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How ICC membership could revive Palestinian statehood at the UN
Could a shift in U.S.-Israeli relations lay the groundwork for bolder legal and diplomatic moves in the international arena against Israel and the occupation? By Lolita Brayman Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s election success is being portrayed by some as a victory for the international aspects of the Palestinian cause. For months, Palestinians have been trying…
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March 25, 2015
Resource: What is the E1 area, and why is it so important?
In response to the Palestinian statehood bid, the Israeli government has decided to promote zoning plans for the area known as E1, northeast of Jerusalem. The project is intended to link annexed East Jerusalem with the mega-settlement of Ma’aleh Adumin, thus finally making the creation of a contiguous Palestinian State impossible. By Ir Amim E1…
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December 2, 2012
UN votes yes on Palestinian statehood: Not ‘just’ a symbol
While commentators say the vote is merely symbolic, at least for Palestinians and the international community, the vote could be a game-changing kind of symbol. One week ago, the request to the UN General Assembly to grant Palestine status as a non-member observer state looked like a poor stepchild of the highly anticipated first “UN…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
November 29, 2012
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Abbas: Israel’s man in Ramallah
Since his bid for statehood ended at the UN last September, Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, has become strictly an enforcer of the occupation. If Mahmoud Abbas had resigned as president of the Palestinian Authority last September, after the U.S. did Israel’s work and blocked the Palestinians’ UN bid for statehood, he would have accomplished something important. He would have inspired the Palestinians (like he did in…
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Larry Derfner
July 17, 2012
PHOTOS: Ramallah rallies for a Palestinian state
At least 3,000 Palestinians took to the streets of Ramallah in support of the PLO’s statehood bid in the United Nations. The PA officially closed Palestinian schools in order to boost numbers of protesters. Roughly 80,000 PA employees were also given the day off in order to join the demonstrations. The demonstration took place in Clock Square…
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Joseph Dana
September 20, 2011
New song mocks PA’s statehood bid
Palestinian activists in Ramallah have created a new song which mocks the PLO attempt for statehood at the United Nations later this week. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1GQpwyPA2U[/youtube] The lyrics in English: The blue chair This is the story of a magical blue chair… A blue chair that will travel, soar and fly! It comes in dark blue…and in white,…
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Joseph Dana
September 17, 2011
The rhetorical abuse of unarmed Palestinian resistance by Mahmoud Abbas
My colleague, Dahlia Scheindlin, in her thoughtful analysis of PA president Mahmoud Abbas’s major speech on the Palestine statehood bid, notes, The non-violent approach [Abbas] emphasized in his speech is the revolution of political, cultural and moral identity the Palestinians have undertaken. Many have asked if they are inspired by the Arab Spring and I…
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Joseph Dana
September 17, 2011
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