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Palestinian policemen block protesters during a demonstration against the visit of US President Barak Obama to the West Bank, Ramallah, March 21, 2013. (photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Sending the Palestinians to bed without dinner

By withholding the PA’s tax revenues, the Israeli government is effectively stealing Palestinian money. So why won’t the international community call it that? At the end of last year the Israeli government announced that it would stop transferring Palestinian tax revenue to the Palestinian Authority. The move was explained, explicitly, as a punitive measure for…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man April 21, 2015

Maysoun Qawasmi from "Women's List" campaigning in Hebron, Oct 18, 2012 (photo: DC)

WATCH: Palestinian women-only list makes bid for municipal council

Palestinian voters in the West Bank are casting their ballots for the first time in six years, as part of the occupied territories elect municipal council officials in nearly one-hundred towns and villages. HEBRON, WEST BANK – On Saturday, Palestinians went to the polls in an election that is being closely watched by the Palestinian…

By Roee Ruttenberg October 20, 2012

Demonstration for the release of Sarsak, Nablus (Ahmad Al-Bazz / Activestills)

Why did Palestinian leadership neglect hunger striking athlete?

The Palestinian leadership’s silence regarding the plight of national footballer Mahmoud Sarsak and other Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike derives from the fear that the more empowered Palestinians become in their opposition to Israeli occupation, the more likely they are to overthrow the Palestinian Authority. By Mosab Qashoo Anyone following the Palestinian struggle will have…

By +972 Magazine June 23, 2012

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Palestinians take to the streets for Abbas’s speech

Palestinians poured into the streets of West Bank cities to watch and celebrate Mahmoud Abbas’s speech before the United Nations General Assembly. Earlier in the day, clashes erupted at the Qalandia checkpoint and the Israeli shot dead a Palestinian man in the northern West Bank village of Qasra Ramallah – Carrying Palestinian flags and portraits…

By Joseph Dana September 24, 2011

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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,…

By Joseph Dana September 17, 2011

Palestine statehood bid: is about rights or separation?

Last week, Maen Rashid Areikat, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s ambassador to the U.S., was quoted by USA Today as saying total separation is needed between Palestinians and Israelis. The statement came during a press conference on the Palestinian statehood bid sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor in Washington. Areikat’s exact statement was, “I believe, as…

By Joseph Dana September 17, 2011

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas interviewed by Roee Ruttenberg for CCTV (photo: CCTV)

Is Hamas ready to recognize PA president Abbas?

An unofficial copy of the Hamas-Fatah unity agreement is now on the internet. It looks close to the official text but there is no confirmation. The language of the agreement is vague making it difficult to extrapolate hard details about how this agreement is going to affect Palestinians politics in the coming months. However, two…

By Joseph Dana May 4, 2011

Is the PA at risk in the West Bank? Photo:Activestills.org

West Bank’s wind of change challenges Palestinian Authority

This piece was originally published in Le Monde Diplomatique and co-written with Jesse Rosenfeld As protests multiply across the Arab world and grassroots resistance grows in the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority faces popular anger for its investment in a failed ‘peace process’ The PLO leadership called for a Day of Rage across the occupied territories on 25 February, following…

By Joseph Dana March 4, 2011

Rally in Ramallah's Manara Square Calling For an End of Division. Photo: Joseph Dana

Palestinians rally to end division in the wake of the Egyptian uprising

Roughly 400 people attended a demonstration in Ramallah’s Manara square this afternoon calling on Palestinians to end division within the society under occupation. The demonstration was organized by PNGO (The Palestinian NGO network). While the demonstration was not held under the banner of solidarity with Egyptian and Tunisian uprisings, it is clear that the uprisings…

By Joseph Dana February 17, 2011

The Palestine Papers: The ultimate confirmation

The cables released last night by Al Jazeera, which form the Palestine Papers, have provided ultimate confirmation of what many on the ground have known for some time – Israel is not interested in an equitable two state solution. Instead Israel is interested in maintaining the status quo, which necessarily means that both Palestinian and…

By Joseph Dana January 24, 2011

Jerusalem: Palestinians protest in Silwan following killing (photo essay)

Protests erupted in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan today after a guard at an Israeli settlement opened fire at Palestinian residents, killing at least one. This is my photo essay from the scene of the revolt.

By Joseph Dana September 22, 2010