Sam Bahour is Chairman and Co-Founder of Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy. @SamBahour
Sam Bahour
By Sam Bahour
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Opinion Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ Is Destroying Israel
On Saturday, the White House released the economic part of their “deal of the century” to bring peace to Israelis and Palestinians. In putting a call for economic stimulus before a plan to end Israel’s occupation — the cause of our economic strife — it was a classical move of putting the cart before the…
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Opinion How Much Longer Do We Palestinians Have To Put Up With These Clowns?
If Trump’s ill-fated “deal of the century” to achieve Middle East peace ever existed, it never stood a chance against the blunders that emerge when each of its three architects – Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, his bankruptcy lawyer turned U.S. Ambassador David Friedman, and his real estate lawyer Jason Greenblatt — opens his mouth. Greenblatt…
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Opinion Israel Must Choose: Give The Palestinians A State – Or Equality.
Suppose President Trump’s long-awaited “deal of the century” turns out to be the “flop of the century.” Frankly, this is the most likely outcome since its architects have no real feel for or understanding of the conflict and what is needed to resolve it. After the initial hype, where would its eventual failure leave us?…
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Opinion American Jews Are Teaching Americans To Oppose The Occupation
When I left Youngstown, Ohio for Palestine over two decades ago, serious conversations about Palestinians were fringe, if not taboo. Those who knew anything about the topic didn’t want to discuss it, while others were simply uninformed (I’ll never forget meeting Americans who thought I was from Pakistan). Fast forward to today, Palestine and Israel…
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Community Why I Choose To Stay In Palestine
Unlike most Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation, I could pick up and leave at a moment’s notice. Still, I stay, even as President Trump wreaks havoc on us. An American friend asked, “Why?” Why do I stay, now that both my daughters have left Palestine? Why not return to Ohio, where I was born?…
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Opinion What Americans Don’t Know About the Middle East Conflict and Why
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knows better than anyone else that if we Palestinians are permitted to engage non-violently, odds are we will expose Israel’s military occupation for what it is, a system of modern-day apartheid or worse. This is why, following his March election victory, Netanyahu assembled an extreme right-wing cabinet that would work…
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Opinion A Palestine That Israelis Can’t See
The status quo in Palestine and Israel is unsustainable. Anyone involved in the reality on the ground in this part of the world knows this for a fact. As such, one can view the current Palestinian bid to the United Nations General Assembly for non-member state status as a last-ditch effort by the secular Palestinian…
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