by Michael Martina Reuters Palestinians must be allowed to build an independent state, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday after meeting Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, who pushed Beijing to do more in the Middle East peace process. Chinese envoys occasionally visit Israel and the Palestinian Territories, though China has traditionally played little … Continued
By Hanan Ashrawi Anti-War.com Delivered to The Israel Lobby and American Policy conference March 24, 2017 at the National Press Club The Israel Lobby and American Policy conference was solely sponsored by the American Educational Trust, publisher of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep). This … Continued
By JOANNA KAKISSIS NPR Filmmaker Maysaloun Hamoud does not like being typecast. “The Israelis say, you don’t look Arab or Palestinian,” she says, rolling her eyes. “Huh? If I wear a dress or outfit that [doesn’t look] religious, I cannot be a Palestinian? I have to be, like, exactly how you design me?” Hamoud is … Continued
By Nora Barrows-Friedman The Electronic Intifada A group of young dancers and rappers from the Dheisheh refugee camp in the occupied West Bank are on tour, bringing original music, hip-hop and dabke folk dance to audiences across the US. The stories communicated through dance “talk about our daily life in the refugee camp, especially [during] … Continued
ANADOLU AGENCY Daily Sabah Janna Jihad, a 10-year-old Palestinian girl from the Nabi Saleh village in the occupied West Bank, has been dubbed as the youngest journalist in the world after producing videos on Israeli checkpoints, anti-occupation marches and Israeli violence against Palestinians. “I’m trying to send a message to the world that the Palestinian … Continued
BY: Diego Reyes/Contributing Writer Tensions in the Middle East continue to rise as Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) confirmed that it is highly likely that President Trump will move the United States Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The Florida congressman told reporters on Sunday that he has been touring sites in Jerusalem for a new embassy … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Celebrations have been taking place across Palestine after Yacoub Shaheen, a Bethlehem native, won the hugely popular Arab Idol contest on Saturday. Shaheen, 22, beat out his Yemeni competitor, Ammar Mohammed, and another Palestinian, Ameer Dandan, from the Israeli town of Majd al-Krum, to win the coveted title. Modeled after the … Continued
by Michael F. Brown The Electronic Intifada Keith Ellison, a congressional representative from Minnesota who hopes to win Saturday’s vote for Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair, has once again abandoned Palestinian rights in his ongoing effort to secure the leadership of the Democratic Party’s top governing body. During a debate for the candidates on Wednesday … Continued
By Ali Younes Al Jazeera Thousands of Palestinians representing diaspora communities from 50 countries have gathered in the Turkish city of Istanbul to discuss establishing a political structure that will represent them better. The Palestine Abroad Conference, whose opening events were attended by more than 5,000 people on Saturday, is the first of its kind … Continued
BY: Barbara Nimri Aziz/Contributing Writer One hardly expects a story of political struggle to feature a team of intemperate young women racing their cars around a dusty, fenced-in track. But in a Palestinian context, everything is political. Even if the new film Speed Sisters doesn’t chronicle an explicit struggle, it’s a portrait of a people … Continued
Sa’ed Atshan, Swarthmore College Peace & Conflict Studies Assistant Professor. By Kathy Boccella Philly.com Friends’ Central School in Wynnewood has called off a talk by a Swarthmore College professor who is a Palestinian Quaker after receiving complaints from the school community that he is an anti-Israel activist. The cancellation prompted students to protest twice this … Continued
By Kate Mondoweiss 15-year-old Palestinian girl denied visa for US speaking tour Fig Tree blog 18 Dec by Richard Edmondson — Ahed Tamimi was slated to be part of the No Child Behind Bars/Living Resistance speaking tour that is to tour the US beginning on January 15, 2017, but according to an email sent out yesterday … Continued
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