News & opinions from a Palestinian-American
living & working in Ramallah/Al-Bireh, Palestine
Pastors encourage an impoverished Kentucky community, “The forgotten people of America”, to donate to Israel in anticipation of Jesus’s impending return. The film exposes the controversial bond between Evangelicals and Jews, in a story of faith, power and money, revealing how Trump’s America is led by an End-Times apocalyptic countdown.
![Understanding American Jewish Philanthropy [Book Review]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/TheAmericanJewishPhilanthropicComplex-COVER-701762-1.jpg)
Fundraise long enough and you start to learn that it is an industry, like most other domains, but very few people have the wherewithal and persistence to dig deep into the black box of how the mechanics of fundraising developed and exists in today’s world. Professor and Author Lila Corwin Berman clearly does not fit that description and her book is a fascinating read.
![From AIPAC’s La-la Land to the Bitter Reality in the Holy Land [Book Review]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Cover-707102-1.jpg)
During the past few years, author Richard Forer is the second person who has come my way who is Jewish American, a former member or employee of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and educated themselves on the Palestine and Israel that their upbringing consciously hid from them. Both also happen to write and are in a hurry to share with the world their learning journey, not to mention to speak out in the boldest way possible to make the case that they, as Jews, will not allow continuing Israeli war crimes to be done in their names.
!["The Origin of the Palestine-Israel Conflict" paper [Recommended]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-Origin-of-the-Palestine-Israel-Conflict.png)
