Palestine Think Tank

An Analytical Overview of the Current Situation
Our current Palestinian situation can be characterized candidly, as one observer described it over 20 some years ago, as a “fragmented national mood”; where more than 80% perceive themselves to suffer from depression and worry; where the percentages of the poor are in constant upward increase [...]

What follows is a cover letter and a criminal complaint sent by me to the Attorney General of Israel Menachem Mazuz. This letter was sent by registered mail at the end of August 2008. I expect no answer and no action, and I expect that Mazuz will protect the accused criminals - and it is [...]

Photo by Ahmad Omar (this was originally written in response to a comment by a Quaker activist. The entire conversation may be seen at Palestinian Mothers, the web network for those with Palestine in their hearts, no matter who they are or where they come from). I have befriended and cooperated with many Quakers over [...]

WRITTEN BY JORGE ALDAO 
Translated by Ernesto Paramo and revised by Machetera
In a recent piece titled “The Hottentots Morality” Uri Avnery makes some truly amazing assertions.
The most surprising of them is the one that states: ” *in my view, there is one simple principle, and it applies to everybody: every province that wants to secede [...]

Palestinian houses are easily distinguished from Israeli houses by one non-variant feature: Palestinian houses have water storage tanks on top of them. Running water 24 hours a day is reserved for Israeli colonial settlers. A trickle is occasionally sent our way and we try to maximize its use. But storage tanks on top of roofs [...]

http://www.anis-online.de/1/ton/49.htm
For more than two years, all border crossings to the Gaza Strip have been closed by the Israeli army. Since then, the 1.5 million inhabitants live in a state of siege, even more so since June, when the siege was tightened. As reasons for the siege Israel refers to Qassam rocket fire from the area [...]

Any US journalist, columnist, editor, college professor, student-activist, public official or clergy member who dares to speak critically of Israel or accurately report the brutalities of its illegal occupation will be vilified as an anti-Semite.
Dennis Bernstein, activist

We all spend a lifetime trying to figure out what makes someone who they are, and what defines them. Is it their characteristics, appearances, or behaviors? It may be a combination of all…for regular people. But for people who come from where I come from, figuring out who they are is not a choice for them. I come from Gaza City in Palestine, where surviving each day is a huge struggle for all Gazans. Leaving Gaza was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, partly because I miss my old life,

Is Israel still preserving the dream of having all Palestinian territories, but having them empty, without Palestinians? After one hundred years of conflict, it is time to realize that this dream is an impossibility. Today, three million Palestinians live in the Occupied Territories. Israel must accept to deal with this living [...]

Letter to Palestinian Think Tank
May 29, 2008.
The following follow-up comment, posted by Project Humanbeingsfirst here, to its article “Celebrating Israel’s 60th Birthday in the 60th year of the Nakba” may be of some interest to your think-tankers. Perhaps you can reprint it with the above title.
“I happen to be a Zionist. I’m a Zionist by [...]