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Erakat: Peace Talks Can Start. Israel Escalates in E. Jerusalem
In the the Austrian daily Kurier, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said he would resume peace talks with Israel if it stopped all settlement construction in occupied land.Erakat suggested he was prepared to start where he left off in negotiat...
A Palestinian Story
This personal testimony about the Palestinian experience is by Mohammad Alsaafin.I'm writing to you as friends, colleagues, members of the media, acquaintances and activists. Some of have never met me; others have heard parts of the story I am about ...
Eyewitness Jerusalem: Fighting Home Evictions and Demolitions in the Courtroom
As Palestinians continue to face the threat of home demolition and eviction in East Jerusalem neighborhoods, The Palestine Center’s Yousef Munayyer sat down for an interview with Hatem Abo Ahmad, an attorney for several families in Jerusalem fighti...
Paper on “Does Terrorism Work?” Flawed
By Yousef MunayyerA headline in a recent New York Times blog, “Does Terrorism Work?” caught my attention. It turns out a new paper recently released by Eric Gould and Esteban Klor, economists at the Hebrew University, concluded that terrorism doe...
VIDEO: "Palestinian Citizens in Israel: Stakeholders in Limbo?"
Click to Play Treated as second-class citizens in Israel and left out of Palestinian national representative structures, this population continues to grow in number and political dynamism. What do the P...
The Paucity of Hope
Palestine Center Brief No. 186 (25 November 2009)By Yousef MunayyerIbrahim Abu Jayyab, 23, was a big Barack Obama supporter and during the election campaign he spent hours phone-banking for him. However, unlike some of Ibrahim's Palestinian-American ...
VIDEOS: 2009 Annual Conference. "The Erasure of Palestine"
This year's annual conference, "The Erasure of Palestine," took place at the Palestine Center in Washington, DC on 13 November 2009.Introductory remarks by Dr. Subhi Ali, chairman of the Jerusalem Fund's board, and Dr. Naseer Aruri, the conference or...
Yousef Munayyer, Palestine Center Executive Director, on Russia Today
Last night, Yousef Munayyer, the Palestine Center Executive Director, appeared on "Crosstalk" a program on Russia Today to discuss the prospects of Palestinian statehood along with three other guests.Your donations support our work. Give to the Pale...
A Palestinian Referendum on Statehood the Best Step Forward?
A political crisis in Palestine has taken shape and has inspired some interesting re-thinking about how to achieve Palestinian independence. Unfortunately, without clarity in the political direction, there are not many good choices. One idea, raise...
Non-Profit Selling Street Names in Askar Refugee Camp
Askar is a refugee camp near the Palestinian city of Nablus. The refugee camp (established in 1950) is a densely populated town that lacks proper planning, facilities and streetnames. A non-profit organization is selling street names in Askar to rais...
VIDEO: Economic Conditions and the Future of Palestine
Click to Play "Economic Conditions and the Future of Palestine"withBassem Khoury, the former Minister of National Economy for the Palestinian Authority (PA). He recently spoke at the Palestine Center in ...
EVENT: "Economic Conditions and the Future of Palestine" with Mr. Bassem Khoury
Thanks for viewing the live stream of this event. The video and transcript will be posted here.Click here for the slide show presentationThursday, October 2912:30 pm - 2:00 pmThe Palestine Center2425 Virginia Ave, NWWashington, DC 20037202.338.1290B...
Goldstone: Deep Attachment to Israel Motivated Inquiry
The head of the recently released United Nations Human Rights Council inquiry into Israel's invasion of Gaza last winter published today an explanation of why he took on the role. Published in the right-wing newspaper, the Jerusalem Post, he describ...
ANALYSIS: The Coming Intifada
Palestine Center Brief No. 183 (14 October 2009)By Yousef MunayyerAnyone watching the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories recently can tell you that anger and rage is bubbling just below the surface. What may not seem apparent is tha...
TRANSCRIPT: Imagining Israel-Palestine Peace: Why International Law Matters with Professor Richard Falk
The Edward Said Annual Lecture Edited Transcript of Remarks by Professor Richard FalkTranscript No. 318 (8 October 2009)The exclusion of international law from past efforts to establish a peace process has disadvantaged the Palestinians and benefite...
