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UPCOMING EVENTS
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15 May 2008 | 12:00-2:00 p.m.
Palestinians and the Jewish State: 60 Years of Exile and Dispossession
with Dr. Salman Abu Sitta, Mr. Nimer Sultany and Dr. Don Wagner
16 May 2008 | 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Silver Adornment from Bilad al-Sham
with a presentation by Marjorie Ransom
Married to Another Man: Israel’s Dilemma in Palestine
May 8 - Dr. Ghada Karmi discusses her book, Married to Another Man: Israel’s Dilemma in Palestine, and argues that Israel’s dilemma stems from a decision taken decades ago, which was to establish a state for Jews in a land inhabited by non-Jews.
*New Online Publication*
The Palestinian National Movement: What Went Wrong?
May 1 - Mr. Ahmad S. Khalidi argues that while Israel’s responsibility for the Palestinian predicament is unquestionable, the current Palestinian woes are not just about Israeli occupation. The bitter truth is that the Palestinian national movement has proven to be both brittle and inconsistent. Khalidi delivered his remarks at the third Hisham B. Sharabi Memorial Lecture on 10 April 2008 and is published within the Palestine Center’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
Five Months after Annapolis: Where Are We Headed?
April 28 - If Israel is interested in peace and has a real need for it, the requirements are well-known—a Palestinian state on the 1967 border. That was the message delivered by Chief Palestinian Negotiator Dr. Saeb Erekat at a 25 April 2008 Palestine Center briefing. However, he explained that Israeli facts on the ground, mainly the continued settlement activity within the 1967 Occupied Palestinian Territory, is undermining efforts of trying to make 2008 a year of peace.
Arms Export Control Act: Israeli Breaches and U.S. Indulgence Result in Palestinian and Lebanese Civilian Casualties
April 15 - Israel's violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) are increasingly countenanced by conservative and liberal officials alike in Washington, DC. Twenty-six years ago, Washington conservatives were at least willing to apply mild penalties for Israel's misdeeds with American weaponry in Lebanon. Today, liberals are largely silent and conservatives indulgent of Israel's misapplication of American firepower in Lebanon in 2006 and throughout the past decade in the Gaza Strip with flechettes, F-16s and Caterpillar bulldozers. The damage to American integrity is significant and noted widely by people in the region.
Anti-Arab Racism and Incitement in Israel
March 25 - Israeli society is in the grip of a wave of unchecked racism and incitement that seriously threatens Israel's Palestinian community and the long-term prospects for regional peace. This brief examines societal and institutional racism and incitement by public figures against Israel's Arab population and considers some policy implications.
Shifting Attitudes towards Hamas
March 11 - After its breach of the border wall with Egypt, allowing hundreds of thousands of desperate Palestinians to break the blockade on Gaza, Hamas is arguably more popular than ever. U.S.-sponsored peace negotiations between Israel and Abbas’ U.S.-recognized Palestinian Authority have gone nowhere. There is a growing realization that the approach to Hamas must change. This brief assesses movement towards engagement with the group among various key actors.
Gaza: Humanitarian situation worst since 1967
March 6 - The humanitarian situation in Gaza is worse now than it’s been at any time since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967, according to a new report published by a coalition of leading humanitarian and human rights organizations. The weekend’s upsurge in violence and human misery underlines the urgency of this report.
Border and Beyond: Reassessing Middle East Policy
February 20 - Egypt’s Ambassador to the United States, Nabil Fahmy, called Israel’s policy of isolating the Gaza Strip, in order to change Hamas’s policies, an ineffective and unsustainable policy. Fahmy said Egypt’s decision to allow the border to remain open after it was breached was because his country did not want to take part in the collective punishment of Palestinians due to differences over policies with those who run Gaza. He argued that the only way to pressure Hamas would be to show Palestinians that there is an alternative—a peace process that has dividends.
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