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Author Archives: Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad
Palestinian Refugees…those who must stay in our minds and hearts
Many politicians find it easy to say that the Palestinian refugees case can be easily solved; compensation or a partial return to the West Bank would be [singlepic id=285 w=320 h=240 float=right] enough. Most of those politicians whether Palestinian or other did not pay a visit to one of the Palestinian refugees camps to see the real situation of these people.
The Palestinian refugees were forced to leave their homes and lands at the time the Israeli state was established in 1948 and later when Israel occupied the
Will the Palestinians go to Direct Talks?
The Israeli Palestinian peace process seems to freeze again after the latest Israeli and American invitation to go to direct talks in order to achieve an [singlepic id=282 w=300 h=210 float=right] improvement. The Israelis claim that the Palestinian authority is trying to use time as a factor of pressure on Israel; soon the settlements freeze period will end and Israel will be facing another challenge in renewing the settlements freeze.
The Palestinian leadership claims that the Israeli refusal to discuss any matter in the indirect talks, the continuous process of building settlements in East
Normalization, Ignorance and Fear in the Israeli Palestinian conflict
Instead of establishing bodies and associations that work on explaining and spreading the Palestinian case through the world and the Israeli society, many [singlepic id=281 w=320 h=240 float=right] individuals and groups from the Palestinian society choose to establish associations that work on enclosing the Palestinian people and separating it from the world by claiming that “Normalization” is something that affects the Palestinian people negatively and makes it lose its rights. Many organizations prefer to stay isolated rather than going out and facing the occupier and affecting its public opinion by showing the truth of the Israeli Palestinian conflict to the Israeli people before the rest of the world.
Israeli Army and Hezbullah continue to threaten each other
Following the recent incident on the borders between Israeli and Lebanese last week that resulted in killing three Lebanese soldiers and one Israeli officer, [singlepic id=280 w=300 h=220 float=right]the Israeli army continues to send threaten messages to the Lebanese army leadership.
The Israeli army leadership ordered its soldiers on the borders to respond fiercely to any Lebanese action that similar to the incident that took place last week. The Lebanese army shot several warning shots in the air in the last week when an Israeli army unit tried to remove a tree and make some actions on a
What the Palestinians need to achieve their dream
One of the problems which the Palestinians are facing in their way to build a real Palestinian state is their lack of experience. The Palestinian state that the [singlepic id=278 w=320 h=240 float=right] Palestinians have been asking for and working to establish is supposed to be democratic, enjoy real separation between its authorities and assure right of expression and freedom for its people.
The effect of the Israeli occupation on the minds and thought of the Palestinians made them lack a kind of professionalism in their actions and policy. Self
When Motherland calls…the spirit of national action must meet the appeal
One of the most important problems, which came as a phenomenon side by side with the process of building the Palestinian state is corruption. Corruption [singlepic id=277 w=320 h=240 float=right]started to exist not only in financial matters but it also took place in the soul of the national and volunteer action which are supposed to be the basics of the process of building a state and getting freedom.
The Palestinian national movements failed in facing the new stage, which they went through after Oslo accords and the last Parliamentary elections. The
An Arab Creativity in Betsalel Graduation 2010
[singlepic id=273 w=320 h=240 float=right]The Betsalel Academy has celebrated graduating its students for the year 2010 last week. The ceremony included a show of the artistic and fashion works that the students made. An interesting phenonmenon that I saw in the ceremony was the Palestinian Arabs success and creativity in making fashion and artistic works that represented their history and feelings.
An Arab Student Nada Nafar made a seam garment that looked different and interesting. Once Nada was asked about her project she replied by saying: The cloth embraces the Human body, the house embraces the Human and the space embraces the house, the human, the culture and the identity.
