Sam Bahour

Leaked documents show PA outsourced Palestinian land and rights to Turkish firm

Charlotte Silver
San Francisco
19 September 2012
The Palestinian Authority is confiscating privately-owned agricultural land in the West Bank to build industrial parks.

Why aid projects in Palestine are doomed to fail

Jeremy Wildeman
6 September 2012
Israeli control and major donors prioritizing their relationship with Israel prevent the delivering effective aid to Palestinians living under occupation.

Bubble in aid-dependent West Bank bound to burst, say economists

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Ramallah
6 August 2012
The economic bubble in the West Bank will burst, and instead of working to remove Israeli restrictions, the Palestinian Authority continues to push for investments in the private sector.

Mitt Romney, Palestinian culture and white supremacism: responses worth reading

Romney’s comments only the latest racist attacks targeting Palestinians in the long US presidential campaign. Some responses worth reading.

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.

Unexplained Gaza communications "blackout" highlights Israeli control of networks

On Tuesday, Gaza disappeared from the world’s telecommunication networks for between 12 and 18 hours. This was an anxious time for both Gaza’s residents and those trying to contact friends, colleagues and loved ones from the outside.

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