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Go topBy DANIEL ESTRIN NPR Palestinian Arab Idol TV show winners Yaacoub Shahin (center), Ammar Mohammed (left) and Amir Dandan stand on stage during the final in the pan-Arab song contest on Feb. 25, 2017 at MBC studios in Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut. The Arab world has crowned a winner. Yacoub Shaheen, a 22-year-old Palestinian heartthrob from … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer With the 89th Academy Awards airing this Sunday, Palestinian activists are happy to announce that not a single actor invited to Israel after the 88th ceremony accepted the invitation. Last year, 25 Oscars nominees and host Chris Rock were asked to invited to an all-expense paid trip to Israel after the … Continued
By Rashid Khalidi The Nation Once again, the future of Palestine is being decided behind the back of the Palestinians. Once again, they have been made invisible. In 1917, when the Balfour Declaration was being crafted in the British cabinet, Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann had direct access to key decision-makers. It was a privilege not … Continued
By Ian Lustick The Guardian A broken watch is right twice a day. Occasionally, so is Donald Trump. In his press conference with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, he was correct to say that the two-state solution used to be the “easier” route to peace between Israelis and Palestinians. He was also correct to … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer An Israeli soldier convicted of killing an unarmed, wounded Palestinian assailant – lying on the ground several feet away – was sentenced to 18 months of prison on Tuesday. Prosecutors asked for a 3-5 year sentence, but the soldier, Sergeant Elor Azaria, who has since been demoted to private, was given … Continued
BY: Yara Jouzy/Contributing Writer A Palestinian identity isn’t complete without the political cartoon of a refugee child, Handala. In 1975, the famous Naji Al-Ali created this 10-year-old boy, who will remain at this age until the occupation of Palestine ends. He is an exceptional child, where the laws of nature and age are forbidden. Handala … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer and Diego Reyes/Contributing Writer Donald Trump may have won the presidential campaign, but his fellow GOP candidates are still vying for love from Israel to stay on the lobbyists’ good sides. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has been spending his new term in office working on behalf of Israel. Sen. Rubio made … Continued
By Sarah Champion The Huffington Post It’s cold. Really bitterly cold. The wind is whipping across the open countryside and the military compound I’m standing in is the first thing which breaks its path. It is the first week of January and I’m in Palestine, queuing to get inside so that I can see for … Continued
By JODI KANTOR The New York Times When Jared Kushner was 17 years old, he stood where a million Jews had been murdered and listened to Israel’s prime minister stress the country’s importance. “The Holocaust could have been prevented. We know it could not have taken place had the Jewish state been established a few … Continued
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shaking hands with new U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley in New York, January 27, 2017. Haaretz The U.S. had signed off on former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s appointment as the head of the UN mission to Libya before suddenly coming out against the choice, Foreign Policy reported … Continued
The Speed Sisters of Palestine: Marah, Noor, Maysoon, Betty and Mona. (Speed Sisters) By Jeffrey Fleishman Los Angeles Times They rev their engines and race on a battered land. They are five Palestinians in what’s billed as the first all-female race car team in the Middle East. They roar beyond checkpoints of Israeli soldiers and … Continued
BY: Leila Diab/Contributing Writer and Freelance Journalist Once upon a time, in the land of African kings and queens, cultural spiritual rituals and civil prosperity coveted their society. Their artistic expression in the arts, poetry, and honed talents ascended into one of the world’s most valued treasures, as is visible today. And back then, that was … Continued
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