Palestinian
Saeb Erekat: the friend, the negotiator and the politician
Saeb Erekat leaves behind a complex legacy.
What Saeb Erekat taught me about the peace process
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Palestinian refugee receives Spanish citizenship after discovering Sephardic roots
Seeking “a country to fall” back on, Heba Nabil Iskandarani discovered that the mother of her Jaffa-born paternal grandfather was likely a Jewish w…
To save Palestinian lives, Jews, Christians and Muslims unite
For the sake of this scrap of land holy to all three religions, both Palestinians and Israelis must survive coronavirus
San Francisco State University president stands behind terrorist Leila Khaled speaking appearance
San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney is standing behind the decision to allow a Palestinian terrorist to participate in a university event via Zoom.
Kenosha synagogue vandalized with ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti during protests
“I think the bigger issue is more important than the possible damage that our building might incur.”
Talk about the conflict by talking about climate change
American Jewish students are more interested in the climate crisis and in the racial turmoil in the U.S. than they are in Israel’s conflicts.
Early results show Rep. Rashida Tlaib, staunch supporter of BDS, crushing primary opponent
“I remember stories of my grandfather farming next to an Arab Jew and just farming, picking olives side by side.”
I have always been jealous of the eggplant
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House subcommittee advances $250M for dialogue, Palestinian development
The funding, part of a $66 billion package, earned praised from an array of Jewish groups and pushes back against Trump administration defunding.