News & Analysis – Palestine Square

Palestinian Authority Thought Compliance Would Lead to Independence, but it Only Strengthened Israel’s Domination

July 11, 2019 Noura Erakat

Noura Erakat outlines how the Palestinian Authority’s illusory quest for statehood has shaped the actions of Palestinian leadership. (This excerpt originally appeared on Mondoweiss.net.)

El Salvador’s Bukele at Crossroads in Relations with Ancestral Land

June 28, 2019 Amy Fallas

Bukele’s Palestinian heritage has not necessarily translated to a fair and reasonable position on the conflict in his ancestral land.

The Neocolonial Arrogance of the Kushner Plan

June 12, 2019 Rashid Khalidi

With the neocolonial plans they have concocted for the Palestinians, he and his Israeli allies are swimming against the tide of history.

Bahrain Workshop: Business Over Politics

June 11, 2019 Nur Arafeh

The use of economic means as a way to transition to political peace is neither new nor likely to succeed.

Rashida Tlaib’s Critics Have Palestinian History All Wrong

May 20, 2019 Maha Nassar

Tlaib’s critics are fundamentally misreading Palestinian history in three key ways.

A Rejection Foretold

May 17, 2019 Zaha Hassan

U.S. hostility to the Palestinians shows the Trump administration just wants them to say “no” to its peace plan.

Organizers Challenge the Whitney Museum’s “Riot Control” Profiteer

May 2, 2019 Clifford Soloway

Israeli authorities have a particular affection for Kanders’ company’s hardware.

Justice For Some: Rashid Khalidi Interviews Author Noura Erakat

April 22, 2019 Palestine Square

Erakat emphasizes her argument about the relationship between law and politics and how it helps to explain a history of the Palestinian present.

Israel Has Already Annexed the West Bank

April 17, 2019 Omar Dajani

The only way forward is to enhance the reach and efficacy of civil society initiatives like boycotts and divestment.

Tamimi v. Adelson: Challenging Israeli Exceptionalism in U.S. Courts

April 10, 2019 Asma Jaber

The journey for Palestinian rights in U.S. courts will likely be a long and difficult one, but the era of Israeli exceptionalism in U.S. court may be coming to an end.