Explore tips, opinions, and features on Gaza Mom Palestine Politics Parenting sold at 20.65 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Laila ElHaddadnbsptakes us into the intense life and world of a busy Palestinian journalist who is both covering the story of Gaza and living it with her young son ElHaddad was in Gaza City in 2005 watching hopefully as the Israelis prepared a troop withdrawal from the Gaza Strip She covered the January 2006 Palestinian electionsjudged free and fair by international monitors But then she watched aghast as the Israeli government backed by the Bush administration moved in to punish Gazas 15 million people for the way they voted by throwing a tough siege around the StripGaza Momgtigt provides a wealth of detail and some charming photographs that inform readers about the daily lives of Gazas Palestinians along with ElHaddads reporting and political analysis
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We have been attacked while in international waters That means the Israelis have behaved like pirates The moment they start to steer this ship towards Israel we have also been kidnapped The whole action is illegalHenning Mankell aboard the Gaza Freedom FlotillaAt 430 AM on Monday May 31 2010 Israeli commandos boarding from sea and air attacked the six boats of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla as it sailed through international waters attempting to bring humanitarian relief to the beleaguered Palestinians of Gaza Within minutes nine peace activists were dead shot by the Israelis Scores of others were injuredWithin hours outrage at Israels action echoed around the world Spontaneous demonstrations occurred in Europe the United States Turkey and Gaza itself to denounce the attack Turkeys prime minister described it as a bloody massacre and state terrorismIn these pages a range of activists journalists and analysts piece together the events that occurred that May night Mixing together firsthand testimony and documentary record with hardheaded analysis and historical overview Midnight on the Mavi Marmara reveals why the attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla may just turn out to be Israels Selma Alabama moment the beginning of the end for an apartheid PalestineMoustafa Bayoumi is an associate professor of English at Brooklyn College the City University of New York He is coeditor of The Edward Said Reader and the author of the American Book Awardwinning How Does It Feel to Be a Problem Being Young and Arab in America
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On the Brinknbspis a compelling collection of short essays that chronicle a factfinding and solidarity visit the author made to the West Bank and Israel during the last three weeks of June 2014 Physician author filmmaker and longtime activistnbspAlice Rothchildnbspuses her powers of careful observation and her deep understanding of the consequences of racism and occupation to craft a lively honest heart breaking collection of reports from the field On the Brinknbspdocuments stories and lives that seldom make the evening news but that are essential to understanding the context in which that news occurs
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on 22Gifts Gaza City Palestine Shirt sold at 26 $ ; this product is listed in the Women's Clothing category, produced by , and sold by Walmart.com.
Gaza City Palestine Shirt The unisex heavy cotton tee is the basic staple of any wardrobe It is the foundation upon which casual fashion grows All it needs is a personalized design to elevate things to profitability The specially spun fibers provide a smooth surface for premium printing vividity and sharpness No side seams mean there are no itchy interruptions under the arms The shoulders have tape for improved durability 100 cotton fiber content may vary for different colors Medium fabric 53 ozyd² 180 gm² Classic fit Tearaway label Runs true to size
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Gaza A History by NA sold at 39.45 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
A Guardian Book of the Year 2014 and Shortlisted for the 2015 Palestine Book Award Through its millenniumlong existence Gaza has often been bitterly disputed while simultaneously and paradoxically enduring prolonged neglect JeanPierre Filius book is the first comprehensive history of Gaza in any language Squeezed between the Negev and Sinai deserts on the one hand and the Mediterranean Sea on the other Gaza was contested by the Pharaohs the Persians the Greeks the Romans the Byzantines the Arabs the Fatimids the Mamluks the Crusaders and the Ottomans Napoleon had to secure it in 1799 to launch his failed campaign on Palestine In 1917 the British Empire fought for months to conquer Gaza before establishing its mandate on Palestine In 1948 200000 Palestinians sought refuge in Gaza a marginal area neither Israel nor Egypt wanted Palestinian nationalism grew there and Gaza has since found itself at the heart of Palestinian history It is in Gaza that the fedayeen movement arose from the ruins of Arab nationalism It is in Gaza that the 1967 Israeli occupation was repeatedly challenged until the outbreak of the 1987 intifada And it is in Gaza in 2007 that the dream of Palestinian statehood appeared to have been shattered by the split between Fatah and Hamas The endurance of Gaza and the Palestinians make the publication of this history both timely and significant
