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Maha Mehanna — Request for Support for Gazan Ph.D. Student in Canada
Then, October 7, 2023, happened, and its aftermath continues with no end in sight through today. Maha, like every Palestinian around the globe, became numb, finding it difficult to focus on anything but our loved ones in Gaza.
Saudi Arabia: Thank you, but no thank you!
As Saudi Arabia attempts to assume the unilateral leadership role in the Arab World, it has welcomed the Palestinian issue as a component in the negotiations because it is looking for a save-face measure in front of the Arab and Muslim worlds to normalize with Israel, which seems to be one of the conditions the Biden Administration has placed on Saudi Arabia to be able to reach a historic U.S.- Saudi Arabia deal.
2023 UN General Assembly Debate: A Speech Worthy of the Palestinian People
I offer the following draft of what I suggest Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas adopt as his speech in the upcoming General Debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly.
Interview with Jonathan Pollard
This racist Israeli who spied on the U.S. has the ultimate solutions… Watch the full 16 minutes and 31 seconds, from 1:48:29 – 2:05:00.
That Massacre Was Personal
This week in 1982, 41 years ago, in full coordination with the Israeli military which had invaded South Lebanon a few months prior, a group of “Christian” Phalangist fundamentalists, entered two Palestinian refugee camps, Sabra and Shatila, and slaughtered around 3,000 Palestinian civilians.
The Bible Is Not a Baton [Book Review]
The opening line of Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, the People, the Bible says it all: “For Palestinians, including the Palestinian Christian community, Palestine is a real land with real people.” It seems self-evident, but in a time when more people are in love with some majestic idea of Israel/Palestine rather than the real Israel/Palestine, it needs to be reiterated. This short read debunks many falsehoods that have taken root in parts of the Christian community over time and have been kept alive by constant watering by the State of Israel and the Zionist movement.
Mondoweiss: Israel’s ‘slay-for-play’ practice must be stopped
Israel has instilled a culture of “Slay-for-Play” to enable its soldiers and private citizens to shoot first and ask questions — if ever needed to — later. As B’Tselem, Israel’s leading human rights organization, previously documented, “[Israel’s] open-fire policy — which allows the unjustified use of lethal force — conveys Israel’s deep disregard for the lives of Palestinians and facilitates Israel’s continued violent control over millions of Palestinians.”
“They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl’s Fight for Freedom” [Recommended]
A Palestinian activist jailed at sixteen after a confrontation with Israeli soldiers illuminates the daily struggles of life under occupation in this moving, deeply personal memoir.
Yesterday, I Was a “Security Threat”—Today, I Am Welcome in Jerusalem
So proud of our daughter Nadine...yet another generation of Palestinians speaking truth to power...onward and upward! Jerusalem Story Yesterday, I Was a "Security Threat"—Today, I Am Welcome in JerusalemBy Nadine...
“A Day in the Life of Abed Salama” [Recommended]
Nathan Thrall received the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for A Day in the Life of Abed Salama. Five-year-old Milad Salama is excited for a school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem. On the way, his bus collides with a semitrailer. His father, Abed, gets word of the crash and rushes to the site. The scene is chaos—the children have been taken to different hospitals in Jerusalem and the West Bank; some are missing, others cannot be identified. Abed sets off on an odyssey to learn Milad’s fate. It is every parent’s worst nightmare, but for Abed it is compounded by the maze of physical, emotional, and bureaucratic obstacles he must navigate because he is Palestinian. He is on the wrong side of the separation wall, holds the wrong ID to pass the military checkpoints, and has the wrong papers to enter the city of Jerusalem. Abed’s quest to find Milad is interwoven with the stories of a cast of Jewish and Palestinian characters whose lives and histories unexpectedly converge. (Publisher’s description)
Haaretz: Decades, I Defended Israel From Claims of Apartheid. I No Longer Can
Dear friends, The last two sentences make no sense after all that is written before them, but nevertheless a worthy read of yet another awakening. Best,Sam---HaaretzIsrael NewsOpinion | For Decades, I Defended Israel From Claims of Apartheid. I No Longer...
Recording of Economic Justice In Palestine!
