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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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Ali Abunimah: Israeli forces boarded and commandeered the Marianne on Monday, one of four boats that were bound for Gaza in the latest attempt to break the tight Israeli siege of the occupied territory.
Elliott Colla, professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, gave a lecture on 25 June 2015 at the Palestine Center entitled “The Poetry of Dissent.” Colla discussed the use of poetry in Egypt’s 2011 revolution and subsequent political unrest, as well as the strands of protest politics in the country.
In the report, the commission urges all actors to take immediate steps to ensure accountability, including by guaranteeing the rights of all victims to an effective remedy.
Silvia Boarini: In the narrow alleys of Dheisheh refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, Muaath Atef points to a rooftop. “There, that’s a nice bit of plastic,” he laughs. Behind that bit of plastic lies a garden set up by Karama, a volunteer community organization in the camp.
Communications Ministry instructed to look into ways to stop the broadcast, investigate funding legality.
Barak Ravid: Commission chair urges international community to act on conclusions of the report – primarily by supporting an investigation by the International Criminal Court in The Hague in to the status of the occupied Palestinian territories.
Philip Farah: While the media has mostly focused on the violence, labor and student unions, women’s groups, and village committees have always played a prominent role in the struggle. However, civil society leaders have always had to contend with Israeli repression.
Nadia Hijab: Palestine is on hold. No diplomatic moves, such as the proposed French Security Council resolution, are expected to go ahead until after the United States seals an agreement with Iran. Yet there are still long-term trends at work.
The military court has jurisdiction over residents of the entire West Bank, including areas over which partial control was transferred to the Palestinian Authority, and even if the offense was committed outside the West Bank.
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