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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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Author’s Update: Subsequent to the publication of this article on January 9, the following number of Palestinian casualties have been reported in Gaza as a result of Israel attacks and bombardment: These figures have been reported by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in their flash updates numbered 88 to 95 and … Read more
Organization: The Jerusalem Fund, Washington, D.C. Job Type: Full-time (on-site) Openings: 1 Application Deadline: Open until filled Experience Level: 2+ years (Entry to Mid-Level) About Us: Learn more about our work at www.thejerusalemfund.org Role Overview: As the Program & Communications Manager, you will lead and manage our programs and events, ensuring their successful execution … Read more
Join us for an evening in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. The event will be dedicated to honoring the life, memory, and legacy of Dr. Refaat Alareer, as well as Gaza’s scholars, intellectuals, and artists who were killed — and are still being targeted — by Israeli bombardment. Speakers: Jehad Abusalim, Laila Haddad, Helena Cobban, … Read more
Watch Full Event Now Each year, the Palestine Center hosts a Memorial Lecture honoring the late M. Cherif Bassiouni, paying tribute to Professor Bassiouni’s prolific legacy as a leading expert in international law. M. Cherif Bassiouni was an Egyptian-American and emeritus professor of law at DePaul University in Chicago, where he taught for almost five decades, … Read more
The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) will hold a panel discussion titled “2023 War on Gaza: The Responsibility to Prevent Genocide” on 12 December 2023, from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. (New York Time) in Conference Room 7 at UN Headquarters in New York. The event will also be livestreamed on UN … Read more
In an interview on Democracy Now, Jehad Abusalim, The Jerusalem Fund’s Executive Director, remembered Refaat Alareer, a renowned Palestinian academic and activist killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. “Refaat Alareer was a towering figure in Palestinian society, especially in Gaza,” who used education and “language as a weapon against oppression,” says Abusalim, who … Read more
The Jerusalem Fund’s Executive Director, Jehad Abusalim, spoke at the ‘Genocide, Gaza, Palestine’ event in New York City, held on Monday, December 4, 2023. This significant event was a collaboration between several notable organizations: Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention, and Law for … Read more
About The Jerusalem Fund The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development (The Jerusalem Fund) is an independent, registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The Jerusalem Fund aims to foster greater awareness about Palestine, in the United States and abroad, and to ameliorate the lives of Palestinians in Palestine and the diaspora. The Jerusalem Fund accomplishes these goals through … Read more
Dear friend of The Jerusalem Fund, This year, Palestine has endured unprecedented bloodshed, suffering, and devastation. As of writing, Gaza continues to bleed. Thousands have lost their lives due to Israeli aggression, entire neighborhoods have been obliterated, and hundreds of thousands are experiencing a trauma akin to a second Nakba. The magnitude of pain and … Read more
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