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Time for Competition to PALTEL (English/Arabic)
The largest and most actively traded public company in Palestine has opened its doors to Israeli ownership. First reported on 24/6/99 in the Israeli newspaper, Ha’aretz, the Peace Technology Fund, better known as the “[Shimon] Peres Fund”, has purchased 3.3% of PALTEL’s shares for $9 Million. Subsequent news articles in the Palestinian press stated that 1.5 Million shares were purchased.
Telecommunications in Palestine: Another Year of Cloudiness (English/Arabic)
A follow-up to Sam’s 1997 overview of the telecommunications sector in Palestine, “Telecommunications in Palestine: Growing Pains (English/Arabic)”.
Telecommunications in Palestine: Growing Pains (English/Arabic)
Published in Al-Quds newspaper (Palestine) on January 20, 1998 and in the Al-Haya newspaper (UK) on February 18, 1998. In English and Arabic.
![“Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness” by Rashid Khalidi [Recommended]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/PalestinianIdentity.jpg)
“Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness” by Rashid Khalidi [Recommended]
This foundational text now features a new introduction by Rashid Khalidi reflecting on the significance of his work over the past decade and its relationship to the struggle for Palestinian nationhood. Khalidi also casts an eye to the future, noting the strength of Palestinian identity and social solidarity yet wondering whether current trends will lead to Palestinian statehood and independence. (Publisher’s description)
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“Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians” [Recommended]
Edited by Staughton Lynd, Sam Bahour, and Alice Lynd Throughout the world Palestinians have often been viewed through narrow prisms of “terrorists” or “victims.” This comprehensive collection of oral histories brings to life generations of Palestinians, those living in the occupied territories as well as those in the far-flung exile of the Palestinian diaspora. The authors traveled throughout Israel and the occupied territories to find the multi-generational families living in towns, villages and refugee camps whose voices resonate in Homeland. These are the stories of loss, of exile, of remembering.
![“The Birth of Israel: Myths and Realities” by Simha Flapan [Recommended]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-Birth-of-Israel-Myths-and-Realities-by-Simha-Flapan.jpg)
“The Birth of Israel: Myths and Realities” by Simha Flapan [Recommended]
Drawing on recently declassified material, from Ben-Gurion’s war diaries to the minutes of secret meetings, the author reconstructs the real events surrounding the founding of Israel, exposing many of the historical beliefs as propaganda myths that have misguided Israeli policy to this day. (Publisher’s description)
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“Blood Brothers: The Dramatic Story of a Palestinian Christian Working for Peace in Israel” by Elias Chacour [Recommended]
As a child, Elias Chacour lived in a small Palestinian village in Galilee. The townspeople were proud of their ancient Christian heritage and lived at peace with their Jewish neighbors. But early in 1947, their idyllic lifestyle was swept away as tens of thousands of Palestinians were killed and nearly one million forced into refugee camps. An exile in his native land, Elias began a years-long struggle with his love for the Jewish people and the world’s misunderstanding of his own people, the Palestinians. How was he to respond? He found his answer in the simple, haunting words of the Man of Galilee: “Blessed are the peacemakers.” In Blood Brothers, Chacour blends his riveting life story with historical research to reveal a little-known side of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the birth of modern Israel. He touches on controversial questions such as “What behind-the-scenes politics touched off the turmoil in the Middle East?”, “What does Bible prophecy really have to say?”, and “Can bitter enemies ever be reconciled?” (Publisher’s description)
“The Shadow of the West”, a documentary written by Edward Said
Edward Said traces the course of European involvement with the Near East via the Crusades to Napoleon’s campaign in Egypt and the French and English entrepreneurs, adventurers and empire builders who came in his wake. Its main focus is on the plight of the Palestinians which can be seen as the most enduring residue of the modern encounter between the Arabs and the West.
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“The Question of Palestine” by Edward Said [Recommended]
This original and deeply provocative book was the first to make Palestine the subject of a serious debate–one that remains as critical as ever. With the rigorous scholarship he brought to his influential Orientalism and an exile’s passion (he is Palestinian by birth), Edward W. Said traces the fatal collision between two peoples in the Middle East and its repercussions in the lives of both the occupier and the occupied–as well as in the conscience of the West. (Publisher’s description)
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