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“Gaza Writes Back” now available

Originally posted on In Gaza, My Gaza!:
Gaza Writes Back book Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine, edited by Refaat Alareer is a compelling collection of short stories from fifteen young writers in Gaza, members of a generation that has suffered immensely under Israel’s siege and blockade. Their experiences, especially during and…

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Cristina Paterno’s Book Review of “Understanding Palestine”, Essays by Tariq Shadid (@docjazzmusic)

Saturday, 14 September 2013 | Musical Intifada By Cristina Paterno – Why a review now of a book that was published in 2007? Because regardless of the publishing time, the moment I saw the title I immediately thought: this is the book for me. What I really need is a clear understanding of what is […]

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New book deconstructs myth that the Zionist left wants peace

Jimmy Johnson | The Electronic Intifada |2 March 2012 Anti-Zionist scholar, writer and longtime activist Tikva Honig-Parnass’s new book False Prophets of Peace: Liberal Zionism and the Struggle for Palestine critically analyzes Israel’s left. Often called Labor Zionism or left Zionism, liberal Zionism is a concept applying to the Labor and Meretz parties, the Histradrut […]

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Review of Tariq Shadid’s (@docjazzmusic) book ‘Understanding Palestine’

Monday, 27 February 2012 16:06 DocJazz.com By Sadika Arab – user review on Amazon – `Understanding Palestine’ is the kind of book you wish you had read years ago. It has all the right ingredients that make a great volume. It’s smart and sharp, opens your eyes to a new perspective, and challenges you to […]

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Palestinians in Israel – Book Review

Related: Israel. Not looking for Peace. Nor Talks. But this… By Ludwig Watzal | Palestine Chronicle | February 6, 2012 (Ben White, Palestinians in Israel. Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy, Pluto Press, London 2012, 128 pp., 13 Pounds.) With the signing of the Oslo Accords that led to the outbreak of the so-called peace process between […]

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Book Review of ‘Understanding Palestine’ by Dr. Tariq Shadid (Dutch)

New Song released by Doc Jazz – ‘Right of Return‘ Monday, 19 December 2011 | DocJazz.com A book review by Songül Arslan, Wijblijvenhier.nl – Als het om een oplossing voor het Israëlisch-Palestijns vraagstuk gaat, dan is een democratische, seculiere Israëlisch-Palestijnse staatwaarin iedereen vredig en met respect voor elkaar en elkaars fundamentele rechten samenleeft een grote […]

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Goldberg-Gorenberg Lib-Zionist Love Fest Featured in NY Times Book Review ~ by Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein « Tikun Olam-תיקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place The NY Times made the odd choice of selecting liberal Zionist hawk Jeffrey Goldberg to review Gershom Gorenberg’s new paean to lib Zionism, The Unmaking of Israel.  I’m only surprised that they didn’t assign the review to “Eytan” Bronner, that other Times paragon of […]

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@benabyad’s New Book: ‘Palestinians in Israel’, with foreword by MK Haneen Zoabi – available for pre-order

October 6, 2011 Description Palestinians in Israel considers a key issue ignored by the official ‘peace process’ and most mainstream commentators: that of the growing Palestinian minority within Israel itself. What the Israeli right-wing calls ‘the demographic problem’ Ben White identifies as ‘the democratic problem’ which goes to the heart of the conflict. Israel defines […]

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Refusing to Be Enemies – Book Review

By Jim Miles | Palestine Chronicle | Aug 11, 2011 Refusing to be Enemies – Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation.  Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta.  Ithaca Press (Garnet Publishing, Reading, UK), 2011. Israel has always indicated that there is no partner for peace in its relationships with the Palestinian people.  Refusing to be Enemies […]

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BDS: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions by Omar Barghouti – Book Review

By Theresa Wolfwood (Barghouti, Omar. BDS: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights. 2011. Haymarket Books, USA.) “The BDS campaign is among the most important forms of such ‘resolute struggle’ by the great majority of Palestinians, who resist the colonization of their land and minds and demand nothing less than self-determination, freedom, justice […]

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