Hanan Ashrawi

Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi, seen in her office in the West Bank city of Ramallah. January 31, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
‘I told Arafat: Israel will promise you an inch and not give you a millimeter’
Reflecting on the Oslo Accords 30 years later, veteran politician Hanan Ashrawi recounts her arguments with PLO leaders during the negotiations, and explains why Israel's political crisis is opening cracks in the occupation.
By Meron Rapoport September 13, 2023
Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) upon her release from an Israeli prison, at a checkpoint near the West Bank town of Tulkarem, June 3, 2016. (Haytham Shtayeh/Flash90)
Israeli army arrests Palestinian feminist lawmaker, months after her release
Khalida Jarrar was last released from Israeli custody in February, where she was held for 20 months without charge or trial.
By Jaclynn Ashly November 1, 2019
Hanan Ashrawi. Photo from Wikipedia Commons
Preparations for the statehood bid ignoring Palestinians
Ramallah–Despite its power and reach, the Palestinian Authority (PA) have made little effort to explain their controversial statehood bid in the United Nations to the rank and file living in the occupied West Bank. The plethora of opinion pieces, news articles and speeches by the Palestinian leadership on the statehood attempt have mostly ignored Palestinians…
By Joseph Dana September 11, 2011
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Wild Card part IV: NYT puts unilateral move on the agenda
(Part I, Part II, Part III) Ethan Bronner of the NYTimes gives a nice big shove to the Wild Card, only to get a slap in the face from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the next day. Bronner says that: The Palestinian leadership, near despair about attaining a negotiated agreement with Israel on a two-state…
By Ami Kaufman October 21, 2010
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