{"id":4045,"date":"2013-01-20T18:28:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-14T18:59:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T16:59:57","slug":"epalestine-new-yorker-party-faithful-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2013\/01\/epalestine-new-yorker-party-faithful-by\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Yorker: The Party Faithful (by David Remnick)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">You think you know Israel? Well, think again&#8230;this is a long read but well worth the insights  gained.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The New Yorker<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Letter from Jerusalem<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>The Party Faithful<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em>The settlers move to annex the West Bank\u2014and Israeli politics.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by David Remnick January 21, 2013<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Read more: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/reporting\/2013\/01\/21\/130121fa_fact_remnick?currentPage=all\"><span style=\"color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\">  <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><u>http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/reporting\/2013\/01\/21\/130121fa_fact_remnick?currentPage=all<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">ePalestine Blog:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epalestine.com\/\"><span style=\"color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><u>http:\/\/www.epalestine.com<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Everything about this list:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/epalestine\"><span style=\"color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">  <u>http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/epalestine<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">To unsubscribe, send mail to:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">epalestine-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">To subscribe, send mail to:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">epalestine-subscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You think you know Israel? Well, think again&#8230;this is a long read but well worth the insights gained. &#8212; The New Yorker Letter from Jerusalem The Party Faithful The settlers move to annex the West Bank\u2014and Israeli politics. by David Remnick January 21, 2013 Read more: http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/reporting\/2013\/01\/21\/130121fa_fact_remnick?currentPage=all &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; ePalestine Blog: http:\/\/www.epalestine.com &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Everything about this [&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":[117,1387],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-4045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-israeli-settlements-settlers-and-settler-colonialism","tag-jews-and-judaism"],"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\/4045","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=4045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4045"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=4045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}