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“The Lobby (UK)” – An absolute MUST WATCH from Al-Jazeera Investigations!
Al Jazeera Investigations exposes how the Israel lobby influences British politics. A six-month undercover investigation reveals how Israel penetrates different levels of British democracy.
Huffington Post: The Two-State Solution’s Silver Bullet
A French version of this article may be found at Le Monde.fr. Huffington Post The Two-State Solution's Silver Bullet If the international community cannot come to recognize the State of Palestine before Trump takes office, the State of Palestine may ultimately be...
Palestine 2030 – Demographic Change: Opportunities for Development
Prime Minister's Office – State of Palestine United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) - Palestine NEW REPORT: Palestine 2030 - Demographic Change: Opportunities for Development ENGLISH (FULL REPORT):...
Huffington Post: A speech on Palestine-Israel awaiting President Obama
Huffington Post A speech on Palestine-Israel awaiting President Obama SECRETARY KERRY: "There are other countries in the UN who believe it is our job to dictate the terms of a solution in the Security Council. Others want us to simply recognize a Palestinian state,...
Sam Bahour’s 2016 End-of-Year Fundraising Letter
Sam Bahour’s 2016 End-of-Year Fundraising Letter It’s that time of the year again when we all get flooded with fundraising requests. I used to dread fundraising for efforts that I feel have impact, but not anymore. Although all the moral support is deeply appreciated...
‘The Two-State Delusion,’ a well-researched but mistitled saga of a failed peace process [Book Review]
University of Massachusetts Boston professor Padraig O’Malley’s The Two-State Delusion’s title suggests that there is something paradoxical in persevering with a proposed solution of two states, Israel and Palestine, as a way forward; the thrust of the historical accounts and the arguments made, however, are actually geared more toward convincing the reader that what failed is the process rather than the two-state paradigm itself, which has never yet been tested. A more accurate title would have been “Eulogy for a U.S.-Monopolized Peace Process.”
Kairos Palestine Advent/Christmas Alert 2016
Kairos Palestine Advent/Christmas Alert 2016 http://kairosusa.org/kairos-palestine-adventchristmas-alert-2016/ Download PDF of Alert here: http://bit.ly/Kairos-Palestine-Advent-Christmas-Alert-2016 My article, "Power politics and empire: its brunt on the occupied and...
NYT: Jimmy Carter: America Must Recognize Palestine
New York Times The Opinion Pages | Op-Ed contributor America Must Recognize Palestine By JIMMY CARTER NOV. 28, 2016 Photo credit: Vahram Muradyan ATLANTA — We do not yet know the policy of the next administration toward Israel and Palestine, but we do know the policy...
Thank you Mr. Trump, the unifier
Thank you Mr. Trump, the unifier By Sam Bahour What you are about to witness is historic; it is the will of the people to act collectively and in the service of the public good. READ ON AT: openDemocracy: http://bit.ly/thank-you-mr-trump Huffington Post:...
+972Mag: Trump’s first steps on Israel/Palestine
+972 Magazine Trump's first steps on Israel/Palestine By Sam Bahour For starters: Make the $38 billion military aid package dependent on Israeli actions to dismantle the occupation, and recognize the State of Palestine already. Again, the Republican candidate in the...
The frozen Chosen: Michael Chabon’s “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union” [Book Review]
Reading fiction does not come easy for me. I guess, while living under a military occupation, there is too much non-fiction pounding at our lives to allow us to get happily lost in fiction. Reading The Yiddish Policemen’s Union may have changed that. No wonder this novel received a ton of awards; it takes fiction to new levels. Not only does Michael have a truly amazing command of the English language (proof being that my dictionary accompanied me in turning each of the 414 pages), but it turns out his Yiddish is not so bad too. Add to that a true historic premise to base his plot on, and linking the story to a few themes that are alive and well, albeit repulsive (think murder, racism, substance abuse, and more) in today’s real world, and what comes to life is something that you’ll be reflecting on long after the book takes its well-earned place on your bookshelf.
The Almighty Military Order
Forty-eight civilians, 1 fetus and 10 pennies Photographs of the victims are displayed at the Kafr Qassem Massacre Museum. (Photo credit: Dylan Collins) If your Palestinian neighbors and friends seem slightly on edge today, please excuse them. October 29th brings back...
Palestinian Universities on the Frontline
Palestinian Universities on the Frontline By Sam Bahour On display at the Bethlehem Museum, the abacusis a simple, but yet piercing piece of art reflecting what Palestinian kids aregoing through under military occupation. Palestinian Artist Rana Bishara fromTarshiha...
TWIP: The Ghost of Palestine’s Diaspora
This Week in Palestine The Ghost of Palestine's Diaspora By Sam Bahour "BEWARE! Palestine has a hidden weapon of mass development: Its diaspora community. There is only one slight problem. We are unable to locate it." Download PDF of article:...
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Donald Trump backers also trying to get vote out in Israeli settlement
Cleveland Plain Dealer Donald Trump backers also trying to get vote out in Israeli settlement By Sam Bahour "I ask Trump the same question I ask Israelis: If it's not a military occupation, what is it? If it's an occupation, then it is past time we start holding...
