🧵Seeing a lot of interest in a "Palestine reading list." I wrote this one for an interested colleague last year and thought it might be helpful to some with the huge caveat that this is not comprehensive and no list can ever be (some titles trimmed for space) (1/x):
First, some foundational classics (a lot has changed since these came out, but still applicable and valuable): 1. The Question of Palestine- Edward Said 2. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine- Ilan Pappe 3. The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of De-Development- Sara Roy
Newer books, but will likely be classics: 1. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine- Rashid Khalidi 2. Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine- @4noura 3. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement- Angela Davis
Others with a unique viewpoint: 1. The Only Language They Understand- @NathanThrall 2. The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine- @BenEhrenreich 3. Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance- @TareqBaconi
4. Blind Spot: America & the Palestinians- @elgindy_ 5. Except for Palestine- @marclamonthill & @MJPlitnick 6. Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced- Rochelle Davis 7. Refugees of the Revolution: Experiences of Palestinian Exile- Diana Allan
Some fiction: 1. Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Folktales- Ibrahim Muhawi & Sharif Kanaana 2. Salt Houses- @HalaNAlyan 3. Palestine +100: Stories from a Century after the Nakba- @BasmaGhalayini 4. Mornings in Jenin- @sjabulhawa 5. The Book of Disappearance- Ibitisam Azem
And I couldn't let you go without some cookbooks: 1. Palestine on a Plate: Memories from My Mother's Kitchen- @palestinesplate 2. The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey- @gazamom 3. Craving Palestine: A Cookbook (a fundraising compilation)
And dozens more. Pick a few, read them, challenge yourself, challenge others. Anyone who claims they're the ultimate expert on this topic is wrong. I still learn more all the time, and I hope I never stop learning. Additional must-reads that I missed, feel free to comment below!
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In 1996, I won my school's history fair in the paper division writing about what I called then "the Arab-Israeli conflict." To be clear, I didn't win because it was any good, but because no one else at my middle school was nerdy enough to submit a paper.
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I remember the quizzical looks from the judges. Why is this little kid writing about, what was even back then, a controversial issue? Because, based on where I was born (Nablus) & what I have seen, I couldn't not. And I know I have privilege living in the United States.
🚨 It looks like we need a thread debunking some #Oslo Accord myths, specifically on Article 17. Let's assume the faulty and erroneous premise that Oslo displaces Geneva (let's be clear, Geneva states that no agreement between occupied and occupier voids its protections). (1/5)
The often quoted line is "The Palestinian side shall continue to apply the present standards of vaccination..." In this case, the "present" is in 1995. This provision is for ROUTINE vaccinations (e.g. polio, MMR) that are widely accessible & for ailments that are rare. (2/5)
Don't believe me? Scroll down here and you can see the "routine vaccinations" in question. These are the same vaccines almost every child in the world gets.
This provision clearly has nothing to do with newly developed, emergency vaccinations. mfa.gov.il/mfa/foreignpol… (3/5)
Updates on #Palestinian vaccinations: After conflicting reports on negotiations between Israel/PA regarding #COVID19 vaccines (again, the PA is not required to "ask" under IHL), Israel rejected PA requests for vaccines for medical workers. (independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…).
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Today, the Palestinian Authority reports that they won't receive their first shipments of vaccines (not from Israel, but from AstraZeneca and potentially Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Russia, and/or the WHO COVAX program for LMIC) until March: reuters.com/article/us-hea…
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This after Netanyahu promised that all Israelis above age 16 (presumably including settlers in the West Bank) would be vaccinated by end of March, coincidentally before the next round of Israeli elections: cnn.com/world/live-new…
Seems like a lot of people are interested in the vaccination issues in #Palestine, so I've collected some additional resources you can check out to learn more about this and surrounding issues (1/10):
First, the text of the 4th Geneva Convention. Specifically, section 3 about occupied territories: un.org/en/genocidepre…
Note that most states and international bodies (UNSC, UNGA, ICJ, ICRC) continue to recognize Israel as the occupying power, even in #Gaza.
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Now, Oslo Annex III. Here, we want to look at Article 17 regarding health, stating "The Palestinian side shall continue to apply the present standards of vaccination." Then I invite you to scroll through the rest of the provisions: mfa.gov.il/mfa/foreignpol…