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Palestine’s Day of the Land, Yawm al-Ard, 1976-2016: Commemorating Forty Years

July 27, 2021March 30, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

By Zeina Azzam

Forty years ago today, the Palestinian citizens of Israel rose up against the Israeli government, which had just announced new and extensive land expropriation plans in the Galilee. Palestinians called for a general strike on March 30, 1976 to protest this latest manifestation of an ongoing policy of land confiscation. The protests turned bloody after violent confrontations erupted between the Palestinians and the Israeli army and border police. In the end, six Palestinians were killed, tens were wounded, and hundreds were arrested.

South African government action on Palestine is overdue

February 15, 2016February 10, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

For how long will the South African government remain a bystander while Israel keeps colonizing ever more land in Palestine? This is a question asked not only by Palestinian victims of Israel’s land grab policies, but also by local solidarity activists. The argument made in favour of more effective action is informed by the support shown for Palestine by the ruling party, the African National Congress. The rationale used is that while the ANC has adopted a number of significant resolutions backing Palestine, the same cannot be said of the government.

Only International Pressure Will End Israeli Apartheid

February 15, 2016January 27, 2016 by Tom Lonner

The growing delegitimization of Israel is this country’s own handiwork. Should Israel decide to end apartheid, it will return to being legitimate in every respect.

Why should Palestinians in Jerusalem be loyal to their occupiers?

February 15, 2016January 18, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

A new bill to be introduced in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, next week would permit the cancellation of a person’s permanent residency on grounds of “disloyalty” to Israel. Last October, the prime minister’s office announced that the government had decided to revoke the residency of “terrorists,” a policy that would almost exclusively affect Palestinians living under military occupation in East Jerusalem.

Alan Rickman gave the greatest gift to my late daughter, Rachel Corrie

February 15, 2016January 18, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

My family and I were saddened on Thursday morning to learn of the death of Alan Rickman – too sad to write our feelings at the time. Alan, of course, is famous as an actor and director, both on stage and in film. But we first came to know him when, with Katharine Viner (now editor-in-chief of the Guardian), he edited our daughter Rachel’s writing into the play My Name is Rachel Corrie. The care Alan took for our family, his courage to take on this particular project and, most of all, the respect he showed for Rachel and her writing, impress me still as truly extraordinary.

War of Words: Israel and the Semantics of Oppression

July 27, 2021November 18, 2015 by Lucian Dieterman

By Mohamed Mohamed

The Hebrew word “hasbara” translates to “explaining,” but it is a euphemism for the propaganda that endorses the state of Israel and its actions. In its efforts to influence world opinion and promote itself on the international stage, Israel’s hasbara campaign has relied on misdirection, careful selection of words, empty semantic arguments, and the omission of crucial facts.

By the Numbers: Mapping Settler Violence in Summer 2015

July 27, 2021August 5, 2015 by Lucian Dieterman

By Palestine Center Interns

Harassment and violence are daily concerns for Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. Dating back to the beginning of Israeli occupation in 1967 (see our last blog post on settler violence), the Israeli Defense Forces and Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian civilians on a routine basis. Reports of settler violence against men, women, and children from all areas of the West Bank continue to pour into databases. Recently, a Palestinian home was set on fire by Israeli settlers in Duma, Nablus, killing 18-month-old Ali Dawabshe and hospitalizing the Dawabshe family. While multiple news outlets covered the attack, most instances of settler violence go unreported.

The Palestinian Nakba-t: Catastrophe-s

February 17, 2016May 18, 2015 by Lian Najjar

Randa Farah: In subsequent visits over the years, the camp’s physical and political environment seemed to deteriorate, with poverty and unfulfilled dreams of return hanging heavier than in earlier years and decades.

Are Israeli Apartheid Laws Affecting US Media?

July 27, 2021April 30, 2014 by Nicholas Astier-Ibrahim

By Yousef Munayyer

Given the recent statement made by Secretary Kerry about apartheid and Israel and the subsequent walk back, there was a great deal of discussion around the issue in the mainstream media in the last 48 hours.

You’d think the media might want to speak to some Palestinians, you know, those people suffering from the very system in question here, whatever you want to call it. It would be odd, for example, for network news shows to talk about racism without talking to people of color or talking about misogyny without talking to any women. Well, let me revise this, this would be odd in most places but Fox News, where we’ve come to expect such things.