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“My Tree” documentary tracks a JNF donation to its final destination
My Tree follows Jason Sherman’s journey to find the tree that was planted in his name in Israel many years earlier. When he discovers that it stands on the remains of a Palestinian village that was destroyed in 1967, he embarks on another journey — to determine his responsibility in helping to cover up the destruction.
“Rooted in Palestine: Palestinian Christians and the Struggle for National Liberation 1917-2004” [Recommended]
Palestinian Christians are not only an integral part of the Palestinian struggle for freedom and independence, but they have also been pillars of Palestinian politics, resistance, business, culture, art, and so much more. Rooted in Palestine is a commendable synopsis of the Palestinian Christian community, interwoven with the history of the Church in Palestine and the inner dynamics of Palestine’s liberation movement. I congratulate my friend Xavier Abu Eid for this invaluable contribution to the documentation of Palestine and Palestinians.
The forgotten atrocities: Britain’s history of abuse in Palestine – BBC Newsnight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKPayr11kFI&t=1s
A collapse in the making in Palestine
A collapse in the making in Palestine The World Bank, with two pairs of gloves on, documents the forthcoming series of events. By Sam BahourRead at:https://sbahour.medium.com/a-collapse-in-the-making-in-palestine-2382e300ecfd?sk=db8bfecdb12e2778559f748ea03b60b5...
CounterPunch: It’s Time to Call Israel’s Bluff (By Sam Bahour – Tony Klug)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is planned to speak tomorrow (Friday, 23/9) to the UN General Assembly for the umpteenth time. He will give another history lesson and totally waste his time. However, those states in the audience have the power to act. In this...
MEDIUM: Visiting the Palestinian narrative requires more than a visit
Medium Visiting the Palestinian narrative requires more than a visit By Sam Bahour Read at:https://sbahour.medium.com/bde9c0078a95?sk=f7247f3c1470599c8e58938417d74c13 ____________________________________ ePalestine.ps SUPPORT OUR WORK -- DONATE HERE:...
Palestine Hijacked: How Zionism Forged an Apartheid State from River to Sea
“Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family’s Story of Home” by Fida Jiryis [Book Review]
I am ecstatic to be able to share with you the first review of the forthcoming book, Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family’s Story of Home, by Fida Jiryis. It was published in Le Monde diplomatique (English edition), September 2022 Issue, as part of their Palestine special report. For over a decade, I witnessed the making of this landmark memoir from concept to publishing. All I can say is R-E-S-P-E-C-T to the author and publisher. Order your copy today; this is not one to be missed!
Over 30 armed Palestinians go on a rampage across Tel Aviv
Medium Over 30 armed Palestinians go on a rampage across Tel Aviv Foreign media refuses to report the story. By Sam BahourRead...
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Source: https://amp.france24.com/en/live-news/20220712-palestinians-say-us-economic-push-no-substitute-for-peace____________________________________ ePalestine.ps SUPPORT OUR WORK -- DONATE HERE: https://ePalestine.ps/sambahour/p/donate.html Everything about...
The Beinart Notebook: Sam and Nadine Bahour on the Palestinian Generation Gap
The Beinart Notebook - July 1, 2022 A few days ago, Peter Beinart interviewed me and my daughter, Nadine Bahour, on his newsletter's weekly paid subscribers' Zoom discussion. The topic was the Palestinian Generation Gap. To say the least, I am very proud of our...
An American Evangelical Christian Man’s Awakening to Palestine [Book Review]
The author of this memoir, Glory to God in the Lowest: Journey to an Unholy Land, Rev. Don Wagner, is a longtime friend. Back in the day, Rev. Wagner was based in Chicago, Illinois and I was in Youngstown, Ohio. We both were engaged in the same struggle for Palestine. Subsequently, when I relocated to Palestine, I would speak to the various eyewitness delegations he led to the Holy Land, or what he prefers to call the “unholy land” — which, he writes, “serves as a place of injustice that awaits the arc of the moral universe bending to usher in justice, peace, and reconciliation.”
Palestinians never stop conceding, for nothing in return [Book Review]
Jerome M. Segal’s book has one main goal, which is to highlight the 1988 Palestinian Declaration of Independence as a lost inflection point: a rare, pivotal moment that the US, Israel, and even the Palestinian leadership who issued it, could have seized (but did not) to advance Palestinian statehood and peace between Palestinians and Israelis. “If it seems odd that a Jew should offer his thoughts on how Palestinians can be successful in their struggle, let me only add that the struggle for an independent Palestinian state is also the struggle for a humane and safe Israel, and that there can be no Judaism without a commitment to Justice.”
Israel’s linguistic acrobatics [Book Review]
I am careful about recommending books. Everyone’s time is precious. My commending Alex McDonald’s How I Learned to Speak Israel: An American’s Guide to a Foreign Policy Language, and its sequel, When They Speak Israel: A Guide to Clarity In Conversations About Israel to your attention in a single review, then, means I found them to be beyond impressive. McDonald writes, “Language has consequences.” Then, as Mr. McDonald skillfully dissects the discourse on Israel and Palestine, that statement begins to seem wildly understated. McDonald’s analysis explains in detail how Israel and the West have used language, discourse, and narrative framing to camouflage a never-ending stream of the dispossession of Palestinians, including institutionalized discrimination, human rights abuses, military occupation, and so much more.
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“H2: The Occupation Lab” documentary examines Israel’s control of Hebron
H2 is the name given to the eastern part of Hebron, the only Palestinian urban area which remains under full Israeli military control, due to the presence of several hundred settlers. Through rare archive footage and interviews with Hebron’s military commanders, “H2: The Occupation Lab” tells the story of a place which is both a microcosm for the entire conflict, and a test lab for methods of control implemented in the West Bank.
