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Israel’s desalination miracle, Santa Claus and other fairy tales

August 23, 2016August 15, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

Scientific American recently ran a feature on Israel’s desalination industry, hailing it as a miraculous feat of ingenuity of a small nation in the midst of burning, backward nations. To quote the article’s romanticised language, the author refers to Israel as ‘a galvanised civilisation that created water from nothingness’ where just a few miles away, alluding to Syria and Iraq specifically, but also Arab nations in general, ‘water disappeared and civilisations crumbled’.

Gaza’s Children And The Israeli Offensive Of 2014: Two Years Later

July 27, 2021August 12, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

By Zeina Azzam

“During Israel’s 2014 assault on Gaza and its 1.8 million inhabitants, Palestinian poet Khaled Juma penned a moving poem titled ‘Oh Rascal Children of Gaza’. The first few lines were about the chaos and mischief that the children had perpetrated in their neighborhoods before the war, but the wistful ending laments, ‘Come back/and scream as you want/and break all the vases./Steal all the flowers./Come back./Just come back…'”

Fabric of Resistance

July 27, 2021August 8, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

During the First Intifada, when Israeli soldiers confiscated the flags of Palestinian women protesting in the streets, the women responded by embroidering the Palestinian flag and silhouettes of the country in endless repetition along the chests, sleeves, and back hems of their thobes (traditional Palestinian dresses). Samples of these politically charged ‘Intifada Dresses’ are on display through July 30 in Beirut, Lebanon as part of an ambitious survey featuring more than 60 embroidered items, as well as photographs, paintings, and graphic arts representing Palestinian textiles throughout history.

Black Lives Matter Endorses BDS: Israel Is ‘Apartheid State’

August 16, 2016August 8, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

The wide-ranging new platform of a coalition growing out of the Black Lives Matter movement includes harsh criticism of Israel, which it describes as an ‘apartheid state’ that, it claims, perpetrates ‘genocide’ against the Palestinian people, endorsing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign.

Threats to Human Rights Defenders: How Far Will Israel Go?

August 16, 2016August 8, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

Israel has been cracking down on human rights defenders. Top Israeli officials have targeted activists in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, calling for ‘targeted civil eliminations’ of BDS leaders and declaring that they should ‘pay the price‘ for their work. BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti has been cited by name.

Israel Interrogates, Deports U.S. Citizens: Pro-Palestinian Group

August 16, 2016August 8, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

Israeli officials detained, interrogated and deported five American campaigners trying to enter the country to ‘observe the conditions under which Palestinians live,’ according to a U.S. rights group.

Burning the Olive Branch: Settler Violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

July 27, 2021August 3, 2016 by Palestine Center Interns

By Palestine Center Interns — Sarah Dickshinski, Abby Massell, Zoë Reinstein, and Mirvat Salameh

In an attempt to hold Israel accountable and inform the rest of the world, the Negotiations Affairs Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization maintains a “Daily Report” database that offers basic information about Israeli-Palestinian interactions that occur during a 24-hour period in the occupied Palestinian territories. Where the PLO report covers a range of incidents that take place in the oPt, the Palestine Center analyzes the reports specifically for acts of violence committed by Israeli settlers against Palestinians, forming the Settler Violence Project. We extract the time, location, and a brief description of the violent act from the database and then classify the violence into one of four categories: Assault, Assault on a Place of Worship, Raid, and Destruction of Property.

The Washington Post Reviews “Forbidden Colors”

July 27, 2021August 2, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

After visiting “Forbidden Colors” on display at Gallery Al-Quds, Mark Jenkins of The Washington Post comments, “The work is by 33 artists, and varies as widely in quality and sophistication as Civilian’s rock-legend show. A few puckish entries render the flag, or its colors, in found objects: Rajie Cook uses painted cat-food cans, while Andrew Courtney’s photograph arranges eggplant, tomatoes, peppers and cauliflower.”

Meet Ali Kurnaz, young Democratic leader who lifted Palestinian flag on convention floor

August 9, 2016August 1, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

For those who care about Palestine, the most exciting moment of the Democratic convention took place Monday when a young delegate jumped on to his chair on the convention floor and unfurled the Palestinian flag. He was soon surrounded by a crowd holding up Hillary Clinton signs to make his demonstration disappear. But the incident quickly went out on social media — ‘a very human moment in a very dark time,’ as Laila Abdelaziz put it.