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Discover information, advice, and prices for A Month by the Sea sold for 69 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Over the Summer of 2011 Dervla Murphy spent a month in the Gaza Strip She met liberals and Islamists Hamas and Fatah supporters rich and poor Through reported conversations she creates a vivid picture of life in this coastal fragment of selfgoverning Palestine Bombed and cutoff from normal contact with the rest of the world life in Gaza is beset with structural medical and mental health problems yet it is also bursting with political engagement and underwritten by an intense enjoyment of family life During her month by the sea Dervla develops an acute eye for the way in which isolation has shaped this society The light she sheds on one of the worlds greatest humanitarian crises is as moving as it is invaluableBooklist Sept 15 2013
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Over the Summer of 2011 Dervla Murphy spent a month in the Gaza Strip She met liberals and Islamists Hamas and Fatah supporters rich and poor Through reported conversations she creates a vivid picture of life in this coastal fragment of selfgoverning Palestine Bombed and cutoff from normal contact with the rest of the world life in Gaza is beset with structural medical and mental health problems yet it is also bursting with political engagement and underwritten by an intense enjoyment of family life During her month by the sea Dervla develops an acute eye for the way in which isolation has shaped this society The light she sheds on one of the worlds greatest humanitarian crises is as moving as it is invaluableBooklist Sept 15 2013
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Water for the Future The sold for 34.59 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
This book is the result of a joint research effort led by the US National Academy of Sciences and involving the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Palestine Health Council It discusses opportunities for enhancement of water supplies and avoidance of overexploitation of water resources in the Middle East Based on the concept that ecosystem goods and services are essential to maintaining water quality and quantity the book emphasizes conservation improved use of current technologies and water management approaches that are compatible with environmental quality Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1 Introduction and Background2 The Study Area and Patterns of Water Use3 Factors Affecting Patterns of Water Use4 Water and the Environment5 Options for the Future Balancing Water Demand and Water ResourcesAppendix A Excerpts from the Treaty of Peace Between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of JordanAppendix B Excerpts from the IsraeliPalestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza StripAppendix C Effects of Water Use on Biodiversity in the Study AreaAppendix D Guidelines for Rehabilitation of RiversAppendix E BibliographyAppendix F List of Meeting Places and DatesAppendix G Committee on Sustainable Water Supplies for the Middle east Biographical Sketches
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Palestine in Pieces sold for 20.27 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
Palestine in Pieces brings personal and pictorial perspectives to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories in the West Bank Gaza and East Jerusalem Former CIA political analysts Kathleen and Bill Christison give a comprehensive description of the occupation and the ways in which Israel dominates the Palestinians Settlements the Separation Wall roads restricted to cars with Israeli license plates home demolitions on a massive scale imprisonment and mass killings With more than 50 photographs vividly demonstrating the impact of the occupation on the Palestinian people the authors argue that Israels longterm intention is to so fragment the occupied territories that any sustainable presence in the land by Palestinians as a nation will be negated
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Overcoming Speechlessness A Poet Encounters sold for 21.38 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
In 2006 Alice Walker working with Women for Women International visited Rwanda and the eastern Congo to witness the aftermath of the genocide in Kigali Invited by Code Pink an antiwar group working to end the Iraq War Walker traveled to PalestineIsrael three years later to view the devastation on the Gaza Strip Here is her testimonyBearing witness to the depravity and cruelty she presents the stories of the individuals who crossed her path and shared their tales of suffering and courage Part of what has happened to human beings over the last century she believes is that we have been rendered speechless by unusually barbaric behavior that devalues human life We have no words to describe what we witness Selfimposed silence has slowed our response to the plight of those who most need us often women and children but also men of conscience who resist evil but are outnumbered by those around them who have fallen victim to a belief in weapons male or ethnic dominance and greed
