In October 2021, authors and scholars Ivar Ekeland and Sara Roy contributed a significant essay on Gaza to the Markaz Review, entitled “The New Politics of Exclusion: Gaza as Prologue.” In their essay, Roy and Ekeland present the argument that Gaza epitomizes the evolving politics of exclusion and control prevalent in modern society. They assert … Read more
Join The Jerusalem Fund’s educational program, the Palestine Center, and Just World Educational for a discussion featuring Muin Rabbani, Helena Cobban, and Dr. Edmund Ghareeb as we explore the consequences of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, which has significantly influenced international relations and geopolitical and economic dynamics worldwide. The conversation will focus on the major … Read more
Author’s Update: Subsequent to the publication of this article on January 9, the following number of Palestinian casualties have been reported in Gaza as a result of Israel attacks and bombardment: These figures have been reported by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in their flash updates numbered 88 to 95 and … Read more
The Jerusalem Fund’s Executive Director, Jehad Abusalim, spoke at the ‘Genocide, Gaza, Palestine’ event in New York City, held on Monday, December 4, 2023. This significant event was a collaboration between several notable organizations: Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention, and Law for … Read more
On Wednesday June 21st afternoon, hundreds of Israeli settlers attacked the village of Turmusaya, north of Ramallah, setting homes, vehicles, and fields ablaze, injuring residents, and killing one Palestinian man. According to the mayor of Turmusaya, settlers storming in from the illegal Shilo settlement bordering the town, burned 30 houses and 60 cars while destroying … Read more
In the early hours of last Thursday, Palestinian security services arrested Nizar Banat. Two hours after his arrest, Banat was dead. Banat was an outspoken political activist and critic of the Palestinian Authority (PA). He was also a candidate on the Freedom and Dignity List for the Palestinian Legislative Council elections that were cancelled by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in May. His body bore the signs of torture and beating. Banat is survived by his wife and four children.
While the eyes of the world have been on Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood and attacks on the al-Aqsa mosque, the suppression of solidarity protests by the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) security forces has received less attention.
On Monday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the Fatah Central Committee in Ramallah about the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections planned for next month.
He declared that Jerusalem is a “red line” and that elections could not be held if Israel prevented Palestinian residents from participating. All indications are that those elections – the first in 15 years – will be postponed, likely indefinitely.
Palestine Center Brief No. 347 (February 9, 2021)
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