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An Illusion of Security

July 27, 2021August 17, 2012 by Tamar Ghabin

Yousef Munayyer: In seven days this month, at least eight places of worship associated with Middle Easterners or South Asians have been targeted in the United States. A Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., was the site of a massacre where six people were murdered. Later that evening a mosque in Joplin, Mo., was burned to the ground. In the following days, mosques were targeted in Rhode Island, Southern California, Oklahoma City and at two sites in Illinois. In Dearborn, Mich., an Arab-American church was targeted with vandalism.

How Many Is Too Many?

July 27, 2021August 16, 2012 by Tamar Ghabin

Yousef Munayyer: Demographic engineering is central to Zionism and has been through every stage of Zionist history. I suppose when a political movement seeks to transplant millions of non-natives into a land of indigenous Arabs, to borrow “father of Zionism” Theodore Herzl’s phraseology, demography must become a central obsession.

Pandermonium

July 27, 2021August 1, 2012 by Tamar Ghabin

Yousef Munayyer: Yes, Mitt Romney’s ‘analysis’ of the economic disparities between Israelis and Palestinians was racist on multiple levels. ”There is just something about those Jews; they are so good at making money.” Most people in the modern world would dismiss such a statement as anti-Semitic. But when the presumptive Republican candidate for president insinuates the same in the pursuit of pandering for pro-Zionist support it seems excusable.

Palestinian Politics: Representation and Accountability

February 15, 2016July 18, 2012 by Ronah Baha

Noura Erakat examines the viability and legitimacy of the current Palestinian leadership. This is the final installment of our annual lecture series, a study of the extent to which Palestinian leadership represents Palestinian interests, and how their national objectives are at all manifest.

Levy is Right

July 27, 2021July 13, 2012 by Tamar Ghabin

Yousef Munayyer: Levy is right, this isn’t occupation. Well, not JUST occupation. When an Israeli panel appointed by Benjamin Netanyahu to investigate the question of outposts issued its findings (that there was no occupation and the settlements were legal), most sensible people responded with contempt.

The Ghost of Yasser Arafat

July 27, 2021July 12, 2012 by Tamar Ghabin

Yousef Munayyer: Al Jazeera dropped a bombshell last week when it revealed the results of a 9-month investigation suggesting the late Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat, could have been poisoned with a radioactive isotope, Polonium-210.

Negotiating Peace: Motivations, Mechanisms, and Methods

February 15, 2016July 12, 2012 by Ronah Baha

This panel examines the effectiveness of the Palestinian strategy for negotiating a peace. This is the second installment of the 13th annual summer lecture series, a study to the extent to which Palestinian leadership represents Palestinian interests, and how their national objectives are at all manifest.

From Grievance to Action: Mapping Grassroots Movements in Palestine

February 15, 2016July 10, 2012 by Ronah Baha

Phyllis Bennis and Adam Gallagher discuss the ability of grassroots movements to achieve political aims without party politics and their response to political shortcomings. This was the first in our annual Palestine Center Interns Summer Lecture Series entitled, “Reevaluating Palestinian Stakeholder Legitimacy.”

Expendable Lives

July 27, 2021June 29, 2012 by Tamar Ghabin

Yousef Munayyer: Last week, after a period of relatively negligible rocket fire from Gaza, Israel struck Gaza in response to attacks from Sinai (that’s Egypt). Provoked, militants in Gaza responded with rockets.