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Amira Hass s Palestinian Politician Dahlan the Secret Broker of the Israel-UAE Deal?

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  The excited, festive voice of the announcer on the Voice of Palestine created the impression that this was a very important event: the fourth national rally to confront the   annexation , being held in the village of Turmus’ayya northeast of Ramallah. A Hamas representative will also speak at the event, she promised, and his speech – like that of the other speakers – will be transmitted live. And all this on a radio station that doesn’t interview   Hamas   members or anyone else who disagrees with leader Mahmoud Abbas. When the  Palestinian people  are betrayed there has to be a public manifestation of national unity – that was the message of the rally that took place last Wednesday and focused on opposition to “normalization for free,” as the recent  agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel  is being dubbed. Fatah sent its officials to the gathering: Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh spoke, and his colleagues, including Sabri Seidam, Rawhi Fattouh and Jibril Rajoub, sat

Our Friend Munir From Gaza Is Dead. I Barely Got a Chance to Say Goodbye di Umm Forat

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  *** Informazioni su questo sito web HAARETZ.COM Our friend Munir from Gaza is dead. I barely got a chance to say goodbye I’m an Israeli lawyer, Jewish, married to a Palestinian resident of Ramallah. After years of wandering throughout the world, we returned to the West Bank with our two children, 5-year-old Forat and 2-year-old Adam. We are trying to lead ordinary lives in an extraordinary and unforgiving reality, one that I will share with you here. ( Click to read all previous posts ). I have changed the names of people in the blog, including my own. “Umm Forat” means “Mother of Forat” in Arabic Munir is dead. He had cancer. He died after being prevented from getting his medication for four months. As his condition deteriorated, he had to wait weeks or months to leave the  Gaza Strip , to reach Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, near Tel Aviv. Maybe he would have died anyway. He had cancer. We met Munir through Mohammed, my partner Osama’s younger and charming brother, who still