Palestinian Authority

EI blogger who witnessed Palestinian Authority police beating protestor forced to destroy photos

An Electronic Intifada blogger was forced to destroy photos he took of Palestinian Authority (PA) police violently attacking a protestor in Ramallah on Sunday.

Play satirizes how aid donors sideline Palestinians

Michelle Gyeney
Jenin refugee camp
1 July 2012
A new play addresses the Palestinian Authority’s addiction to “green medicine” — the $1 billion in foreign aid it receives annually.

How the 99 percent are cannon fodder for America's wars

Reflections on the Occupy movement in Ohio and America’s double standards in the Middle East.

Israel uses Jenin murder probe as pretext to arrest, harass Freedom Theatre staff

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jenin refugee camp
18 June 2012
Artistic Director Nabil al-Raee is the latest in a string of people affiliated with the Freedom Theatre in Jenin who have been arrested over the past year.

Water desalination projects to solve Gaza’s problems: a wolf in sheep’s clothing?

8 June 2012
Controversy over a desalination plant in Gaza highlights the role of aid agencies in subsidizing the occupation and letting Israel off the hook for destroying Palestinian infrastructure.

Campaigners strategize refugee return during South Africa visit

Nora Barrows-Friedman
Berkeley
5 June 2012
A delegation of activists from Palestinian refugee rights groups recently visited Cape Town, South Africa, to discuss the practicalities of implementing the right of return.

Israel blocks mother from visiting her own daughters

Mya Guarnieri
Tel Aviv
31 May 2012
Hundreds of thousands of families — from Palestinians to Southeast Asian migrant workers to African refugees — are being fractured by Israel’s racist laws which seek to limit the number of non-Jews in the country.

Palestinian contractors demand UN exclude Israel firms from Gaza tender

Rami Almeghari
Gaza Strip
30 May 2012
Invited to bid on Gaza infrastructure projects, does Israel stand to profit from their wanton destruction during the 2008-09 attacks?

Blair aide evades political reality in walking guide to West Bank

Sarah Irving
29 May 2012
A proper hiking guide to “off-the-beaten-track” routes in the West Bank offers excellent practical information but ignores the political reality that has changed Palestine’s physical landscape.

The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast - 18 May, 2012

This week on our weekly Podcast: we’ll have an in-depth roundup of news and analysis on the end of the collective hunger strikes by Palestinian prisoners, featuring an interview with Sahar Francis of the Palestinian prisoner support organization Addameer; and more!

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