, one Israeli and the other Palestinian, who have dedicated most of their lives to researching images related to the … Continued

This is Not a Border Encompasses the Truth of Palestinian Life

By: Leila Diab/Contributing Writer A quintessential mélange of thoughts and artistic phrasing, This is Not a Border is a publication sealed with the reality of historical truth. This Is Not a Border shares the contributions of literary artists and their life experiences and struggles that were void of any possibilities of freedom, hope, and the … Continued

Why Palestine Is Still the Issue

A Palestinian woman plants an olive tree during a demonstration marking Land Day and against Jewish settlements in Wadi Foukeen near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. | Photo: Reuters By: John Pilger Source: teleSUR Israelis will never have peace until they recognize that Palestinians have the same right to the same peace and independence … Continued

Ashrawi deplores Nikki Haley’s crusade against Palestine at the UN

By: Palestine News Network Staff Source: The Palestine News Network Historically, US officials, even the most ardent apologists for Israel, made an attempt to mask their bias with a semblance of diplomatic language and balance, however flimsy. Now there seems to be a departure from that practice, evident in the one-woman crusade the US representative … Continued

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