Study: The Palestine Brief
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- Published on Monday, 21 May 2012 09:11
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A weekly report published by the Center for Political and Development Studies (CPDS), Gaza on the latest developments in Palestine.
On the Path for Peace
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- Published on Saturday, 19 May 2012 17:34
By: Mitri I. Musleh
Israel is the only county in the Middle East that has the power to take a leadership role in promoting peace and tranquility in that region of the world.
Palestinian Refugees in UNRWA Camps in Jordan
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- Published on Thursday, 17 May 2012 08:55
By Diala Khalaf
In the Anniversary of Nakba- A desktop study done by Diala Khalaf about the Palestinian Refugees in UNRWA camps in Arab neighboring countries: Third part Palestinian Refugees in UNRWA camps in Jordan:
Peace-Making Without Mediators
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- Published on Thursday, 17 May 2012 08:38
By Nicola Nasser
A surplus of mediators have been around all the time, including the heavy weight Quartet of the UN, U.S., EU and Russia, as well as heaps of terms of reference of UNSC resolutions, bilateral signed accords and "roadmaps," in addition to marathon bilateral talks that have left no stone unearthed, international as well as regional conferences were never on demand to facilitate the "peace process," which has been lavishly financed to keep moving.
Absurdity of Equating Opposition to Israel with Anti-Semitism
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 10:04
Also Published at the Palestinian Information Center
By Khalid Amayreh
In a shameless effort to criminalize criticisms of Israel, pro-Israeli circles in some western countries have been trying to equate criticisms of Israeli policies and actions with anti-Semitism. The brazen effort is ostensibly intended to intimidate and silence the increasing awareness, especially among younger generations on college campuses, that Israel is in fact a racist country par excellance that is disguised as a democracy.
Palestinians Mourn, Nakba Continues
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 09:36
by Mazin Qynsiyeh
Also Published at Popular Resistance
On this 64th anniversary of the Nakba we mourn the ethnic cleansing that began in 1948 and that continues today with silent transfer, home demolitions, land confiscation and more. But we also celebrate an amazing resilience and success of the Palestinian endogenous people against incredible odds:
Intifada over prisoners?
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- Published on Monday, 14 May 2012 08:33
Pressure is building on Israel as an open-ended hunger strike by thousands of Palestinian prisoners continues
By Khaled Amayreh
With a massive open-ended hunger strike observed by thousands of Palestinian prisoners languishing in Israeli jails entering a "crucial phase", as inmates are being force-fed, Palestinian militant leaders have warned that the death of even one prisoner as a result of Israeli intransigence in face of the strike would trigger an all-out Intifada -- or uprising -- in the occupied territories.
Gaza is Bereft of Hope
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- Published on Sunday, 13 May 2012 00:13
By Yousef Alhelou
12th May 2012
Amid waves of protests and activities which started in April 17th to show solidarity with the Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli jails, the ordinary Palestinians of Gaza have other issues to worry about, their inability to make ends meet and to provide for their families under years of Israeli siege which has devastated the economy in the seaside territory.
Dignity
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- Published on Friday, 11 May 2012 09:28
By Mazin Qumsiyeh
Also Posted at Popular Resistance
"We did not go into the battle because we love to be hungry or in pain, but for our dignity and the dignity of our nation," Thaer Halahlef, 33 from Hebron, 74 days on Hunger strike.
Is Mofaz- Netanyahu Deal Good For Peace?
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- Published on Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:45
by Daoud Kuttab
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stunned his people Tuesday morning with a political shocker. He convinced his largest opposition leader, Shaul Mofaz, to join his coalition, thus cancelling early elections scheduled for September.
Development of Anti-Occupation Protests
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- Published on Wednesday, 09 May 2012 08:19
By Yousef Aljamal, CPDS
The Centre for Political and Development Studies (CPDS), Gaza, held a lecture on Monday, 7th May, entitled 'Intifada on Wall Street From a Palestinian anti-occupation uprising to the global Occupy movement', delivered by Joe Catron, an international solidarity activist, in which he discussed the development of the protests from 1994 in Chiapas, Al-Aqsa uprising in Palestine and the Global Occupy Movement.
We Must Not Betray Our Suspended Martyrs
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- Published on Tuesday, 08 May 2012 08:38
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By Khaled Amayreh
The mass hunger strike being observed by thousands of our political and resistance prisoners in Israeli dungeons and concentration camps represents the last and ultimate form of Jihad or resistance against a nefarious, sadistic enemy that excels like nobody else in the arts of torture and oppression.
Israeli Persecution Forces Christians to Emigrate
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- Published on Monday, 07 May 2012 09:23
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By Khalid Amayreh
Israeli ambassador to the United State Michael Oren recently tried to bully CBS to kill a story exposing Israeli persecution, harassment and mistreatment of Palestinian Christians, forcing many of them to emigrate.
Time for a change!
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- Published on Monday, 07 May 2012 08:52
By Mazin Qumsiyeh
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Palestinian political prisoners illegally held in Israeli jails are on hunger strike and some are near death. The population of strikers includes 200 child prisoners, 27 Palestinian legislative council members, and 456 prisoners from Gaza who have not been allowed family visits since 2007[1]. Meanwhile, colonization continued at a relentless pace. Ramzy Baroud and Jeff Halper argue that Israel is "fixing" the outcome and is an "end-game" scenario to take over most of the West Bank and leave us in small cantons [2]. Yet, judging from my research into the carefully planned Zionist project, such plans are not end games but mileposts to give the Zionists time to consolidate gains in preparation for the next round of expansion in precisely the way Ben Gurion described it to his son in 1937. Ben Gurion explained lucidly how the new state of Israel when established on part of the coveted land would be a base of steady expansion and growth in the future with or without agreement from "Arabs" [3]. I pondered how little has changed in the intervening 75 years. Colonial Israel continues to push the envelope and expand with or without agreement from compliant "Arabs". Compliant Arabs existed in 1937 (headed by Ragheb Al-Nashashibi) and existed in 1967 and in 2012. There also existed intellectual and honest Arabs throughout our history.
Strange stage of an issue
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- Published on Thursday, 03 May 2012 09:22
by Daoud Kuttab
The Palestinian conflict is going through one of its strangest stages these days. So much is going against Palestine, yet so much is going for it.
International Worker's Day and Actions
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- Published on Tuesday, 01 May 2012 08:27
By Mazin Qumsiyeh
Tuesday 1 May 2012 is celebrated as May Day or Workers Day around the world. On this date we all recall the struggle of workers against the greed of corporations. It is this greed by the elites that also led to wars, colonialism, occupation, and repression in indigenous communities from Vietnam to Iraq to Palestine to Columbia. Around the world, the billionaires get richer while the poor people get poorer.
