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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.

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Lost Tribe of Jews migrates to … Palestine!

Dear friends, As we struggle for the right of entry, return and life, this news story is surreal. Sad. So sad, Sam -------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Tribe of Jews Migrates from India to Israel Achal Narayanan Religion News Service...

HASS: Doors of re-entry shut to Palestinians

Dear friends, Somaida is a friend and colleague.  Palestinians and foreigners coming to help Palestine are still being denied entry at Israel's borders EVERY day. Please re-double your efforts to expose and stop this nonsense.  The campaign that's working on...

HASS: Not an internal Palestinian matter

Last update - 09:17 04/10/2006 Not an internal Palestinian matter By Amira Hass The experiment was a success: The Palestinians are killing each other. They are behaving as expected at the end of the extended experiment called "what happens when you imprison 1.3...

WSJ: Things Go Better With Rights

Wall Street Journal   Things Go Better With Rights By ZAHI KHOURI September 30, 2006; Page A8  In 1995, I moved from a comfortable life in America to Ramallah, Palestine, to invest in the most American of businesses there. I was instrumental in...

Interview: NPR/BBC The World — on denial of entry

Dear friends, This was an interview aired today by NPR in the US as a result of a complaint that several persons made on the original coverage by NPR on this issue. http://www.theworld.org/?q=taxonomy_by_date/1/20060929 Listen, in particular to the second segment, the...

Watch CNN coverage of DENIED ENTRY issue

Hi all,CNN notified us that its report on the DENIED ENTRY issue will run on Domestic CNN today and International CNN within 48 hours.Rgd, Sam-----------------------------------------------------------------------Everything about this list:...

IMEU Seeks Broadcast Media Specialist

Dear friends,  This organization is well worth building a career with.  Professional, structured, and sustained media efforts are exactly what will change public opinion, and thus policy, over time.  If you or someone you knows fits the job please...

THE JERUSALEM POST: The sad story of my friend Sam

The Jerusalem Post Internet Edition  The sad story of my friend Sam  GERSHON BASKIN THE JERUSALEM POST Sep. 25, 2006  I have been spending hours during the past couple of weeks trying to help a friend. Well, he's not really a friend, we hardly know each...

LeMonde: Sam Bahour, homme d’affaires sans papiers

Dear friends,  For my French speaking subscribers:  http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3218,36-816569@51-816667,0.html Please do consider sending LeMonde a letter to the editor about this issue.  The global campaign to keep families together...

2 faces of Israel on the Jewish New Year

Dear friends,  First, to my Jewish subscribers, Shana Tova, and to my Muslim subscribers, Ramadan Kareem.  It is rather unique that these two holidays start on the the same day this year.  Let's hope this is a sign for better days ahead, albeit it is...

In the name of security, but not for its sake

Dear friends, It is crucial to know our past to understand where we are and where we may be heading. Israeli journalist Amira Hass does it again below.  She has a very rare journalistic talent to extract the pulse of today by reviewing the historical context of...

Invitation: PUBLIC RALLY – Fri 22/10 @ 10am El-Bireh + +

Dear friends, I pass the attached invitations for those in Palestine/Israel. Additionally, I point you all to a few items related to this matter: 1.  NPR coverage of the visa issue.  It was pitiful and I urge all to make sure NPR knows that their superficial...

BBC News: Israeli visa rules trap Palestinians

Monday, 18 September 2006  Israeli visa rules trap Palestinians  By Martin Patience BBC News, Jerusalem http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5345752.stm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Everything about this...

VOA News: Palestinian-Americans Say Israel Denies Them Visas

Palestinian-Americans Say Israel Denies Them Visas By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 18 September 2006 To READ or LISTEN: http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-09-18-voa23.cfm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Everything about this list:...

A Proxy Denied Entry Threat

My father, Sami Bahour, landed at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport Fri at 9:35 am. He exited the airport on his way to El-Bireh at 12:15pm, but not after being told he would be denied entry.When asked why he was coming (to his hometown and birthplace), my father...

Israel’s Barrier to Peace (A MUST READ with MUST SEE PIC)

http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/20060725_israels_wall/ Israel’s Barrier to Peace Posted on Jul 25, 2006  By Chris Hedges Editor’s note: In this Dig, the former Middle East bureau chief for The New York Times and author of the bestseller “War Is a Force That...

[ePalestine] YNET: New Yorkers to study about Israel

Dear friends,   Why am I not surprised?  If my visa issue does not get resolved, I offer to donate my time to teach these educators a little about Israel that they will never even hear of in these spin classes. It's sad that time and funds are being...

[ePalestine] CORRECTED Right to Entry Flyers

Dear all,   In our rush to get the flyers to yesterday's very successful event in Jerusalem (more later but watch New York Times and Financial Times), the FACT SHEET had the last 2 facts truncated and there was a typo in THE ISSUE flyer.  These have...

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