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TWIP: Two Decades of Resilience, Added to the Previous Five Decades (By: Sam Bahour)
This Week in Palestine Two Decades of Resilience, Added to the Previous Five Decades By: Sam Bahour PDF: http://epalestine.ps/Two-Decades-of-Resilience-%28TWIP%29.pdf #Palestine #Israel _____________________________________ Everything about this list:...
The Forward: Why I Choose To Stay In Palestine
The Forward Why I Choose To Stay In Palestine By Sam Bahour "Ultimately, in terms of how this conflict will ultimately be resolved, my personal presence or absence here is an insignificant detail." ~Sam Bahour http://bit.ly/why-i-choose-to-stay-in-palestine #Palestine...
CounterPunch: Israel’s Mockery of Security: 101 Actions Israel Could Take
CounterPunch Israel's Mockery of Security: 101 Actions Israel Could Take By Sam Bahourhttp://bit.ly/101-actions https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/11/14/israels-mockery-of-security-101-actions-israel-could-take/...
“The Lobby (USA)”, a leaked Al-Jazeera investigation exposing Israel’s influence on US politicians
In late 2018, online Palestinian news site The Electronic Intifada obtained a complete copy of The Lobby – USA, a four-part undercover investigation by Al Jazeera into Israel’s covert influence campaign in the United States, made during 2016 and was completed in October 2017 but censored after Qatar, the gas-rich Gulf emirate that funds Al Jazeera, came under intense Israel lobby pressure not to air the film.
“Palestine: What’s Working, What’s not” telesummit
Dear friend, Because the struggle for Palestinian freedom is very important to me and I know to you too, I knew you'd want to see this. You may have seen posts and email about this telesummit with Katie Miranda, but what you might not know is that an invitation has...
“Our American Israel: The Story of an Entangled Alliance” [Recommended]
An essential account of America’s most controversial alliance that reveals how the United States came to see Israel as an extension of itself, and how that strong and divisive partnership plays out in our own time. Our American Israel tells the story of how a Jewish state in the Middle East came to resonate profoundly with a broad range of Americans in the twentieth century. Beginning with debates about Zionism after World War II, Israel’s identity has been entangled with America’s belief in its own exceptional nature. Now, in the twenty-first century, Amy Kaplan challenges the associations underlying this special alliance.
“Broken: A Palestinian Journey Through International Law” documentary reviewed on Mondoweiss
Although much has been written about the Wall, few efforts have sought to dig deeper into why States turned a blind eye to all its illegalities, which were clearly ingredients for a troubling road ahead, as we are now witnessing. Mohammed Alatar has taken this aspect of the Wall head on in a newly released documentary titled, “BROKEN”. Watch the trailer and read Sam’s article on Mondoweiss.
Jadaliyya: Exporting Palestinian Education to Palestinians: Documenting Yet Another Step Forward
Jadaliyya Exporting Palestinian Education to Palestinians: Documenting Yet Another Step Forward By Sam Bahour https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/37749/Exporting-Palestinian-Education-to-Palestinians-Documenting-Yet-Another-Step-Forward and a summary (إنشاء جامعة...
“Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Mizrahi Single Mothers and Bureaucratic Torture” by Smadar Lavie [Recommended]
In Wrapped in the Flag of Israel, Smadar Lavie analyzes the racial and gender justice protest movements in the State of Israel from the 2003 Single Mothers’ March to the 2014 New Black Panthers and explores the relationships between these movements, violence in Gaza, and the possibility of an Israeli attack on Iran… Weaving together memoir, auto-ethnography, political analysis, and cultural critique, Wrapped in the Flag of Israel presents a model of bureaucracy as divine cosmology that is both lyrical and provocative. Lavie’s focus on the often-minimized Mizraḥi population juxtaposed with the state’s monolithic culture suggests that Israeli bureaucracy is based on a theological notion that inserts the categories of religion, gender, and race into the foundation of citizenship.
“Looted and Hidden” documentary – ABSOLUTELY STUNNING FOOTAGE – A MUST SEE
Can’t figure out those Palestinians? Maybe this short film by Dr. Rona Sela, an Israeli curator, researcher of visual history and culture, and lecturer at Tel Aviv University, can help. Rona found stolen and ‘imprisoned’ photos and film footage in the Israeli military archives. The film features Khadijeh Habashneh and Sabri Jiryis.
