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How Palestinian can I be in Israel?

Author: Anonymous
Published: April 20, 2023
Categories: in Arabic, Hebrew, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine
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How Palestinian can I be in Israel? By: Anonymous Author It’s a cold winter day in Jerusalem. After doing my morning routine, I dress up and go to the closet’s bottom shelf to get a scarf to keep me warm. I bend towards the shelf and reach for my Palestinian scarf, my 7atta Filistiniye. I […]

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Living between Two Countries-Under Stress

Author: By Aseel, Palestine | Opinion
Published: April 11, 2021
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine, Tolerance
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Tags: conflict, intifada, israel, palestine

The life of a Jerusalemite family after the second intifada “Alaqsa intifada” 2000-2005, During the period of the Palestinian second intifada (Intense Israeli-Palestinian violence period, Palestinians consider it as an uprising against Israel, while Israelis describe it as prolonged terror campaign), Israel used it as a pretext to control all areas in Jerusalem and control […]

A grown-up child in a conflict-zone, by Aseel S, Palestine

Author: By Aseel S, Palestine
Published: February 24, 2021
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, English, Identity, Israel-Palestine, Palestine
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Tags: checkpoint, Conflict-zone, storytelling

My name is Aseel and as a girl who was raised in a conflict, I got through a lot of stories I could tell you about. Still, I chose this one because it was the first time I realised that I was living in a conflict zone, and I will always suffer from it until […]

Opinion | Can Palestinians become less divided? By Alaa, Palestine

Author: By Alaa, Palestine
Published: January 17, 2021
Categories: in Analysis, Culture and Heritage, Identity, Life Style, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine, Tolerance
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Tags: Divisions, Media, palestine, Relationship, Society, Solution

Can Palestinians become less divided? Since joining the Hebrew university 4 years ago, I started a long journey ofdiscovering new things, people, and cultures, which opened my eyes to the different views of Palestinians in their own eyes and the others’. I’m half Jerusalemite, was born and raised in the holy city and out […]

Essay I The Two State Solution Between Palestine and Israel, by Al Mahdi, Palestine.

Author: Al Mahdi
Published: September 3, 2020
Categories: in Analysis, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, Democracy, Development, English, Human Rights, Identity, Israel-Palestine, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine, Politics
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The current solution for Israel and Palestine suggests that Palestinians ought to have their state, separate from Israel. In this way, a ‘Two-State’ solution might be reached. The method by which such a solution could be implemented involves a technical division of land with walls, earth mounds, roadblocks and fences. This article discusses the so-called […]

Nothing Impresses me – لا شيء يعجبني By Mahmoud G, Palestine

Author: By Mahmoud G, Palestine
Published: July 7, 2020
Categories: in Arabic, Art, Palestine, YaLa Poetry
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Tags: feelings, Inspiration, life, lockdown, Mahmoud Darwish, poem

إن من يعرفني جيدا سيستغرب كثيرا مما ستقرأه في الأسطر التالية وأنا أكتبه بعد احتفالي بنهاية مرحلة العشرينات من عمري. لكن أتمنى أن تعطي فقرة الخاتمة بريق أمل ورجاء وتشجيعا أكثر على العمل لواقع ومستقبل أفضل. في الوقت الذي أصبح الكثير من الناس الواقعيين يفكرون بنهاية العالم. والحالمون يظنون انهم لن يصلوا لزمن تكون فيه […]

Opinion | “All Human Beings are Born Free” By Feras, Gaza, Palestine

Author: By Feras, Gaza, Palestine
Published: July 3, 2020
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Human Rights, Israel-Palestine, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine
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“All Human Beings are Born Free” reads the title of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed in Paris (France) on 10 Dec. 1948, voted for by 48 countries, with 8 abstentions but not a single country who voted against it. The Declaration’s 30 articles include the right to dignity, liberty, equality, the right […]

Opinion | Between Two Extremes, By Fitnat Waked, Palestine-Israel

Author: By Fitnat Waked, Palestine-Israel
Published: June 9, 2020
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, English, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine
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Tags: Arab Israeli, Arabs and Jews, coexistence, Israely society, Palestinians of Israel, Shared society

Amid the struggle for recognition, acceptance, respect and the conflict with their own identities, Palestinian citizens of Israel need to find the middle ground. The middle ground is a place where Palestinian Israeli citizens live with a balance between their heritage and history, and the need and want to integrate and flourish within Israeli society. Despite the […]

I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; not to kill Iyad Hallaq. By Mahmoud G, Palestine

Author: By Mahmoud G, Palestine
Published: June 3, 2020
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English, Human Rights, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Tolerance, YaLa Poetry
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Tags: Iyad Hallaq, jerusalem, Palestinains lives matter

You call me a person of colour And you call yourself white When you are cold you turn blue When you are hot you turn red When you are sick you turn yellow When you are sad you turn grey When you are angry your heart becomes dark And after all of this, you […]

YaLa Young Leaders on the Israeli Educational Channel – Kan 23 | by Dalya, Israel and Abdullah, Palestine

Author: by Dalya, Israel and Abdullah, Palestine
Published: March 4, 2020
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Friendship, Israel-Palestine, Jordan, Palestine, Politics
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YaLa-Young Leaders Alumni Dalya and Abdullah giving a perfect example of what joint efforts for peace can look like! Dalya, a Jewish Israeli, and Abdullah, a Muslim Palestinian, were invited to talk about YaLa and prospects for peace with the remarkable Lucy Aharish, who’s an Arab-Israeli herself, on Israeli TV-channel KAN 23. By the way, […]

