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

Support Solar Project in Gaza Displacement Camp

In the aftermath of October 7th and the ensuing genocidal campaign by Israel, the Jabalya Refugee Camp was leveled, including R and M’s home. Here is a photo of their home after it was destroyed in April 2024.

Ungrounding by Eyal Weizman

Ungrounding establishes that architectural and territorial analysis is key to understanding the relationship between coloniser and colonised – and how Israel’s actions after 7 October escalated into violence so extreme and so far-reaching as to, Weizman argues, meet the definition of genocide.

Unshielded Childhood (B’Tselem)

Lethal, unbridled violence employed by the Israeli regime’s armed forces, including the military and settler militias, has led to an unprecedented increase in the killing of Palestinians, and particularly the killing of children and teenagers by Israeli forces.

“The essence of childhood has been destroyed” (Human Rights Council)

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel examines violations and crimes against and affecting Palestinian children, including serious physical and psychological harm by the Israeli security forces since 7 October 2023 resulting in the death of at least 20,179 and injury of 44,143 children.

Importing Occupation

Importing Occupation is a four-year investigation by Global Echo Litigation Center into how agricultural products originating in illegal Israeli settlements enter European markets, declaring
preferential tax status reserved for Israeli goods and bearing “Product of Israel” labels and invalid organic and plant health certifications, undermining EU and UK laws.

Erasing Anything Palestinian – Amnesty International

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.

PODCAST: How Israeli classrooms indoctrinate Jewish supremacy

Education scholar Nurit Peled-Elhanan unpacks the ways children learn to view domination as necessary and Palestinians as ‘a problem to be solved.’

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.

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

The Silent Overhaul: Changing the nature of Israeli control in the West Bank

The current government’s policies and actions are an apex towards realizing a strategy designed to fulfill a political vision of applying full Israeli sovereignty to the West Bank while establishing a reality of Jewish supremacy and relegating the Palestinians living in the territory to the smallest possible geographical area.

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.

LATEST NEWS

OD: Palestinians must not fall into this trap, again!

Palestinians must not fall into this trap, again! ​Sam Bahour 14 October 2015 "To cover up its crimes, Israel needs to feed all the western stereotypes of Palestinians as violent and subhuman rather than hungry for freedom and equal rights." READ ON AT:...

WE MUST NOT FALL INTO THIS TRAP, AGAIN!

It happened today, only five minutes from my house. Watch closely as the impostor (IDF) demonstrators (dressed as Palestinians) instigate violence to lure real Palestinians to clash, then capture them. If you watch even more closely, the "most moral army in the world"...

TWIP: One Border, Two Worlds (By: Fida Jiryis)

  READ AT: http://thisweekinpalestine.com/one-border-two-worlds/ _____________________________________ Everything about this list: http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/epalestine To subscribe, send mail to: epalestine-subscribe@lists.riseup.net To unsubscribe, send...

The Sabra and Shatila massacre is personal

The Sabra and Shatila massacre is personal By Sam Bahour These last few days, as they do every year, weigh heavy on every Palestinian’s heart. For me, and my family, the heaviness is also personal. Every Palestinian carries around two hearts. One is similar to that...

Cornerstone – Economy of Occupation (SABEEL)

Cornerstone (A publication by Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center) Issue 72, Summer 2015  Economy of Occupation   IN THIS ISSUE: Good & Faithful Servant (Sabeel Bible Study Reflection) Israel's Addiction to Palestine's Economy The Cost of...

BREAKING NEWS from Israel

BREAKING NEWS: Guided missile slams into Israeli Knesset building  Shattering the relative calm in West Jerusalem, a non-violent, guided missile slammed into the Israeli Knesset building last night. A few blocks away, the windows of the residence of Israeli Prime...

“The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge” by Ilan Pappe [Book Review]

Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe, takes the reader through the maze of knowledge creation in Israel and how that journey has interacted with power. The invaluable intellectual contribution and framing that Professor Pappe provides cannot be overstated. He documents for all serious researchers who follow how the dust (or more like blood) of Israel’s foundational moment has yet to settle. The events in and around 1948 that led to the creation of Israel and the colossal loss of Palestine were such a historic tragedy that even the well-oiled Israeli and Zionist public relations machines have been unable get traction to settle the historic account.

Two astounding journalists, one in 2015, the other in 1923

Haaretz In Israel, we walk amongst killers and torturers The harassment of the Al-Midan Theater stems from envy of our subjects' ability to overcome oppression, to think and create, in defiance of our image of them as inferior. By Amira Hass | Jun. 22, 2015 In our...

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...

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U.S.: Deny Israeli Request for Cluster Munitions [TAKE ACTION]

Reuters Alertnet U.S.: Deny Israeli Request for Cluster Munitions 12 Aug 2006 00:24:17 GMT Source: Human Rights Watch (Washington, D.C., August 11, 2006) - The United States should reject any request by Israel to transfer cluster munitions for use against targets in...

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