Confronting Israeli-Palestinian history in the documentary Tantura
A new documentary from an Israeli director points to a mass, unmarked grave of Palestinians, killed in the village of Tantura in 1948.
#SaveSheikhJarrah: How are Palestinians defying forced expulsion?
In this episode of The Stream, the program will look at the impact of forced expulsion on the Salhiyeh family in Sheikh Jarrah and what lies ahead for Palestinian families in occupied East Jerusalem that are at risk of displacement.
Palestinian embroidery added to UNESCO cultural heritage list
Palestinian PM welcomes move by UN agency as an important step to ‘protect our Palestinian identity, heritage and narrative’.
How the Occupation Harms Not Only the Palestinians, but the Planet Too
Wasteful construction, a double road system, trips lengthened by checkpoints and asphalt at the expense of open spaces: Israel’s policy in the West Bank and Gaza has a green price tag
As Israel threatens power cuts, how can Palestine pay its bills?
Israel has threatened rolling power cuts in the Palestinian territory amid ‘acute’ financial downturn.
Report Reveals European Firms Have More Than $255B Entwined in Illegal Israeli Settlements
The continuous settler takeover of Palestinian land has prevented Palestinians from developing and utilizing their resources and therefore significantly depleted their economy.
A conversation with Sam Bahour
Today we have a conversation with Sam Bahour. Sam is a Palestinian-American businessman, born in Youngstown, Ohio, and now living in Ramallah, Palestine. He is currently an independent director at the Arab Islamic Bank, a policy analyst at Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, and an advisory board member of the Open Society Foundations’ Middle East […]
A Prison Break Liberates the Palestinian Political Imagination
Six detainees’ dramatic escape from a maximum-security Israeli prison has sparked demonstrations across the occupied territories and shifted Palestinians’ sense of what is possible.
Political Economy of Palestine Critical, Interdisciplinary, and Decolonial Perspectives
Ongoing developments in the region demonstrate once again the failures of “economic peace” and the need for such a politics of solidarity that a critical political economy approach takes.
