Narrative

Palestinian boys line up during a morning assembly at a UNRWA school in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, September 15, 2014. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Educating toward peace: Two narratives for two peoples

After Oslo, Israel made an attempt to institutionalize education toward peace, but it drowned in bloodshed and violence. A look at the situation today. By Gil Gertel Not a single educator has made a single educational declaration regarding the current situation over the past month. Nothing. Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett keeps repeating that Palestinian…

By +972 Magazine October 28, 2015

Palestinians run from tear gas and gunfire during a protest near the Gaza border, east of Al Bureij refugee camp, October 16, 2015. The Israeli army killed at least two people during the protest. (Ezz Zanoun/Activestills.org)

Israelis and Palestinians are living in different worlds

There is something about the way that Israelis and Palestinians are discussing the violent events of recent weeks that suggests a new, particularly worrying dissonance between the two societies. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always included a full-fledged war of narratives. From biblical and historical land claims, to the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem, to…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man October 19, 2015

Israeli soldiers stand outside a souvenir shop for tourists in Bethlehem, July 12, 2014. (Activestills.org)

Israel’s grip on the Palestinian tourism industry

Through a regime of permits, licenses and visas, Israel controls who guides most tourists to the Holy Land, what they are told and where they spend their money. Can Palestinians use tourism to take back the discourse on occupation? By Amjad Alqasis (See correction below.) Israel’s occupation and colonization of Palestine is not limited to…

By +972 Magazine June 5, 2015

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An IDF Spokesperson infographic published on its Facebook page with the caption: "Hamas has no regard for human life".

Truth is the first casualty when war is declared

The recurring elements in the manipulation of public opinion and discourse in wartime also appeared during ‘Protective Edge.’ Shaked Spier brings you the Ten Truths, Ten Commandments and Ten Lies of war. By Shaked Spier The truth Several truths dominated the hegemonic discourse in Israel during and since “Protective Edge”: 1. Israel doesn’t want war,…

By Haokets September 27, 2014

Happy Independence Day wishes from a Palestinian

I published this article last year at the Jerusalem post; I thought today is an appropriate occasion to repost it. It might be hard to believe that a Palestinian would wish an Israeli Jew a happy Independence Day, but I am only following in the footsteps of another Palestinian I know, Ibrahim from Hebron. Three…

By Aziz Abu Sarah May 10, 2011