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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attend the Washington Peace Conference, September 2, 2010. (photo: Moshe Milner/GPO)
Palestinians aren’t counting on Trump or Clinton for their liberation
Americans will still have a long way to go before they can decide what their country represents. Once they do, Palestinians can begin to care again about what happens in Washington. As a Palestinian contributor to +972, I have been struggling these past weeks with how to write about the US presidential election. Part of…
By Samer Badawi October 31, 2016
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the joint Congress Session in Washington DC, US. (photo: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
Netanyahu’s Congress speech: An election stunt, after all
Netanyahu didn’t offer any new thinking on Iran, but he might have succeeded in regaining control over elections that were slipping away from him Ever since Speaker of the House John Boehner revealed his invitation to the Israeli prime minister to speak before a joint session of Congress, people have been wondering who exactly is…
By Noam Sheizaf March 3, 2015
Some 10,000 demonstrators march on the White House in Washington, D.C., to protest Israel's offensive in Gaza, August 2, 2014. (Activestills.org)
PHOTOS: 10,000 march on White House to protest Gaza offensive
Thousands converge on Washington, D.C. to protest Israel’s offensive on Gaza. Text and photos by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org Some 10,000 activists converged on the White House in Washington, D.C. this weekend to protest Israel’s offensive on Gaza. Politico reported that the event may have been “the largest pro-Palestinian march to take place in the United…
By Activestills August 3, 2014
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  2. UK protests expose wide gulf between gov’t and public on Palestine
  3. Israeli arrogance thwarted a Palestinian political path. October 7 revealed the cost
  4. Israeli academia joins the crackdown on dissent
  5. Ceasefire reveals the toll of devastation in Khan Younis
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