Happy Passover from Palestine
𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙋𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚 Many are on your side, showing you the way out. By Sam Bahour READ HERE:https://sbahour.medium.com/happy-passover-from-palestine-1f1ad4f82818?sk=e076e0656b0edb851b5d4a57dfde1f02 ____________________________________ ePalestine.ps...
Palestine-Israel Journal: Incompetence or Accomplice?
Palestine-Israel Journal Vol. 26 No. 3&4 , 2021 - Looking Back, Thinking Ahead 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲? By Sam Bahour The international community, coerced by America, never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity to bring peace to the Middle East. A...
“Palestine 1920: The Other Side of the Palestinian Story”, an Al-Jazeera documentary
“A land without a people, and a people without a land” is how the relationship between Palestine and the Jewish people was described by Christian writers in the 1800s. And the 20th-century history of the Middle East has largely been written through these eyes. But this film from Al Jazeera Arabic looks at Palestine from a different angle. It hears from historians and witness accounts, and features archive documents that show Palestine as a thriving province of Greater Syria and the Ottoman Empire at the dawn of the 20th century.
“Tantura” documentary meticulously documents a 1948 Israeli massacre
When Israeli graduate student Teddy Katz meticulously documented a massacre of Palestinian civilians surrounding Israel’s independence, he was initially celebrated for his groundbreaking work. But soon, he was stripped of his degrees and was publicly shamed as a fraudulent traitor. Decades later, incendiary new evidence emerges to corroborate Teddy’s initial findings, not just vindicating him, but raising profound questions about how Israelis — and we all — deal with the darker chapters of history.
(+61J) Israel’s ‘economic peace’ is hollowing out the Palestinian economy
Plus61J Media (Australia)𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹'𝘀 '𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲' 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 By Sam Bahour "Bennett's initiative to entice Palestinians to work in Israel's high-tech sector will make it harder for the struggling Palestinian economy to stand on its own...
“Boycott” documentary highlights those challenging the wave of US anti-boycott legislation
Boycott traces the impact of state legislation designed to penalize individuals and companies that choose to boycott Israel due to its human rights record. A legal thriller with “accidental plaintiffs” at the center of the story, Boycott is a bracing look at the far-reaching implications of anti-boycott legislation and an inspiring tale of everyday Americans standing up to protect our rights in an age of shifting politics and threats to freedom of speech.
“Born in Deir Yassin” documentary now available online
The traumatic story of Deir Yassin, the Palestinian village located near Jerusalem that was invaded, conquered, and emptied by Jewish underground fighters in April 1948, is told through first-hand testimonies by Jewish fighters who participated and youths who were sent in to “mop up” the dead. In parallel, the film tells the story of Dror Nissan, a man who tries to discover the secrets of his origins by visiting the Israeli government psychiatric hospital built on the grounds of Deir Yassin in 1951.
Foreign Perceptions of the United States under Donald Trump [Recommended]
Featuring a chapter by Sam. “President Donald Trump’s term in office significantly affected the way the United States is seen by other nations in the international setting. This book presents 18 case studies of the effect of Trump policies and behavior on the U.S. standing abroad, and examines the long-term consequences of these effects.” A big hats off to Professor Gregory Mahler, Research Professor of Politics and Academic Dean Emeritus at Earlham College, as well as to all the distinguished fellow contributors from around the world.
+61J: New Israeli government, same old smoke and mirrors
Plus 61J Media (Australia) New Israeli government, same old smoke and mirrors By Sam Bahour READ AT:Plus 61J...
MEDIUM: Hyphen-ated for Life
As the U.S. 2020 Census results are being released today, here are my reflections, which I also submitted to The Medium Writers Challenge on the topic of "Space". Hyphen-ated for Life "Democratic representation of 'We The People' requires an accurate ascertainment of...
Everyday Ubuntu – A podcast by Mungi Ngomane – Interview with Sam Bahour
Everyday Ubuntu - A podcast by Mungi Ngomane Interview with Sam Bahour It was a pleasure to be interviewed by podcast host and author Nompumelelo (Mungi) Ngomane. Mungi happens to be Archbishop Desmond Tutu's granddaughter. I say "happens" for reference...
تخرجت من الجامعة (بقلم: سام بحور)
تخرجت من الجامعة؟ تهانينا، بس شو يعني! نقص مقلق في المعرفة لدى الخريجين الجدد! بقلم: سام بحور أجلس هنا أهز رأسي محبطًا مرة أخرى، بعد أن قرأت مجموعة من السير الذاتية لخريجين جدد. بدأ هذا الإحباط منذ زمن بعيد عندما عدت من الولايات المتحدة...
Washington Post Magazine: A Palestinian writer and an Israeli writer exchange emails — and seek common ground
Washington Post Magazine A Palestinian writer and an Israeli writer exchange emails — and seek common ground To get the conversation started, we posed an initial question: Realistically, where do Palestinians and Israelis go from here? By Sam Bahour and Nadav Eyal...
Reports on Palestine
Starvation by Colonial Design
From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide
From economy of occupation to economy of genocide
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967,
Francesca Albanese
Third State Economic Responsibility in light of the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion
The study outlines the concrete consequences of the ICJ Advisory Opinion, which reaffirmed Israel’s violations of fundamental principles of international law.
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POSTER/FLYER: ECONOMIC PEACE IS EASY [ACTION ITEM]
Dear friends, As Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to see his government sworn in later today (Tuesday), the sophisticated PR spin that Netanyahu is infamous for is already well on its way. This time the focus is economy. We are not fooled....