Legalising the annexation of Jerusalem
In late October, the Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislation was set to vote on the “Greater Jerusalem” Bill. If it had passed, it would have been presented before the Knesset floor for several readings, before a vote on whether or not to legislate it.
The right to redress: How Palestinians could take the UK to court
Britain committed a grave injustice in Palestine in 1948, and there is no statute of limitations on bringing claims for reparations under international law.
Voyages of the Palestinian Archive
The following discussion was spurred by the exhibition “Sea of Stories: Voyages of the Palestinian Archives,” originally presented at Dar El-Nimer for Arts and Culture in Beirut from October to November 2016, as part of the Qalandia International (Qi)’s third edition “This Sea is Mine.” Samar Kanafani converses with curators Ahmad Barclay and Hana Sleiman, posing questions about the meanings of the archive and the processes of narrative building.
Hamas and Fatah’s Step Forward Takes Palestine a Step Back
Al-Shabaka member Dana El Kurd details why the 2017 reconciliation deal between Fatah and Hamas hurts the Palestinian people.
The 13 questions on life in Palestine that non-Palestinians always ask me
I am a Palestinian from my father’s side of the family and this month, I moved to Palestine. I was educated in France, worked in international organizations in a European and then an East African country, and also have lived in South America. Many of my colleagues, friends and acquaintances have no ties to the Holy Land. But they care and fantasize about it too. Therefore, during the many friendly discussions with people around me about why I was moving there, what it meant, how it would be, I found myself answering the same questions over and over again prompted by candid and genuine curiosity.
The Israeli algorithm criminalizing Palestinians for online dissent
Israeli intelligence has developed a predictive policing system – a computer algorithm – that analyzes social media posts to identify Palestinian “suspects.”
Prerequisites for Peace in Palestine/Israel
Only by addressing the imbalances of power and ending the Israeli occupation in the short term can future long-term solutions for Palestine/Israel be discussed.
How Palestinians can reverse Israel’s divide and conquer tactics
Oslo allowed Israel to reduce Palestinians to disparate fragments, each with their own challenge to merely survive. It’s time to reset that reality and view the Palestinians for what they are — physically fragmented, politically divided, but a whole people.
Letter from Gaza: ‘Alive due to lack of death’
Gaza-born Jehad Abusalim describes the devastating effects of Israel’s blockade on the daily lives of Palestinians.