Opinion | We need more Women in Health and Science, by Amira, Palestine

Author: Amira Sublaban
Published: February 19, 2020
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, Development, Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Israel, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine
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Tags: education, emancipation, Science, women

When I first applied for my Bachelor’s degree in Medical Imaging at Al Quds University, I was honestly taken aback by the number of females majoring in the scientific field. I was under the impression that the field was over filled with the male community given the fact that some females are encouraged to take […]

Opinion| Unpopular Thoughts About Peace, by M, Syria

Author: By M, Syria
Published: February 10, 2020
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine, Politics, Religion, Syria
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Tags: Arab World, Deal of the Century, Dealofthecentury, Middle East voices, trump, US peace deal

Last Tuesday, President Trump released his “deal of the century” for Middle East peace. I couldn’t help but share with you my thoughts loudly. But who am I speaking to? Maybe to the Palestinians in the first place, because the ball of peace now is in their court. Why? Perhaps to understand, it […]

Opinion| Foreign peace plans are not the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, By Dvir Aviam, Israel

Author: By Dvir Aviam, Israel
Published: February 6, 2020
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English, Human Rights, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Politics
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Tags: Deal of the Century, Middle East Peace Plan, peace, trump, United States

As an Israeli, I felt the collective gratitude and jubilant mood prevalent in the Israeli society after the white house announced their new peace plan, effectively validating Israeli claims for 30% of the Israeli occupied territories. As a peace activist, however, I felt disappointed that our long term goal- two states solution according to the […]

Photo Essay | History by Amir, Dalya, Mohammad, Sereen and Zo, Israel and Palestine

Author: Amir, Dalya, Mohammad, Sereen and Zo, Israel and Palestine
Published: December 22, 2019
Categories: in Art, Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, English, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Photo Essays, Religion, Tolerance, כללי
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Jerusalem is a city with millennia-old stories to tell. But it is not a dead city. It is alive with stories being made as we speak. As they say today is tomorrow’s yesterday. In this photographic essay we tried to tap into the layers of history that make up this city – whether they are […]

Photo Essay | Life by Li-Or, Tamim, Besan, Tarneem and Mohammed, Israel and Palestine

Author: Li-Or, Tamim, Besan, Tarneem and Mohammed, Israel and Palestine
Published: December 22, 2019
Categories: in Art, Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, English, Identity, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Photo Essays, Religion, Tolerance
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Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides. Life and death are just like light and darkness, love and hate, you can’t separate them .You need both of them to recognize each one of them. You want to know if you are alive? then you should know the opposite of […]

Opinion | The Isolation of West Bank Palestinian Women by Aida Zsófia, Palestine

Author: Aida Zsófia, Palestine
Published: December 22, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine, Politics, Religion, Tolerance
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Recently, the murder of Israa Ghrayeb, a 21-year-old Palestinian girl from Bethlehem turned the spotlight on the situation of Palestinian women, the spatial isolation of them in the West Bank and the phenomena standing behind it. Generally, with regards to the situation of the Palestinian women there are two determining arguments. Some people might say […]

Opinion | The Real deal of the century – Mondial 2022 and a regional emergency climate and peace plan by Matai, Israel

Author: Matai Ben Aharon, Israel
Published: December 15, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, English, Environment, Israel, Life Style, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Tolerance
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Today it is known that global warming is a fact. The latest alarming reports by the IPCC (Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change) and the IPBES(Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) are suggesting , alongside civil protest movements, cities and countries, that the world is now in an actual climate emergency. Still the main contributor to this climate crisis, […]

YaLa Poetry | The Ones Who Lead Us to the Troubles, Who? by Mahmoud H, Palestine

Author: Mahmoud H, Palestine
Published: September 26, 2019
Categories: in Art, Civil Activism, Current Events, English, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Politics, YaLa Poetry, כללי
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The ones who lead us to the troubles, who? Now I am going to tell you bro The problem is not the two fighting kids The problem is with the greedy elders Even though they get grey and bold They are like mountains, selfish, and solid Yes, they remain Like this mountain With this selfish […]

YaLa Poetry | We are all Israa by J.M, Palestine

Author: J.M, Palestine
Published: September 8, 2019
Categories: in Art, Civil Activism, Current Events, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Palestine, Religion, Tolerance, YaLa Poetry
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Let my body give you an overdose My aura moves the dominos They said I have demons, Ha? Even the demons loved me, Ra! Tell them Ana Hurra Ana Hurra To be strong, don’t ask me to I am strong already, I can make a crew I was just not ready I was 21 about […]

Football’s Peace Team in a FairPlay Tournament by Abdullah K, Palestine and Dalya Arussy, Israel

Author: Abdullah K, Palestine and Dalya Arussy, Israel
Published: August 26, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, Education, English, Friendship, Identity, Israel, Life Style, Palestine, Politics, Tolerance, Travel
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It’s 3 AM. We’re blinded by the fluorescent lights of Ben Gurion Airport’s Terminal 1. Our eyes want to close but we know we must keep them open to try and recognize the last participants to arrive before we can check-in. We met only once before, so that, combined with the early morning hours makes […]

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