Haaretz: How the U.S. State Department Deleted the Occupied Territories (Gerard Horton)
Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-the-u-s-state-department-deletes-the-occupation-1.6069726 Opinion How the U.S. State Department Deleted the Occupied Territories Its official reports now adopt the 'occupation denial' language of senior Trump...
TWIP: Israel at 70: A Darkness unto the Nations (By: Sam Bahour)
This Week in Palestine Israel at 70 A Darkness unto the Nations By: Sam Bahour READ AT: http://epalestine.ps/Israel-at-70-A-Darkness-unto-the-Nations-%28TWIP%29.pdf #Palestine #Israel _____________________________________ Everything about this list:...
CQ researcher – Pro/Con: Is President Trump right to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital?
CQ researcher - Pro/Con Is President Trump right to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital? READ AT: http://bit.ly/Dore-Gold-Sam-Bahour _____________________________________ Everything about this list: http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/epalestine To subscribe, send...
“From Balfour to Banksy” documentary examines the UK’s historical impact on Palestinians
This film looks at the losers in Palestine a century after Britain’s ‘Balfour Declaration’. And, 50 years after the end of the 1967 war, it records some of the realities of life for millions of contemporary Palestinians who still live in a military zone – who live behind a wall, in limited and stressful conditions, and with seriously compromised human rights.
MONDOWEIS: Bibi does Broadway
My latest with an attempt to be more creative given straight analysis is not working fast enough. Mondoweiss Bibi does Broadway by Sam Bahour Read at: http://bit.ly/Bibi-does-Broadway #Palestine #Israel #AIPAC_____________________________________ Everything about...
“Moment of Truth: Tackling Israel-Palestine’s Toughest Questions” edited by Jamie Stern-Weiner, featuring a chapter by Sam [Recommended]
Moment of Truth: Tackling Israel-Palestine’s Toughest Questions seeks to clarify what it would take to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict, to assess the prospects of doing so, and to illuminate what is possible in Palestine. It assembles an unprecedented wealth of expertise-encompassing political leaders, preeminent scholars, and dedicated activists from Israel, Palestine, and abroad-in direct critical exchange on the issues at the heart of the world’s most intractable conflict.
Haaretz: Mike Pence Just Confirmed America’s Exit From the Mideast Peace Process
Haaretz - Opinion Mike Pence Just Confirmed America's Exit From the Mideast Peace Process By Sam Bahour When Pence says: 'We stand with Israel. Your cause is our cause, your fight is our fight', it's clear America is only interested in offering Israel blind political...
Sam Bahour’s 2017 End-of-Year Fundraising Letter
Sam Bahour’s 2017 End-of-Year Fundraising Letter If I popped into your neighborhood unannounced, would you take me out to lunch? With this end-of-year fundraising appeal, I'm not asking for more than that--a single lunch, a week of lunches, or perhaps a month of...
HuffPost: Jump-Start Palestine: A Story of Economic Survival (By Sam Bahour and Nisreen Musleh)
HuffPostJump-Start Palestine: A Story of Economic Survival By Sam Bahour and Nisreen Musleh Not a day goes by without one of us being asked if Palestine really has an economy, given that we have been living for five decades under an increasingly well-entrenched...
Cleveland Plain Dealer: The sadly misnamed Taylor Force Act is being propelled by unfounded anti-Palestinian propaganda: Sam Bahour (Opinion)
Cleveland Plain Dealer The sadly misnamed Taylor Force Act is being propelled by unfounded anti-Palestinian propaganda: Sam Bahour (Opinion) Posted on October 7, 2017 at 10:47 AM Israeli police officers and Palestinians scuffle during clashes in an east Jerusalem...
“The Occupation of the American Mind” documentary looks at Israel’s public relations war in the USA
Over the past few years, Israel’s ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world — except the United States. The Occupation of the American Mind takes an eye-opening look at this critical exception, zeroing in on pro-Israel public relations efforts within the U.S.
PODCAST: Building Jerusalem with Sam Bahour
PODCAST (59 MINS) Building Jerusalem #2 - Sam Bahour LISTEN HERE: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/building-jerusalem/e/51534706?autoplay=true Episode Info: Sam Bahour is a Palestinian businessman and political analyst. He helped create the first Palestinian...
