More than half of the Palestinian people live in exile, and it should be fully within their right to return home, Al-Shabaka's Yara Hawari tells The New Arab Voice podcast. But that right has been consistently denied by administrations since Israel's establishment in 1948.
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“All Palestinians are branded as either being a terrorist or having the potential to become a terrorist,” says Yara Hawari. “When you dehumanize people in such a way then you can excuse doing inhuman things to them.”
Read MoreThe European Union has been criticised for caving-in to Israeli pressure following its adoption of a new funding criterion, which critics have warned is intended to criminalise Palestinian dissent.
Read MoreSeveral countries facing social and economic upheaval and a perceived threat from Iran fail to challenge Trump's plan.
Read MorePalestinian Authority says it will go to United Nations, as analysts warn leaders must take action soon.
Read MoreThe landscape has shifted so much that a proposal that would have been a nonstarter a decade ago has put the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in a bind.
Read MorePresident Donald Trump unveiled his Middle East peace plan at the White House Tuesday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his side. The plan includes redrawing the map of the West Bank to favor Israel while offering Palestinians a conditional pathway to statehood. Palestinians have rejected the plan and called on Arab neighbors to boycott. White House Correspondent Patsy Widakuswara speaks with Al-Shabaka policy fellow Halah Ahmad.
Read MorePalestinians are skeptical of the Trump administration’s long-anticipated Middle East peace plan, calling it the ‘steal of the century,’ after President Trump unveiled the complete proposal Tuesday.
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