Israeli Politics Decoded
Independent journalist and human rights defender David Sheen gives an unflinching interrogation and a compelling analysis of the state of Israel*Palestine under Trump and Netanyahu.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Children of the Stone:The Power of Music in a Hard Land
Author Sandy Tolan reads from his new book, Children of Stone, in which he documents Palestinian musician Ramz Aburedwan’s miraculous journey: from a child confronting an occupying army, to a burgeoning musician, to a music teacher and school founder sharing music with so many Palestinian children. Children of the Stone is a hopeful story of the power of music to teach peace to a generation of children across the Israeli-Palestinian divide.
The Palestinian Citizens of Israel: Domestic Politics, Representation, and Civil Rights
Haneen Al Zoubi, a Palestinian lawmaker and Member of the Israeli Knesset, talks about the newly empowered alliance of the Joint List and its potential in improving the human, civil, and political rights of the Palestinian citizens of Israel. She discusses the recent elections and the ramifications of the Likud party winning another term.
Accountability for Gaza: Updates on Domestic and International Legal Efforts
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
The Challenges Posed by the Vacuum in Palestinian Political Leadership
Nadia Hijab describes the limits on the Palestinian struggle for justice due to the paralysis and fragmentation of the Palestinian national movement. She also addresses the dilemmas this prevailing disarray poses to Palestinian activists, as well as the international solidarity communities.
Colonial Jerusalem: The Spatial Construction of Identity and Difference in a City of Myth, 1948-2012
In one of the few anthropological works focusing on a contemporary Middle Eastern city, Colonial Jerusalem explores a vibrant urban center at the core of the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict. This book shows how colonialism, far from being simply a fixture of the past as is often suggested, remains a crucial component of Palestinian and Israeli realities today.
The Palestinian Issue: Dangers, Threats and Strategic Options
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.
On Ferguson and Palestine: The Issues of Repression and Race
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.
Natural History Under Siege
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.
