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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

Haaretz: Pushing Palestinians Back to Armed Struggle

Haaretz Opinion // Pushing Palestinians Back to Armed Struggle Israeli and American Jews would be well-advised to rethink where Trump and Netanyahu are taking them – and remember that we Palestinians are going nowhere By Sam BahourHAARETZ:...

J Street: Palestinian Politics 101 by Sam Bahour (Video)

Palestinian Politics 101 In addition to my own J Street talk, I strongly recommend watching the other talks in the J School virtual study series. Sam Bahour's presentation on Palestinian Politics 101: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPjGKc-hbtU&feature=youtu.be J...

“Palestinian Refugees in International Law” (second edition) [Recommended]

The 1998 first edition looks at the Palestinian refugee question, resulting from the events surrounding the birth of the state of Israel seventy years ago, remains one of the largest and most protracted refugee crises of the post-WWII era. Based on a survey of more than 50 countries conducted with support from UNHCR and UNRWA, the second edition provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the status and treatment of Palestinian refugees in the Arab world and beyond.

openDemocracy: Palestinians refuse to stop thinking forward

*** Our prayers and thoughts are with the Lebanese people today. *** openDemocracy & Medium Palestinians refuse to stop thinking forwardEverything starts with the Palestinian people and all options are now open in this decade of clarity and renewal.Sam BahourREAD...

Man-made Israel [Book Review]

What do you get when you mix ten decades of biblical studies, an Old Testament, the ideology of Zionism, and a tablespoon of politically motivated archaeology, all mixed in a bowl of historical evidence? Author Keith W. Whitelam undertook this recipe and reports on the results in The Invention of Ancient Israel: The Silencing of Palestinian History”. The short answer to the question is that one is left with a toxic modern state, hell-bent on crafting an umbilical cord between itself and a mythical 2000-year old past. In other words, the State of Israel.

Hollywood actor Seth Rogen

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/seth-rogen-israel-antisemitism-wtf-podcast-marc-maron-palestine-a9643211.html

Medium: The United States of Israel

Medium The United States of Israel President Trump makes the Holy Land great again. By Sam Bahour READ AND COMMENT AT: https://bit.ly/The-United-States-of-Israel or here. #Palestine #Israel #Trump #annexation #satire _____________________________________ SUPPORT OUR...

Medium: Listen Up, My Jewish Cousins

Medium Listen Up, My Jewish Cousins You are about to relearn Israel and it is going to hurt. By Sam Bahour READ AT: https://bit.ly/Listen-Up-My-Jewish-Cousins or here. #Palestine #Israel #Jewish #Zionism_____________________________________SUPPORT OUR WORK -- DONATE...

Medium: Words Matter, Unless You Are a U.S. Democrat

Medium Words Matter, Unless You Are a U.S. DemocratThe good news is that there is still time to do the right thing.By Sam Bahour READ and COMMENT at: https://bit.ly/words-matter-medium or here. _____________________________________ Everything about this list:...

Medium: Time’s Up Israel

Medium Time's Up Israel Get your knee off Palestine's neck By Sam Bahour https://bit.ly/Medium-Times-Up-Israel or CounterPunch or Mondoweiss or https://medium.com/@sbahour/times-up-israel-d88b4dd575e9?source=friends_link&sk=d24d7521014cdac5d8b31b64991d9586...

Palestinians deserve a coherent leadership

Palestinians deserve a coherent leadership! الفلسطينيون يستحقون قيادة متماسكة!    هذا ليس نقدا من أجل النقد، بل محاولة لطرح ضرورة التغييرات الهيكلية في الوكالة السياسية الفلسطينية. ويمكن الاطلاع على اقتراح بشأن ما تحتاجه الإجراءات التصحيحية في هذين المقالين السابقين:...

Medium: America’s Intifada Must Dig Deeper

Medium America's Intifada Must Dig Deeper By Sam Bahour READ and/or COMMENT at: https://bit.ly/Americas-Intifada  and at Counterpunch. _____________________________________ Everything about this list: http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/epalestine To subscribe, send...

From Mormon Idaho, Through Youngstown, to Everyone in Palestine and Israel [Book Review]

#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home. (Publisher’s Description)

Palestinian refugees are Israel’s Achilles heel [Book Review]

The book is a long-winded frontal attack on Palestinian refugees and reads more as a commissioned assignment from the Hasbara-hub called the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs than a truly deep analysis of the issue of Palestinian refugees. What is missing from the book is as important as what is in it—all the other references that Palestinians’ Right of Return is based on, above and beyond the single one, UN General Assembly 194, that the authors pin their entire argument around.

Reports on Palestine

Powering injustice

Powering injustice

‘Powering Injustice’ examines how foreign trade and investment in Israel’s energy sector may contribute to grave violations of international law being perpetrated by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in Gaza. It considers the obligations of states and the responsibilities of companies involved in the supply of energy to Israel.

Actions you can take

[ePalestine] Twenty-five actions you can take for Gaza (ACTION ALERT)

Dear friends, Based on the following news article: Los Angeles Times: Behind closed doors, U.S. seeks Israel exit strategy (12/31/2008) I'd like to focus on #3 below to be taken in the next 24-48 hours: Demand Israel stop its genocidal killing spree in Gaza before...

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