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Peace Under Fire Israel Palestine sold at 59 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
The last two years have been the most brutal in the entire thirtysix year history of Israels military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip indeed the most violent since the creation of Israel itself The International Solidarity Movement ISM was founded as a peaceful resistance to that violence Its highly visible actions which have included breaking the sieges in Ramallah and Bethlehem as well as saving countless lives have shone a spotlight on Israels occupation Outlawed in Israel and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize the ISM has threatened the governing coalition with fears that Israeli opinion might at last be turning against themIn showing what risks Palestinians take ISM volunteers have also tragically been targeted The deaths of Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall as well as the shootings of Kate Edwards Caoimhe Butterley and Brian Avery have never been fully explained covered up in the US and UK and brushed aside in Israelan unfortunate consequence of Israels war on terrorThis collection of accounts drawn from weblogs and diaries of ISM volunteers news articles press releases writings from the Corrie and Hurndall families Rachel Corries last email home and cover photograph by Tom Hurndall reveals the real horror of life under occupation and describes the first signs of a new wave of international solidarity
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Find tips, reviews, and features on The Legacy of Ismail Haniyeh sold for 46.64 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
After 10 years of siege the 2 million people of Gaza living packed on a tiny strip find themselves without work their economy killed off without the bare essentials for decent life and without any hope of freedom The siege is fracturing minds pushing the most sensitive and vulnerable to suicide in numbers never seen before such as the suicide of Mohanned Younis a 22yearold student in Gaza being symbolic of the misery and despair of the siege Hence the blockade of the Gaza Strip must go Yet Hamass leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar seem to reject reconciliation with Israel reconciliation being an essential prerequisite to lift the Gaza blockade Hence Hamass leaders need to reinvent themselves and make peace with Israel otherwise the Gazans must find a new leadership so that the blockade can finally be lifted Critical but also deeply sensitive and humane this book explores social scientific ethical and Islamic approaches so that human rights can be restored in Gaza and Palestine
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Find tips, reviews, and features on In Our Power U S sold for 24.89 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
In the years following Israels 20089 Operation Cast Lead attack on the Palestinians of Gaza a new kind of student movement emerged on US campuses in support of the idea that Palestinians should gain the full exercise of their human and political rights within their historic homeland In 2013 and early 2014 journalistnbspNora BarrowsFriedmannbspcrisscrossed the United States interviewing the young activists who form the core of this new student movement and their voices ring out strongly from every page of this book In Our Power reveals the rich political legacy these students are building on campuses all around the country
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on The Last Crusade Palestine Campaign sold at 104.72 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Physical description xx 299 p 16 p of plates ill maps 24 cm Subjects World War 19141918 Campaigns Palestine Gaza Battles of 1917
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Discover information, advice, and prices for The Palestine Laboratory first edition sold for 21.04 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Condition of softcover Book As New Bestselling journalist Antony Loewenstein uncovers the widespread commercialisation and brutal deployment globally of Israels occupationenforcing technologies For more than 50 years the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza has given the Israeli state invaluable experience in controlling an enemy population the Palestinians Its here that they have perfected the architecture of control using the occupied Palestinian territories as a testing ground for weaponry and surveillance technology that they then export around the world The Palestine Laboratory shows in depth and for the first time how Israel has become a leader in developing spying technology and defence hardware that fuels some of the globes most brutal conflicts from the Pegasus software that hacked Jeff Bezoss and Jamal Khashoggis phones and the weapons sold to the Myanmar army that has murdered thousands of Rohingyas to the drones being used by the European Union to monitor refugees in the Mediterranean who are left to drown In a global investigation that uncovers secret documents based on revealing interviews and ontheground reporting Antony Loewenstein shows how as ethnonationalism grows in the 21st century Israel has built the ultimate tools for despots and democracies 265pp
