Perspectives
Life in Gaza: Diary of a Survivor
Ceasefire. The bombs have stopped for now, and Palestinians in Gaza, my home, are slowly coming up for air, grateful they made it out alive. Many of us lost loved ones, our homes. I may be young, but I have now survived four of Israel’s wars on Gaza. You might say we have collective PTSD, but here, the trauma is never post; it’s ongoing. My city looks like a scene from a horror film; rubble…
Expert Q&A: Israel’s Latest Attack on Gaza
Expert: Tareq Baconi Israel/Palestine analyst for the International Crisis Group, policy member for Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, and author of Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance from Stanford University Press (2018). Q&A Q: This latest escalation of violence began when Israel assassinated a leader of Islamic Jihad in Gaza early on Tuesday. Why do…
Expert Q&A: Amnesty International & Human Rights Watch on Being Denied Entry to Gaza
Experts Edith Garwood, Amnesty International USA Country Specialist on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (Israel/OPT/PA). Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa Division. Q&A Q - Israel is currently denying representatives of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch entry to Gaza, and Egypt is blocking entrance to Palestinian…
Expert Q&A: Israel’s Assault on Gaza, Aims & US Involvement
Experts Diana Buttu: Human rights attorney, Ramallah-based analyst, and former advisor to Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian negotiators. Yousef Munayyer: Executive Director of the Jerusalem Fund and the Palestine Center in Washington, DC. Osamah Khalil: Assistant Professor of United States & Middle East History at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of…