{"id":3925,"date":"2014-08-01T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-14T18:58:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T16:58:13","slug":"epalestine-jewish-daily-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2014\/08\/epalestine-jewish-daily-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"JEWISH DAILY FORWARD: A Palestine That Israelis Can&#8217;t See"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What purpose would be served by repeatedly writing the already stated obvious?<\/p>\n<p>This was published on November 18, 2012 in The Jewish Daily Forward:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;Most important, they [Israelis] also can&#8217;t see something much more serious than any of this \u2014 that the Israeli status quo, built on a cruel collective indifference, and the false glow of a rigged prosperity in which the Israeli public is basking can lead to only one outcome: collapse.&#8221; ~Sam Bahour, November 18, 2012<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/XRZJ2v\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Dead End: It\u2019s a truism to say that the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories is unsustainable. So why does it show no sign of ending anytime soon?\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190524174108\/https:\/\/forward.com\/image\/2\/630\/0\/5\/\/assets\/images\/articles\/w-hebron-111712.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/epalestine.ps\/PAGE08.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">A Palestine That Israelis Can&#8217;t See<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I can only think of the fate of the persons, the kids, in the photo!<\/p>\n<p>There is NO military solution to this conflict, period! <\/p>\n<p>Israel has proved it can&#8217;t win and Palestinians have proved they can&#8217;t lose.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\">Read at:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\"><font size=\"3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/epalestine.ps\/PAGE08.pdf\">A Palestine That Israelis Can&#8217;t See<\/a> (Gulf Daily News)<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\"><font size=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\"><font size=\"3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/XRZJ2v\" target=\"_blank\">The Jewish Daily Forward<\/a>&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\"><font size=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\"><font size=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/a-palestine-that-israelis_b_2153824\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Everything about this list:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/epalestine\">http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/epalestine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To subscribe, send mail to:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:epalestine-subscribe@lists.riseup.net\">epalestine-subscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To unsubscribe, send mail to:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:epalestine-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net\">epalestine-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What purpose would be served by repeatedly writing the already stated obvious? This was published on November 18, 2012 in The Jewish Daily Forward: &#8220;Most important, they [Israelis] also can&#8217;t see something much more serious than any of this \u2014 that the Israeli status quo, built on a cruel collective indifference, and the false glow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[617,618,48,439,40,158],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-3925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-gazaunderattack","tag-palestineunderattack","tag-gaza","tag-israeli-defense-forces","tag-israeli-occupation","tag-occupied-territories"],"authors":[{"term_id":936,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sambahour","display_name":"Sam Bahour","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bca109c333bf6d8ae807746dd512adde46265d37c923f6cd0fc4aab437f8e9aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"1","first_name":"Sam","last_name":"Bahour","user_url":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour","job_title":"","description":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sam Bahour<\/strong> is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aim.ps\/\">Applied Information Management (AIM)<\/a>, a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bahour played a foundational role in establishing two of Palestine\u2019s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justvision.org\/\">Just Vision<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.ps\">The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine\u2019s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bahour is the co-editor of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Homeland-Oral-Histories-Palestine-Palestinians\/dp\/1566561329\/ref=la_B00HBW71SO_1_1\">Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology <em><a href=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2017\/06\/epalestine-kingdom-of-olives-and-ash\/\">Kingdom of Olives and Ash<\/a><\/em>, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/lithub.com\/the-tallest-man-in-ramallah\/\">The Tallest Man in Ramallah<\/a>.\u201d He holds an Associate\u2019s and Bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA \u2014 a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He tweets at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SamBahour\">@SamBahour<\/a>, blogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epalestine.ps\">www.epalestine.ps<\/a>, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.<\/p>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3925"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10040,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925\/revisions\/10040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3925"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=3925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}