Haaretz: Don’t Call Us ‘Israeli Arabs’: Palestinians in Israel Speak Out
Haaretz - Sep 26, 2016 Don't Call Us 'Israeli Arabs': Palestinians in Israel Speak Out "Palestinian citizens of Israel are its Achilles' heel; they refuse to become Zionists, refuse to leave Israel, and refuse to vanish into thin air. And, increasingly, they are...
A Palestinian Stalwart Rests
A Palestinian Stalwart Rests By Sam Bahour Jaber El-Wanni 1950-2016 Some people don’t deserve the harshness life imposes upon them. Jaber El-Wanni was one of those persons. This summer, when I last visited him in his home to bid him farewell before heading back to...
FMEP: Q&A with Sam Bahour
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Newsweek Middle East: Humans of Palestine
Humans of Palestine September 7, 2016 By Marian Houk http://bit.ly/Humans-of-Palestine-NewsweekME
UNCTAD: The staggering economic cost of occupation
Only $448 billion, and that was only up until year 2000! This new economic report from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is of utmost importance. It focus on the damage done to the Palestinian economy by this prolonged Israeli occupation....
PayPal and Palestine
Linkedin - 8/26/2016 PayPal and Palestine By Sam Bahour As a Palestinian-American management consultant in Ramallah, Palestine, I advise my Palestinian clients living under Israeli military occupation to use world-class software and online services, assuring them...
MEE: US fuelling Israel’s civil war
Wednesday 24 August 2016 Middle East Eye US fuelling Israel's civil war By Sam Bahour Israel is a very special country. Its history is like no other. Maybe that's why its civil war, which is well underway, is almost indistinguishable to the untrained eye from a...
AAI: Arab Americans at the Democratic Convention – Philadelphia (July 27, 2016)
Get the latest poll: "American Attitudes Toward the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict." here. To watch panel on Palestine/Israel, click photo below: Arab Americans at the Convention In addition to throwing a pretty spectacular party on Tuesday night,...
Forward: Both Republicans and Democrats Regressed on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Now What? (By Sam Bahour and Geoffrey Lewis)
The Forward Both Republicans and Democrats Regressed on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Now What? Sam Bahour and Geoffrey Lewis July 27, 2016 ENGLISH: http://bit.ly/rnc-dnc HEBREW: Local Call ________________________________ Everything about this list:...
Al-Shabaka ROUNDTABLE: Obama’s Last Gasp on Palestine-Israel
Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network ROUNDTABLE Obama's Last Gasp on Palestine-Israel by Sam Bahour, Zaha Hassan, Fadi Quran, Sherene Seikaly, Omar Shaban, Tareq Baconi on July 21, 2016 ...
Huffington Post: To Cry And Laugh, Simultaneously
Huffington Post BOOK REVIEW To Cry And Laugh, Simultaneously "Remember, whatever you do in life, for them you will always, but always, be an Arab. Do you understand?" By Sam Bahour Native: Dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian Life By Sayed Kashua Saqi Books...
“The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza” by Max Blumenthal [Recommended]
On July 8, 2014, Israel launched air strikes on Hamas-controlled Gaza, followed by a ground invasion. The ensuing fifty-one days of war left more than 2,200 people dead, the vast majority of whom were Palestinian civilians, including over 500 children. During the assault, at least 10,000 homes were destroyed and, according to the United Nations, nearly 300,000 Palestinians were displaced. Max Blumenthal was in Gaza and throughout Israel-Palestine during what he argues was an entirely avoidable catastrophe. In this explosive work of intimate reportage, Blumenthal reveals the harrowing conditions and cynical deceptions that led to the ruinous war — and tells the human stories. (Publisher’s description)
NYT: Smugglers in West Bank Open Door to Jobs in Israel, and Violence
Anyone who has heard me give a talk during the past 6+ years has heard me speak of this crossing the wall phenomena. Now, finally, the NYT has caught up. New York Times - June 20, 2016...
Some May 2016 quotes from the heart of Israel
IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Yair Golan speaks at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Kibbutz Tel Yitzhak on May 4, 2016 "If there is something that frightens me about the memories of the Holocaust, it is the knowledge of the awful processes which happened...
PSR: Asynchronous and Inseparable Struggles for Rights and a Political End-Game
As part of the 6-month policy research on new directions for the Palestinians conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) under the title: What directions for Palestinians? Changing the Status Quo: What directions for Palestinians?...
Reports on Palestine
[ePalestine] Yesh Din: “EXCEPTIONS:” new report exposes IDF’s failure to enforce the law on soldiers
Yesh Din "EXCEPTIONS:" new report exposes IDF's failure to enforce the law on soldiers Summary The report "Exceptions" reveals for the first time full data on how the Israeli military law enforcement agencies (the Military Police...
FT: New UN map charts West Bank reality / NEW: Amnesty International Report
Dear friends, The very important 52-pg Amnesty International Report, Enduring Occupation, which is mentioned toward the end of the article below may be found and downloaded at: http://www.amnesty.org/resources/Israel_Report0706/ Wishing for an end to reports and the...
Actions you can take
[ePalestine] NYT: Inquiry Opened Into Israeli Use of U.S. Bombs (ACTION ITEM)
Dear friends, A pillar of free, democratic societies is a working system of check and balances. Strangely, in the US, when it comes to Israel, these checks and balances are nowhere to be found. As you will see in the NYT's article below, the Bush Admin, the same...