Here is a recording of the webinar. https://greenolivetours.com/online-events/economic-justice-in-palestine/ ...
Medium: My clown is in an Israeli prison, again!
Medium 𝗠𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹𝗶 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻! Are Israeli mothers and fathers resting better knowing Palestinian children will not be smiling? By Sam Bahour Read...
Haaretz: This Is the Unnamed Palestinian Casualty of Israel’s Assault on Jenin
Haaretz | Opinion This Is the Unnamed Palestinian Casualty of Israel's Assault on Jenin Amid Israeli airstrikes and our political struggle for statehood, we are fighting an economic battle to keep Palestinians in Palestine, the ultimate act of non-violent resistance...
From Wisconsin to Gaza to Jenin: An American Writer’s Lived Experience in Palestine [Book Review]
The memoir of an American daughter of a German immigrant raised under Nazi Germany, and the mother of three Palestinian Americans, who meets Palestine from the ground level. An eloquent read with nuanced explanations of a multitude of key points about the conflict, explained in depth in extensive endnotes.
PayPal’s missed opportunity with Palestinians
The Plain Dealer (cleveland.com)PayPal’s missed opportunity with Palestinians: Sam BahourPublished: Jun. 18, 2023, 5:11 a.m.Signage outside PayPal headquarters in San Jose, California is pictured on March 10, 2015. At PayPal's May 24 annual shareholders meeting,...
Webinar: Want Israeli-Palestinian Peace? Try A Model of Confederation
Click on above photo or here to watch. Co-sponsored by the Florida Chapter of World BEYOND War, the Veterans For Peace Chapter 136 in The Villages, FL, and Partners For Palestine, FL. ____________________________________ ePalestine.ps SUPPORT OUR WORK...
تخرجت ولكن، غير قابل للتوظيف
يمكن أيضًا قراءة هذه المقالة على صحيفة الحدث ووكالة وطن. تخرجت ولكن، غير قابل للتوظيفماذا تفعل عندما تدرك أن شهادتك لا يمكنها أن تجلب لك وظيفة. بقلم سام بحور صورة من المناظرة الانتخابية لانتخابات مؤتمر مجلس طلبة جامعة بيرزيت للدورة 2023-2024 التخرج...
“Peacemakers in Israel-Palestine: Dialogues for a Just Peace” [Recommended]
Featuring a chapter by Sam, “Peacemakers in Israel-Palestine aims to analyze the crucial roles and capacities of mid-level, nongovernmental peacemakers as they provide unique approaches to transforming the Israel-Palestinian conflict. It also aims to analyze and experience dialogue as the primary mode of peacemaking communication.
PayPal Annual General Assembly Meeting (AGM)
Yesterday, I addressed the PayPal Annual General Assembly Meeting (AGM), where I presented, on behalf of Harrington Investments, a 5-minute statement supporting a shareholder resolution asking shareholders to vote to extend PayPal services to Palestinians in...
Reports on Palestine
B’Tselem בצלם: This Is Ours – And This, Too : Israel’s Settlement Policy in the West Bank
Thank you B'Tselem בצלם! NEW REPORT - NOT TO BE MISSED - Don't miss the maps too! English: https://www.btselem.org/publications/202103_this_is_ours_and_this_too Hebrew: https://www.btselem.org/hebrew/publications/202103_this_is_ours_and_this_too Arabic:...
NEW REPORT: World Bank calls to stop the deterioration of the Palestinian economy
World Bank JERUSALEM, April 27, 2017 NEW REPORT: World Bank calls to stop the deterioration of the Palestinian economy "One third of Palestinians are out of work and more than half of the youth in Gaza are jobless. Gaza is on the verge of a human catastrophe....
UNCTAD: The staggering economic cost of occupation
Only $448 billion, and that was only up until year 2000! This new economic report from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is of utmost importance. It focus on the damage done to the Palestinian economy by this prolonged Israeli occupation....
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Maha Mehanna — Request for Support for Gazan Ph.D. Student in Canada
Then, October 7, 2023, happened, and its aftermath continues with no end in sight through today. Maha, like every Palestinian around the globe, became numb, finding it difficult to focus on anything but our loved ones in Gaza.