News & Analysis – Palestine Square

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.

A Trinity of Oppression: Navigating Freedom of Speech in Palestine

April 3, 2019 Clifford Soloway

According to 7amleh’s report, online censorship in Palestine operated primarily through direct governmental action on the part of all three ruling regimes.

Trump Can’t Erase History: On the Anniversary of the Golan People’s 1981 National Declaration

April 1, 2019 Munir Fakher Eldin

In a strange coincidence of history, Mr. Trump’s presidential proclamation that “the Heights are part of Israel” was signed on the 38th anniversary of Golan people’s declaration.

Beyond Negotiations: International Law and BDS

March 27, 2019 Clifford Soloway

Unlike the Oslo Accords’ “final status issues,” International legal and BDS campaigns challenge Israel’s military occupation head-on and almost in real-time.

From Israel’s “Jewish Power” to AIPAC in America: Real and Manufactured Hate

March 11, 2019 Omar Baddar

AIPAC’s smearing of Ilhan Omar demonstrates willingness not just to tolerate real hate when it’s beneficial to their political agenda, but also their willingness to manufacture and weaponize false accusations of hate to serve that agenda.