IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding
Videos
“This is a moment of reckoning for Americans.” We spoke with Rutgers University professor and Palestinian-American human rights attorney Noura Erakat to get her take on Trump’s apartheid plan.
about 3 weeks ago
Videos
Trump just released his apartheid plan. Trump and Netanyahu are pursuing an “ultra-right messianic vision” to lock in Israeli apartheid and crush the Palestinian freedom struggle. Here’s what Palestinian Member of Knesset Aida Touma-Sliman says about Trump’s policies towards Palestine: .
about 3 weeks ago
Videos
Founded in 1994, Taybeh Brewing Company is the first microbrewery in the Middle East—and it’s in Palestine. Despite operating under the brutal conditions of Israel’s occupation, Taybeh produces seven different types of beer, some of which will be used to toast Palestinian freedom someday soon.
on January 16, 2020
Fact Sheets
The IMEU presents a fact sheet highlighting the biggest and most significant moments surrounding Palestine in 2019. Photo: Ashraf Amra/APA Images.
on January 7, 2020
Maps
From September through November 2019 B'tselem documented instances of assault, theft, vandalism, threats and holdups that took place in the occupied West Bank against Palestinian farmers and their farmland. Check out this interactive map!
on January 6, 2020
Q&As
Last week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order conflating criticism of Israel on university campuses with antisemitism and threatening to cut off funding to institutions that allow campaigns in support of Palestinian human rights. The IMEU offers the following expert Q&A with attorney Dima Khalidi, founder and director of Palestine Legal and Cooperating Counsel with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), explaining what the executive order consists of and the dangers it poses to human rights activism and free speech on campus.
on December 18, 2019
Fact Sheets
Israel claims to be eco-friendly, but it routinely disrupts and destroys the eco-system native to Palestine by planting foreign seeds and destroying native olive groves, not to mention Israeli apartheid's war on water.
on November 25, 2019
Political analyst Tareq Baconi weighs in on the latest attacks on Gaza. Note: Since Tuesday, at least 34 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza, including at least three women, eight children, and eight members of the Abu Malhous family. More than one hundred others have been injured.
on November 14, 2019
Palestine 101
Israel banned Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from witnessing the impact of US policy on the lives of Israelis and Palestinians. Check out our new website to experience what Israel wanted to hide from the Congresswomen.
on November 4, 2019