Does Fateh Have the Audacity to Lose Hope in Obama?
A memo circulating among members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' political party states that all hopes placed in the Obama administration "have evaporated." It cites White House backtracking on key issues.The Fateh Party document, obtained b...
BRIEF: Betrayal in Geneva
Palestine Center Brief No. 182 (5 October 2009)By Naseer Aruri, Ph.DThe news coming out of Geneva these days is indeed very shocking and depressing. The Abbas government, whose term in office has expired long ago, has succumbed to pressure being exer...
BRIEF: Palestinians Must Be Afforded Their Own Humanity
Palestine Center Brief No. 181 (5 October 2009)By Yousef MunayyerIn a seemingly inconceivable move, the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s representative to the United Nations did not support the advancement of the Goldstone report detailing hum...
Abbas May Reverse Course on Goldstone Report
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas is "seriously considering" asking that a United Nations Gaza war report be passed on to the Security Council, a senior official said. Last Friday, the PA agreed to delay a vote in the UN Human Rights Council condemn...
Controversy Over PA\'s Goldstone Stance
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is being widely criticized for his decision to back away from supporting the UN Goldstone Report in the UN Human Rights Council. Critics accuse him of conceding to U.S. pressure by postponing action on a ...
The 2009 Edward Said Memorial Lecture: Richard Falk
The Palestine Center invites you toThe 2009 Edward Said Memorial Lecture“Imagining Israel-Palestine Peace: Why International Law Matters”withProfessor Richard FalkUN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestine TerritoriesVisiting Distinguished ...
Time Report on Palestinian TV Satire
Time ran this video about 'Country on a String,' a Palestinian TV series that ran during Ramadan. It was a sharp satire of Palestinian politics and life. The cast and creator are hoping to keep the show going.Dion Nissenbaum, writing in his Checkpoi...
President Obama’s Remarks Before Trilateral Meeting
(AP)September 22, 2009President Obama’s remarks before trilateral meeting with Israeli PM Netanyahu & Palestian Authority President AbbasWaldorf Astoria HotelNew York, New York12:26 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT: Please be seated, members of the delega...
Palestinian Budget Shortfall
Despite the flurry of news stories about economic growth in the West Bank, and an IMF report supporting that claim, the Palestinian Authority still faces a $400 million shortfall in the 2009 budget, according to Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenb...
Who's Got the President's Ear on Middle East?
Michael Calderone of Politico reports that New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman just spent time with President Barack Obama:Sure, Obama has courted the press, and met with a host of Times columnists – Dowd, Rich, Krugman , Brooks and Leonhardt,...
Al-Jazeera: No Deal on Peace Talks
Al-Jazeera, English reports that President Barack Obama's special Mideast envoy ended his latest mission to the region without agreement on the terms of renewing Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Palestinian Authority officials said without a clear I...
Goldstone Commission: Israel Violated International Law
The United Nations Human Rights Council published its report of the fact finding mission on the Gaza conflict (PDF), otherwise referred to as the Goldstone Commission.The UN Fact-Finding Mission "concluded there is evidence indicating serious violati...
Israel Strikes Back at Goldstone Commission Report
Judge Goldstone led the panel inquiry.The Israeli government is countering a United National Human Rights Council inquiry into its conduct in Gaza earlier this year. The recently released document concludes that Israel violated international law.Isr...
Richard Goldstone on Al-Jazeera, English
Former international prosecutor and judge Richard Goldstone led a UN panel investigation of the Israeli invasion of Gaza earlier this year. His team released its report yesterday.Your donations support our work. Give to the Palestine Center today!...
EXHIBIT: "Palestine Lost," Artwork by Rajie Cook and Helen Zughaib
The Jerusalem Fund Gallery presentsPalestine LostStereopticon Images of Palestine from the Early 1900'sStereopticon images, or lantern slides, became popular in the late 1800’s as a way for armchair travelers to experience faraway places. Viewed th...
