Palestinian narrative

Illustrative photo of Palestinian refugees fleeing during the Nakba.

Don’t wait for Israeli archives to prove what Palestinians already know

Israeli authorities are deliberately concealing historical documents to undermine evidence of the state’s dark and violent origins. And the world is still falling for it. The village of Safsaf (“willow” in Arabic) appears on page 490 of the newest edition of Walid Khalidi’s All That Remains, a seminal book that catalogues 418 Palestinian communities that were…

By Amjad Iraqi July 7, 2019

Soldiers in the studios of Israel’s Army Radio. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash)

IDF radio commander: Don’t call it the West Bank

Yaron Deckel, who heads the third most popular radio station in Israel, orders his staff to refrain from using the term, saying it has been ‘adopted by the Palestinians and the Left.’ The commander of Israel’s Army Radio has ordered his staff to refrain from using the term “West Bank” while on air. Yaron Deckel,…

By Edo Konrad May 4, 2017

Tourists riding camels in Israel [illustrative] (photo: flickr / idovermani CC BY 2.0)

Countering single-narrative academic tours of Israel

A number of programs bring international professors to Israel, shaping the way they teach their students about the country and conflict. What’s missing is a Palestinian narrative. But can any alternative program match the all-expenses-paid tours and luxurious accommodations offered by the hasbara-centric Israel programs? By Olga Gershenson In the last few years, a new discipline…

By +972 Magazine January 30, 2013

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