Diaa Hadid and Majd Al Waheidi: Early optimism that global powers would intervene forcefully to rebuild the battered coastal enclave after the 50-day summer war between Gaza’s Hamas government and Israel has faded.
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.
By Zeina Azzam
The wars and humanitarian disasters unfolding in Syria, Yemen, Nepal, the Mediterranean basin, and so many other parts of the world have eclipsed the dire situation in Gaza. Israel’s 51-day bombardment of the 140-square-mile strip of land in the summer of 2014 left a devastated population living in poverty, instability, and the ruins of their homes and neighborhoods. To make matters worse, the economic blockade and closure of Gaza since 2007—as well as wars in 2008-9 and 2012—have made any steps forward a near impossibility.
In light of Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent reelection and his pronouncement about Palestinian statehood, many in Washington are reexamining U.S. policy toward Israel and Palestine. This panel discusses possible options and assess their short term and long term implications on Washington’s evolving policy in the region
Video and Edited Transcript Nadia Ben-Youssef and Brad Parker Transcript No. 430 (16 April 2015) Zeina Azzam: Israel’s military assault on Gaza in the summer of 2014 resulted in the death of over 2000 Palestinians, a quarter of whom were children. This was the sixth Israeli military offensive in the … Read more
In 2013 and early 2014, journalist Nora Barrows-Friedman crisscrossed the United States interviewing the young activists who form the core of this movement and their voices ring out strongly from every page of her new book, In Our Power, which reveals the rich political legacy these students are building.
Hani Al-Masri, Director General of Masarat, the Palestinian Center for Policy Research & Strategic Studies, discusses the dangers and threats facing the Palestinian issue, as well as what opportunities and strategic alternatives there are to the present situation.
Bill Fletcher, Ramah Kudaimi and Rev. Graylan Hagler discuss the subjects of repression and race with regard to the 2014 events in Ferguson, Missouri and Gaza.
As part of Gallery Al-Quds’ exhibition of Debra Van Poolen’s watercolors of Palestine, Natural History, Dr. Steven Salaita discusses the impact of the degradation of the natural environment on indigenous peoples.
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