Perspectives
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: On the Latest Hunger Strike by Palestinian Political Prisoners
Expert: Qadura Fares, Director of the Palestinian Prisoner's Club. Q&A Q - The hunger strike by Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails is now in its fourth week. How many prisoners are currently on hunger strike and what are their demands? Qadura Fares - “It is difficult to say how many are on strike because we have been unable to visit the prisoners. However, according to the…
Expert Q&A: On the Final Obama-Netanyahu Meeting
Expert: Diana Buttu Ramallah-based political analyst and former advisor to Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian negotiators. Q&A Q - According to media reports, President Obama used today's meeting to press Netanyahu on Israel's construction of Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian land, which violate longstanding US policy and international law, as part of…
Expert Q&A: The Iran Nuclear Deal & Palestine/Israel
Experts Diana Buttu Ramallah-based analyst, former advisor to Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian negotiators, Policy Advisor to Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, and citizen of Israel. Mouin Rabbani Senior Fellow with the Institute for Palestine Studies, Policy Advisor to Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, Contributing Editor with Middle…
Q&A: The Killing of Nadeem Nowarah
On May 15, 2014, 17-year-old Nadeem Nowarah and 16-year-old Mohammad Mahmoud Odeh Abu Daher were shot and killed by Israeli Border Police about an hour apart in the same location in the occupied West Bank during protests. In both cases, surveillance video showed that the area was calm at the time and that neither teen posed any kind of threat to the police, who shot them with live ammunition.…
Expert Q&A: Killing with Impunity, Israel’s Two-Tiered Legal System
Emily Schaefer Omer-Man is the Coordinator of the Criminal Accountability of Israeli Security Forces project for Yesh Din. Q&A Q - Earlier this month, a senior Israeli army officer shot and killed 17-year-old Mohammed Kasbah as he fled after throwing a stone at the officer's vehicle in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest in a series of incidents over the past year or so in which Israeli…
Expert Q&A: Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress - Israel & Iran
Expert Trita Parsi Founder and president of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), and author of A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama's Diplomacy with Iran (2012) and Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States (2007). Q&A Q - According to reports, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unhappy with President Obama's approach to negotiations with Iran…
Expert Q&A: Unrest in Occupied East Jerusalem
For context on recent violence and unrest in occupied East Jerusalem, the IMEU offers the following Q&A with Ingrid Jaradat Gassner of the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem. Q&A Q - Tensions in Jerusalem, particularly in the eastern, occupied Palestinian section of the city, have been extremely high since the summer. How would you describe the current situation? IJG - “The…
Expert Q&A: On Israel’s Displacement of the Palestinian Bedouin
Expert Suhad Bishara, Attorney and Director of Land and Planning Rights Unit for Adalah: The Legal Center for Minority Rights in Israel. Q&A Q - On September 16, Haaretz newspaper reported that the Israeli government is advancing plans to forcibly relocate 12,500 Bedouin Palestinians from lands just east of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank to planned communities in the Jordan Valley. Why does…
Expert Q&A: Palestinian National Unity & The Schism Between Fatah and Hamas
For further reference, see our recently released expert Q&A: The New Palestinian Peace Plan, Ceasefire Talks & Israel's Latest Land Grab, and our recently released fact sheet, 50 Days of Death & Destruction: Israel’s “Operation Protective Edge.” Experts Diana Buttu, Ramallah-based analyst, former legal advisor to Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian…