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News & opinions from a Palestinian-American
living & working in Ramallah/Al-Bireh, Palestine

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT (27 November 2025)

More than one month after a ceasefire was announced in Gaza on 9 October, Israeli authorities are still committing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, by continuing to deliberately inflict conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction.

The Disorder Podcast with Sam Bahour on Gaza

To discuss from a Palestinian perspective the fallout of October 7th, two years of the Gaza War, and the suffering of the Palestinians from occupation, displacement, cantonization, and bombardments, Jason is joined by Sam Bahour, a Palestinian-American entrepreneur based in Ramallah.

The Foundations of Zionism

The Foundations of Zionism
Sabri Jiryis author Fida Jiryis translator

Louis Theroux: The Settlers (2025)

Fourteen years after his first visit and 2011 film The Ultra Zionists, Louis Theroux meets some of the growing community of religious-nationalist Israelis who have settled in the West Bank.

The Perimeter

Breaking the Silence
New Testimony Collection
Soldiers’ testimonies from the Gaza Buffer Zone 2023-2024

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.

Genocide By Public Policy

[FROM 2004!!!] What is happening in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip today is dangerously close to genocide, close enough that photographs of terrified Palestinians in Rafah loading their meager belongings onto carts and fleeing their homes are all too reminiscent of another time, another place another people.

LATEST NEWS

GISHA: The Ministry of Economic Defense

GISHA The Ministry of Economic Defense Posted on May 21, 2015 There is zero reference to security in the entire response. Photo: Eman Mohammed After years of a complete ban, Israel began allowing transit of goods produced and grown in Gaza in the West Bank in late...

“The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood” by Rashid Khalidi [Recommended]

At a time when a lasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of their conflict is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, one of the most respected historians and political observers of the Middle East, homes in on Palestinian politics and history. By drawing on a wealth of experience and scholarship, Khalidi provides a lucid context for the realities on the ground today, a context that has been, until now, notably lacking in our discourse. (Publisher’s description)

A Resolution Germany Owes History

A Resolution Germany Owes History By Sam Bahour One way or another, Germany’s Bundestag is about to make history with the upcoming vote on the issue of recognizing Palestinian statehood. A positive vote for Palestine would finally strengthen the European Union’s...

DEMOCRACY: Framing to Advance, Not to Batter

Democracy: A Journal of Ideas Issue #36, Spring 2015 American Progressives and Israel, Continued In Issue #35 of Democracy, Matt Duss wrote a provocative essay, "American Progressives and Israel," that reviewed two recent books on Israel. He argued that both the far...

Restoration of Buildings vs Memories

Arabic: http://bit.ly/buildings-vs-memories-al-ayyam-Ar  English: http://bit.ly/buildings-vs-memories Restoration of Buildings vs Memories By Sam Bahour Home of Jamil Al Husseini, ‘Ein Siniya, Palestine (Photo credit: DHIP) I’m almost embarrassed to admit it....

Resetting Palestine’s political system En/Ar

Open Democracy (English) Al-Quds Newspaper (Arabic) Resetting Palestine's political system إعادة ضبط النظام السياسي في فلسطين ما عاد يحتمل الانتظار By Sam Bahour Today, Palestinian political strategy is being driven in the total absence of a functioning political...

Al-Hal: Between storytelling and reporting a story En/Ar

​ Al-Hal (Issue 115 - Volume 10) Issued by Media Development Center, Birzeit University Between storytelling and reporting a story بين رواية الخبر ونقله By Sam Bahour Every culture has stories, whether for entertainment, education, cultural preservation, or instilling...

LOCAL CALL: NO CHOICE: THE PEOPLE WHO CAN NOT VOTE SPEAK

Published in Hebrew in LOCAL CALL on current Israeli elections: NO CHOICE: THE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT VOTE SPEAK Israel pretends its society is a normal, US-style melting pot, but there are only two problems – there is nothing remotely "normal" about Israeli's societal...

Open Letter to the Editors of the New York Times

Open Letter to the Editors of the New York Times By Sam Bahour December 31, 2014 A view of Gaza City Re “Gaza Is Nowhere” (By Roger Cohen, Dec. 30, 2014): I started writing this as a Letter to the Editor, but my anger could not be conveyed in only 150 words, so I am...

Newsweek: Gaza: One War, One Family. Five Children, Four Dead

In Newsweek, of all places. OK, it's the European edition, but still. The tide is surely on the rise. Most of the world may have already forgotten the over 2,220 human beings slaughtered in 51 days this past summer, but we have not. Thank you Sarah Helm for reminding...

What I am supporting

Dear friends, I take this opportunity to wish you all a happy holiday season and a Happy New Year, despite all. It is this time of year that is also tagged as the month of giving. I, like you, am bombarded with funding requests during the end of every year. Some are...

Rick Steves Europe in Palestine

Guidebook author and travel TV host Rick Steves is said to be America's most respected authority on European travel. He visited Palestine in October 2014. Thanks to IMEU for sharing the Palestine episode of Rick Steves' travel show, which debuted this fall on PBS...

Video: Sam Bahour at Startup Grind Palestine (1:08:33)

October 29, 2014, Ramallah Video: Sam Bahour at Startup Grind Palestine (1:08:33) http://youtu.be/R4NfMwIbNRY _____________________________________ Everything about this list: http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/epalestine To subscribe, send mail to:...

Watch: Why is Jerusalem always on edge? (3mins)

As we all mourn, yet more, senseless loss of innocent lives and destruction of property we have no option but to keep hope alive. This is not the time to remind all that we have warned of such an outbreak of uncontrollable violence for years now. Rather, this is the...

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