reconciliation

Amel Khalil and Gamze Ceylan as Nardeen and Jamila in 'There Is A Field.'

Blurring the lines between Palestine and Baltimore

A new play tells the story of Aseel Asleh, one of the 13 Palestinians killed by police inside Israel at the start of the Second Intifada. Playwright Jen Marlowe is bringing it to black colleges in the U.S. in the hopes of connecting two struggles. Before his death, Palestinian teenager Aseel Asleh dedicated himself to…

By Noa Yachot April 3, 2016

A boy launches a Palestinian flag kite during an event commemorating Nakba Day, Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem, West Bank, May 14, 2012. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

A Palestinian refugee’s open letter to all Israelis

I know your fear is very real to you, even if it makes little sense to me. I know you see my desire to return to the land of my parents as an attack on your very existence. I wish our rights weren’t framed in zero-sum terms. By Israa Thiab Dear Israeli Citizen, I am…

By +972 Magazine November 9, 2015

Palestinian residents of Shuafat stand above the body of Muhammad Abu Khdeir during his funeral. (photo: Activestills)

An open letter to the family of Mohammed Abu Khdeir

As Israel and the Palestinians descend further into open violence, concerned Israelis challenge their fellow citizens in an attempt to forge a joint Israel-Palestinian resistance to violence. (Translated from Hebrew by Idit Arad and Matan Kaminer) Our hands shed this blood, our hands set Mohammed Abu Khdeir on fire, our hands fanned the flames. We…

By Haokets July 16, 2014

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A Palestinian stakes a giant flag in front of the Separation Wall in the village of Bi'lin with a Jewish settlement in the background. (photo: Omar Rahman)

PLO committee agrees to push for landmark elections

With the Palestinian political horizon looking grim, reconciliation, elections and reform may be the only hope. News of a major development in Palestinian politics was reached today in Cairo between leaders of various Palestinian factions. A committee established by the reconciliation agreement signed in May 2011 to advance PLO reform has agreed to push for…

By Omar H. Rahman February 26, 2012

Mahmoud Abbas (photo: Olivier Pacteau / flickr CC BY 2.0)

Palestinian leaders reinforce Fatah-Hamas reconciliation in Qatar

Mahmoud Abbas and Khaled Meshaal sign agreement in Qatar on Palestinian reconciliation. Leaders of the two main Palestinian political parties, Fatah and Hamas, signed an agreement in Qatar on Monday, reinforcing efforts at reconciliation and reform. Reports from Qatar say that current Palestinian Authority President and Chairman of the PLO, Mahmoud Abbas, will also be…

By Omar H. Rahman February 6, 2012

President Carter and The Elders discuss Palestinian reconciliation

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By +972 Magazine May 12, 2011

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What pushed Hamas and Fatah into each others arms?

By Michael Omer-ManWriters on this website have speculated that a soon-to-be-signed Palestinian reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fatah was spurred by a fear shared by both Palestinian leaderships that they’ve lost all legitimacy among their constituencies. Others have suggested that the deal represents a Hamas willingness to support Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s (Fatah) efforts…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man May 1, 2011

A rally for Palestinian unity Ramallah, April 2011 (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Fatah-Hamas reconciliation key for Palestinian strategy to end the occupation

The Arab revolutions have been a key reason for the reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah. This was apparent in the change of tone by both sides following the uprising in Egypt. President Abbas and Prime Minster Fayyad surprised everyone with the their proposals for unity. Abbas offered to visit Gaza to reconcile with Hamas and…

By Aziz Abu Sarah April 30, 2011

Erekat on unity: respect our democracy

Abu Mazen: Like it or not, Hamas is part of Palestinian people. Ramallah – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared today that the reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas shouldn’t stand in the way of future negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. In a meeting with representatives of “Israel Initiatives,” a group of businessmen and veteran…

By Noam Sheizaf April 28, 2011

All I really need to know I learned at the Mukataa

The first time I came to live in the States with my family, the year was 1990. I was 14 then and we lived in the heart of Washington D.C.’s teenager-unfriendly sprawl. It was at about that time that I really got into books, and would walk the unwalkable distance (no distance in suburbia is…

By Yuval Ben-Ami April 28, 2011

Occupation remains the obstacle to Palestinian unity

Put simply, Palestinian unity strikes fear in the hearts of Israeli strategists and military planners. A unified Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza which adopts nonviolent resistance tactics has the potential to inflict incredible damage on the Israeli occupation. Actually, Israel does not have an effective strategy to combat Palestinian nonviolence and unity.…

By Joseph Dana April 28, 2011

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Hamas Fatah Reconciliation – what does it mean?

The Israeli media is correctly calling the deal between Hamas and Fatah “historic.” We don’t yet know which direction history will take the Palestinians or whether the deal has any hope of reaching the basic goals the Palestinian leaders seem to have set: the establishment of a legitimate transitional government, elections within a year, and…

By Dahlia Scheindlin April 27, 2011