Palestine

Israel’s cynical new strategy: Reframe Palestine debate as a religious battle, when it is really about civil rights

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With the focus on Syria, in part due to ISIS and in part to the massive refugee crisis, the threats to world peace because of the Israeli occupation of Palestine have been put on the back burner. Indeed, the U.S. administration has seemingly washed its hands of its efforts to broker peace, despite U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Palestine-Israel last month to discuss confidence-building measures, once again.

Palestinian Citizens of Israel Lead Toward Justice, Freedom, and Equality with MK Ayman Odeh

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MK Ayman Odeh has served as Secretary General of the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) political party since 2006. As leader of the Joint List—an alliance of four predominantly Palestinian parties—he represents Israel’s Arab Palestinian citizens. He currently serves on the Knesset House Committee and the Knesset Committee on Labor, Welfare, and Health, and is chairman of the Cultural Affairs Caucus.

Interview with Author Noga Kadman

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By Palestine Center Interns

On October 16, 2015, the Palestine Center hosted Israeli researcher Noga Kadman as she presented her recent book, Erased from Space and Consciousness: Israel and the Depopulated Palestinian Villages of 1948. Kadman’s presentation focused on different mechanisms used to build the collective memory of Israelis after the 1948 war and aspects of marginalization and erasure of Palestinian villages from Israeli consciousness. She argues that this resulted in a picture for Israelis that theirs is a Jewish country with very little Arab history and geography

War of Words: Israel and the Semantics of Oppression

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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.

Shifting the Paradigm with Ambassador Maen Areikat

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PLO Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat discusses the urgent need for a paradigm shift in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. While the previous political process was aimed at transitioning the Palestinian people from occupation to statehood, Israel exploited this situation to consolidate its settlement enterprise and military occupation.

I’m longing for Palestine while living the American dream

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After living under occupation their whole lives, and with no prospect of political resolution on the horizon, Palestinian youth have taken to the streets this month in protest. As I sit and watch the polarizing coverage— now considered to be at near-“catastrophic” levels— from afar, disparate emotions dart around inside me like pinballs, striking chords and hitting nerves.

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