Samer Badawi
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No dispossessions left to count
It is the Palestinian refugee who reminds us that yearning for what we once knew is not an act of obstinacy. It is what sustains us. → Read More
In Gaza's Return March, echoes of an Apartheid-era massacre
The Sharpeville Massacre, in which South African police gunned down 250 black protesters in 1960, marked the beginning of the end of Apartheid. But it would take another 34 years until democracy finally came to South Africa. → Read More
Hamas didn't start this fight, but it won't win it either
Another lopsided fight will not only cost the lives of countless innocent civilians in Gaza, it'll also distract from ongoing mass resistance to the siege. → Read More
Palestinian Authority, Hamas use torture to silence dissent, report finds
A new report by Human Rights Watch documents dozens of cases whereby the Palestinian authorities in both the West Bank and Gaza use arbitrary arrest and torture to repress critics. → Read More
Ceding the Palestinian narrative to
Marcello Di Cintio’s book, ‘Pay No Heed to the Rockets,’ ends up revealing something discomforting about us: our notions of Palestinian life may have little to do with how Palestinians experience themselves. Pay No Heed… → Read More
Fortress Israel and the quiet dignity of Palestinian resistance
Peter Beinart’s interrogation at Ben Gurion Airport made headlines not because of his clout as a public intellectual, but thanks to the quiet dignity of Palestinian children, women and men who have endured Fortress Israel for years. I… → Read More
Lessons from my Palestinian mother about Jerusalem — and resistance
For 70 years, Israel has tried to erase Palestinian history. And for 70 years, Palestinians have resisted erasure. My mother helped me understand how. In her expansive history of Jerusalem, British author Karen Armstrong describes… → Read More
‘UNRWA shouldn’t be held hostage to politics’
As the U.S. slashes the Palestinian refugee agency’s budget, Netanyahu is urging it be abolished altogether. Some believe that shuttering UNRWA would somehow make the Palestinian refugee problem extinct. ‘Not true,’ says the agency’s director… → Read More
The limits of the Palestinian struggle in Gaza
Gaza-based journalist Saud Abu Ramadan talks to +972 about the limits that Palestinian protesters face in Gaza and asks, how, under the existing conditions, the residents of Gaza are supposed to resist. Saud Abu Ramadan is… → Read More
Is Jerusalem forcing a new direction for the Palestinian struggle?
‘This is the least expensive occupation in history,’ says one Palestinian resident. What he wants in return are equal rights in a democratic state. Could this be the future of the Palestinian national movement? … → Read More
Absent in the clamor about Jerusalem are the Palestinians of Jerusalem
In Arab capitals speculation turns to panic about Trump’s expected reversal of policy on Jerusalem. Meanwhile, nobody seems to be talking about — or to — the Palestinians of Jerusalem, whose daily reality of occupation… → Read More
Palestinian rights make a rare appearance in Congress
A first-of-its-kind bill introduced this week focusing on the rights of Palestinian children could pave the way for greater transparency and accountability in America’s dealings with Israel. Members of Congress on Tuesday introduced a bill requiring… → Read More
ACLU launches first major challenge of anti-BDS legislation
The lawsuit offers the most stark example yet of how anti-BDS legislation threatens Americans’ First Amendment rights. The American Civil Liberties Union announced Wednesday that it had filed suit on behalf of a Kansas public school educator who… → Read More
In new film, underground Palestinian musicians compose their own identity
He was denied entry to the U.S. for the premiere of his debut film, a short documentary about Palestine’s underground music scene. But director Sami Alalul seems unfazed. Sami Alalul sounds out every syllable of… → Read More
The ‘silent’ war on Gaza’s hospitals
The director of a hospital destroyed during ‘Protective Edge’ has managed to rebuild part of the facility. Now he has about a month’s worth of fuel left to keep its back-up generators running. Without them,… → Read More
When heroes fall far from home
Perhaps I expected some measure of defiance, for him to rage, as Dylan Thomas begged of his father, ‘against the dying of the light.’ But in the end, there was no rage left in my… → Read More
The AIPAC protests from a Palestinian perspective
My mother’s generation might have internalized the notion that AIPAC was all-powerful. But if the protests this week were a sign of anything, it is that America’s Israel lobby is not omnipotent. Watching the scenes… → Read More
With U.S. budget cuts looming, could aid to Israel be next?
Israel’s ‘security assistance’ comes from the same pot of money as economic aid. With the White House promising cuts to that part of the federal budget, could we see a surprise reduction in Israel’s share?… → Read More
For Gaza’s working women, glass ceilings aren’t the only problem
Gaza’s working women earn 25 percent more, on average, than their male counterparts, according to a new report. Why are they still trapped under a ‘concrete’ ceiling? When 53-year-old Clara Zetkin put forth the idea… → Read More