– 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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Diaa Hadid and Majd Al Waheidi: Early optimism that global powers would intervene forcefully to rebuild the battered coastal enclave after the 50-day summer war between Gaza’s Hamas government and Israel has faded.
Iyad Abu Gharqoud: On Friday, the annual congress of FIFA, the governing body of world soccer, is scheduled to vote on a proposal to suspend Israel from the organization. The Palestine Football Association called for this measure because Israel prevents our national team from participating in normal training, travel and competition.
Hagai El-Ad: Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories is nearing the half-century mark, and Israel’s new right-wing government offers little hope of ending it.
The reconstruction and rehabilitation of Gaza’s health facilities damaged during Israel’s assault last summer has made only “moderate progress”, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated.
Fateh Azzam argued that the State of Palestine should confer citizenship on its stateless refugees and enter into bilateral agreements with other states regarding the status of Palestinian citizens in each country. In this roundtable, Al-Shabaka policy advisers debate the pros and cons of this proposal, and find more problems than solutions.
Israeli and American officials say they expect assistance to increase to more than $3.5 billion annually after 2017, possibly to assuage fears over nuclear deal.
The Palestine Football Association and its president, Jibril al-Rajoub, have come under criticism following the PFA’s last minute decision to drop a motion to suspend Israel from football’s international governing body at the annual FIFA congress in Zurich this week.
David Palumbo-Liu: Given what we now know, it’s harder to ignore the destruction of Palestinian schools and other infrastructures.
Dalia Hatuqa: Unidentified group profiling people linked to pro-Palestinian student groups on U.S. campuses to sabotage job prospects.
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