News & opinions from a Palestinian-American
living & working in Ramallah/Al-Bireh, Palestine
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This report lays bare the scale and severity of the ethnic cleansing campaign targeting these communities, carried out in a context of apartheid and unlawful occupation and against the backdrop of an ongoing genocide in the occupied Gaza Strip.
![“The Other Side of Israel: My Journey Across the Jewish-Arab Divide” [Book Review]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2005/12/the-other-side-of-israel-susan-nathan.jpeg)
Although she arrived in Israel in 1999 as an ardent Zionist, over several years she became more and more interested in discovering the true situation of the Arabs inside Israel, who despite their sizable proportion of the population, seemed all but invisible to her. This led to her decision to move to Tamra, a single Jew in a town of over 25,000 Arabs. This was an unprecedented action in Israeli society. The deep friendships she developed reflect her view that despite the unofficial policy of separation that is actively promoted by the Israeli government, there is true hope of reconciliation and cooperation.
![Palestinians never stop conceding, for nothing in return [Book Review]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-olive-branch-from-palestine-2038246591.png)