Permission To Narrate

– Edward Said

The late Palestinian scholar, Edward Said, remarked that Palestinians had been denied permission to narrate their history and speak of the day-to-day experiences of life in the margins. Here, we reclaim that permission to narrate our own stories.

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Huge BDS victory as CRH pulls out of toxic Israeli assets, ends complicity with Israeli crimes

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A report released today by Ireland’s largest multinational CRH confirmed the global cement giant has divested from its 25% stake in the Israeli cement market. The company has been a focus of a sustained campaign calling for such a divestment from the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) and other groups for over a decade, due to the role its Israeli subsidiary Nesher Cement plays in supplying materials for the building of Israel’s illegal separation wall, checkpoints and settlements.

“Uncivil Rites: Palestine and the Limits of Academic Freedom” with & by Dr. Steven Salaita

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In this book, Salaita combines personal reflection and political critique to provide a thorough analysis of his controversial termination. He situates his case at the intersection of important issues that affect both higher education and social justice activism.

Young bear the burden of Israel’s siege of Gaza

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Haisam and Karam are just two of an estimated 104,000 children forced into labour in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, according to a United States department of labour report. With nearly half of the adult population out of work, the World Banks says Gaza’s unemployment rate is probably the highest in the world.

Drop By Drop, Boycott Movement Against Israel Turning Into a Flood

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2015 was a landmark year for the BDS movement. The list below is a detailed round-up of victories over the past year. Not only did the movement demonstrate BDS can have a real economic impact on Israel, Justice for Palestine has become a key issue for students and youth across the world and Israel’s reaction has shown this “soft” power is having a real impact.

Lessons From the Three Wise Men

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I write not as a scholar, but as a humble student of the three great traditions that spring from our common father Abraham, PBUH, and of the bonds that tie Jew to Christian, Christian to Muslim, Muslim to Jew.  3 Wise Men Yet even though our prayers speak of peace, these are dark and difficult times, and we live in an age when war has replaced dialogue, when terrorism has replaced tolerance, when ignorance has replaced understanding.

Palestine’s lost present: A journey in the Jordan Valley

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Although the 1994 Oslo Agreement allocated the Jordan Valley for a future Palestinian state, 93.4 percent of the land is in Israeli control, part of Area C. On that land, there are now close to 40 Israeli settlements, deemed illegal under international law, which use twice the amount of arable land available to the Palestinians.

Novel about Jewish-Palestinian love affair is barred from Israeli curriculum

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A novel about a love affair between a Jewish woman and a Palestinian man has been barred from Israel’s high school curriculum, reportedly over concerns that it could encourage intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews. The rejection of Dorit Rabinyan’s novel Borderlife, which was published in 2014, created an uproar in Israel, with critics accusing the government of censorship.

US sued over donations for illegal Israeli settlements

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A lawsuit has been filed in a US court seeking to stop non-profit groups from sending billions of dollars worth of tax-exempt donations to support illegal Israeli settlements and the Israeli army. A group of American citizens filed the suit on December 21 against the US Department of Treasury, claiming about 150 non-profits have sent an estimated $280bn to Israel over the past two decades.

Israeli police raid Arab TAU students’ homes in search for shooter

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As part of the manhunt for Nashat Milhem, the suspect in the deadly Tel Aviv shooting last week, a significant number of young Arab men and women are reporting police raids and searches of their apartments near Tel Aviv University and even in student dormitories.

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