Muhammad Shehada is a contributing columnist for the Forward.
Muhammad ShehadaContributing Columnist
By Muhammad Shehada
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Opinion That Kushner Interview Was Not Just Ignorant. It Was Racist.
The current U.S. peace team in the Middle East, guided by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, is unprecedented in its open and shameless ignorance. Kushner, Ambassador David Friedman and Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt are arrogant, hypocritical, and racist — and they never exert the slightest effort to hide it. Their inexperience and ignorance is everywhere on…
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Opinion It’s The Occupation, Stupid. No Amount Of Cash Can Buy Palestinian Freedom
On Sunday, the White House announced it would be co-hosting a conference with Bahrain focused on Palestinian economic prosperity to kick start the always-delayed Trump peace deal. “Finance ministers, but not foreign ministers, will be invited along with delegations of business leaders,” CNN reported. It appears that they also decided that the Palestinians will not…
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Opinion While You Celebrate Eurovision, Don’t Forget Us Palestinians Who Can’t
Ah, the Eurovision contest — that time when so many countries come together in a show of playful competition and unity. It’s Gaza’s cries that the Eurovision songs are competing with. Great effort went into Israel’s preparations to have a perfect Eurovision celebration. Hotels had large discounts to attract visitors, while bars, clubs and restaurants…
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Opinion Israel Ignores Nonviolent Marches But Rewards Hamas’s Rockets
Last week’s escalation between Israel and Hamas was devastating. It was also avoidable, meaningless, and had little purpose aside from the respective flexing of muscles on both sides. 27 Palestinians and 4 Israelis paid for it with their lives. Thankfully, it all passed quickly. Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached another understanding; thus,…
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Opinion I’m Palestinian. Neither Candidate In The Israeli Election Gives Me Hope.
Despite wall to wall news coverage, Israel’s election this Tuesday isn’t much of a choice at all. The election comes down to whether Israelis will renew the term of the corrupt, divisive and fear-mongering Benjamin Netanyahu — who shamelessly boasts that under his leadership, the country is no state for its non-Jewish citizens — or…
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Opinion A Year After The Great March Of Return, What Went Wrong?
One year ago, tens of thousands of Gazans marched to the border with Israel and tried to end a decade of isolation under blockade. But after 52 weeks of regular protests, things seem to be only getting worse. What went wrong? Gaza’s Great Return March was organized by a group of bright young Palestinians as…
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Opinion You Know Who Wants Netanyahu To Win? Hamas.
On Tuesday, the Jerusalem Post revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted Hamas’s use to him. He defended allowing Qatari funds to be transferred into Gaza as a crucial part of a broader strategy to keep Hamas and the Palestinian Authority apart, according to a source in Monday’s Likud faction meeting. Netanyahu also said…
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Opinion They Call Us Palestinians Terrorists. Then They Welcome Terrorists To The Knesset.
This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu crossed another unthinkable line. He’s long been a champion of anti-Palestinian and anti-peace rhetoric, and he’s made a career of blocking any and all efforts that might bring Palestinians some relief. But he managed to take things a step further this week when he partnered with the inheritors…
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