+972 Blog: How Palestinians can reverse Israel’s divide and conquer tactics
+972 Blog How Palestinians can reverse Israel's divide and conquer tactics Oslo allowed Israel to reduce Palestinians to disparate fragments, each with their own challenge to merely survive. It's time to reset that reality and view the Palestinians for what they are —...
Jerusalem Post Magazine: LISTENING CLOSELY (By NATAN ODENHEIMER)
Jerusalem Post Magazine August 10, 2017 LISTENING CLOSELY By NATAN ODENHEIMER Sam Bahour is eager to open up the discussion concerning the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. But is there anyone to engage in the conversation?...
“The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine” by Ben Ehrenreich [Recommended]
Over the past three years, American writer Ben Ehrenreich has been traveling to and living in the West Bank, staying with Palestinian families in its largest cities and its smallest villages… Ruled by the Israeli military, set upon and harassed constantly by Israeli settlers who admit unapologetically to wanting to drive them from the land, forced to negotiate an ever more elaborate and more suffocating series of fences, checkpoints, and barriers that have sundered home from field, home from home, this is a population whose living conditions are unique, and indeed hard to imagine. In a great act of bravery, empathy and understanding, Ben Ehrenreich, by placing us in the footsteps of ordinary Palestinians and telling their story with surpassing literary power and grace, makes it impossible for us to turn away.
“This is Palestine” documentary reminds us of the real people behind the daily headlines and statistics
A new documentary well worth the watch. Nothing new here for anyone aware of ground zero in Palestine or has been awake the past 50 years, but footage of some heart-wrenching scenes reminds us all that there are real people behind the daily headlines and statistics. 49:42 minutes.
Haaretz: What Are Old Photos and Films of Palestinians Doing in the IDF Archive?
Fascinating, infuriating, insightful, and inspiring, all in one... Haaretz What Are Old Photos and Films of Palestinians Doing in the IDF Archive? From her [Dr. Rona Sela, a curator and researcher of visual history at Tel Aviv University] point of view, the systematic...
Friends School – Class of 2017 Commencement
Friends School - مدرسة الفرندز Class of 2017 Commencement Speech كلمة حفل تخرج فوج عام 2017 بقلم سام بحور - By Sam Bahour May 21, 2017 Friends School Class of 2017 Commencement Speech By Sam Bahour مدرسة الفرندز كلمة حفل تخرج فوج عام 2017 بقلم سام بحور I...
Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation [Recommended]
Proud to have contributed in several ways to this book project. Actually, it’s much more than a book project as you will see by who the authors are and what their riveting stories reveal.
Literary Hub: The Tallest Man in Ramallah
“The tallest man in Ramallah offered to give us a tour of his cage. We would not even have to leave our table at Rukab’s Ice Cream, on Rukab Street; all he needed to do was reach into his pocket…” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon roams the West Bank with Sam Bahour. This essay was first published on Literary Hub before appearing in the writers’ compendium, “Kingdom of Olives and Ash” (2017).
Reports on Palestine
AI NEW REPORT: Trigger-happy: Israel’s use of excessive force in the West Bank
"It urges the USA, the European Union and the rest of the international community to suspend all transfers of munitions, weapons and other equipment to Israel." Amnesty International 27 February 2014 ‘Trigger-happy’ Israeli army and police use reckless force in the...
HRW: Israel’s Control of Palestinian Residency in the West Bank and Gaza
Human Rights Watch NEW REPORT “Forget About Him, He’s Not Here” Israel’s Control of Palestinian Residency in the West Bank and Gaza http://www.hrw.org/reports/2012/02/05/forget-about-him-he-s-not-here-0...
ACTION ITEM: Presbyterian Church under attack for their “Breaking Down The Walls” report
Dear friends, A few days ago I posted a report issued by the Presbyterian Church USA's Middle East Committee titled, "Breaking Down The Walls". As could be expected the Church is now under a vicious attack from the pro-Israel lobby in the US. I urge you to read the...
Actions you can take
Follow-up to last message regarding John Dugard’s op-ed…ACTION ALERT
Dear friends, Sorry for a second message so close to the last, but this is important. It has been brought to my attention that the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and John Dugard are both under attack. John Dugard for his opinion and the Atlanta...