IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding
Palestinian schoolteacher Eman Basher went viral for her tweets about living through Israeli airstrikes. She writes about the experience here.
on May 28, 2021
The truth is that the Palestinian citizens of Israel and the Jewish majority of the country have never coexisted. We Palestinians living in Israel “sub-exist,” living under a system of discrimination and racism with laws that enshrine our second-class status and with policies that ensure we are never equals.
on May 26, 2021
More than 100 progressive groups signed onto a May 14 statement asking Biden to denounce “Israel’s use of disproportionate and deadly force against Palestinians in Gaza” and “condemn Israeli government plans to forcibly displace Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem.”
on May 25, 2021
“This is what we warned about. Israel will target us all when you stop looking.”
on May 25, 2021
An eviction in East Jerusalem lies at the center of a conflict that led to war between Israel and Hamas. But for millions of Palestinians, the routine indignities of occupation are part of daily life.
on May 24, 2021
We’re second-class citizens in what’s supposed to be our country, too.
on May 24, 2021
Some journalists covering Israel and Palestine say an “illusive concept of impartiality” led them to face persistent doubts and skewed editing for years. Is that changing now?
on May 24, 2021
As a Palestinian from within Israel I have long been a second-class citizen, denied basic rights
on May 19, 2021