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Find tips, reviews, and features on A Half Century of Occupation sold for 27.06 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
The IsraelPalestine conflict is one of the worlds most polarizing confrontations Its current phase Israels temporary occupation of the West Bank Gaza and East Jerusalem turned a half century old in June 2017 In these timely and provocative essays Gershon Shafir asks three questionsWhat is the occupation why has it lasted so long and how has it transformed the IsraeliPalestinian conflict His cogent answers illuminate how we got here what here is and where we are likely to go Shafir expertly demonstrates that at its fiftieth year the occupation is riven with paradoxes legal inconsistencies and conflicting interests that weaken the occupiers hold and leave the occupation itself vulnerable to challenge
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Israel and Palestine Reappraisals Revisions sold at 59 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Avi Shlaim one of the worlds foremost experts on the IsraelPalestine conflictnbsp reflects with characteristic rigour and readability on a range of key issues and personalities From the 1917 Balfour Declaration to the failure of the Oslo peace process from the 1948 War to the 2008 invasion of Gaza Israel and Palestine places current events in their proper historical perspective It assesses the impact of key political and intellectual figures including Yasir Arafat and Ariel Sharon Edward Said and Benny Morris It also reexamines the United States influential role in the conflict and explores the many missed opportunities for peace and progress in the region Cleareyed and meticulous Israel and Palestine is an essential tool for understanding the fractured history and future prospects of IsraelPalestine
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Palestine Speaks Narratives of Life sold for 28.86 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
The occupation of the West Bank and Gaza has been one of the worlds most widely reported yet least understood human rights crises for over four decades In this oral history collection men and women from Palestine including a fisherman a settlement administrator and a marathon runner describe in their own words how their lives have been shaped by the historic crisis Other narrators includeABEER a young journalist from Gaza City who launched her career by covering bombing raids on the Gaza StripIBTISAM the director of a multifaith childrens center in the West Bank whose dream of starting a similar center in Gaza has so far been hindered by border closuresGHASSAN an ArabChristian physics professor and activist from Bethlehem who cofounded the International Solidarity Movement
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In June 2007 civil war broke out in the Gaza Strip between two rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah Western peace efforts in the region always focused on reconciling two opposing fronts Israel and Palestine Nownbspthis careful exploration of Middle East history over the last two decades reveals that the Palestinians have long been a house divided What began as a political rivalry between Fatahs Yasir Arafat and Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin during the first intifada of 1987 evolved into a fullblown battle on the streets of Gaza between the forces of Arafats successor Mahmoud Abbas and Ismael Haniyeh one of Yassins early protégés Today the battle continues between these two diametrically opposing forces over the role of Palestinian nationalism and Islamism in the West Bank and GazanbspIn this thoughtprovoking book Jonathan Schanzer questions the notion of Palestinian political unity explaining how internal rivalries and violence have ultimately stymied American efforts to promote Middle East peace and even the Palestinian quest for a homeland
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Made in Palestine sold for 51.29 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Made in Palestine is the first museum exhibition in the United States devoted to the contemporary art of Palestine It is a survey of work by artists living in the West Bank Gaza and parts of Israel Also included in the exhibition are a smaller number of Palestinian artists living in Syria Jordan Germany and the United States Zuhdi AlAdawi Tyseer Barakat Rana Bishara Rajie Cook Mervat Essa Ashraf Fawakhry Samia Halaby John Halaka Rula Halawani Mustafa Al Hallaj Jawad Ibrahim Noel Jabbour Emily Jacir Suleiman Mansour Abdul Hay Mussalam Abdel Rahmen Al Muzayen Muhammad Rakouie Mohammad Abu Sall Nida Sinnokrot Vera Tamari Mary Tuma Adnan Yahya Hani Zurob
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