Yousef Munayyer: Last week in Tel Aviv, the Israeli Nakba activists group Zochrot (“Remembering” in Hebrew) attempted to recite the names of depopulated Palestinian towns at Israel’s Independence Day celebration. They were repressed.
Yousef Munayyer: In her piece “Zionism Denial,” Member of Knesset Einat Wilf rightly argues that Zionism, and not the Holocaust, led to the creation of the modern state of Israel. But in the process of making her argument she significantly distorts the history of Zionism.
Palestinian arts are flourishing this spring. Among the winners of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize 2012, awarded at Art Dubai in March, is Palestinian artist Taysir Batniji.
Dr. Wendy Pearlman shows that the reasoning behind the use of violent and nonviolent methods in nationalist movements lies very much in the movements themselves.
Italian journalist Paola Caridi presents her book newly released in the United States. Hamas: From Resistance to Government is a comprehensive history of the Palestinian Islamist movement.
Josh Ruebner from The U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation presents his report on U.S. military aid to Israel from 2000-2009.
Marwan Bishara, AlJazeera English’s Senior Political Analyst, offers his analysis of the Arab revolutions that rocked 2011.
Omar Barghouti, an independent Palestinian researcher, commentator and human rights activist committed to upholding international law and universal human rights, presents the BDS movement and its legacy.
The Palestine Center released a comprehensive report on Israeli settler violence against Palestinian civilians and their property in the West Bank.
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