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Samah Salaime is a feminist Palestinian activist and writer.
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Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations marred by Israel’s COVID orders
Israeli travel restrictions have crippled Bethlehem's biggest tourist season, with Palestinian Christians criticizing their occupier's decisions as political.
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Samah Salaime
December 27, 2021
Israeli settlers have a new target, and it’s not in the West Bank
A march by Jewish extremists in Lydd is a fresh reminder that the far right is intent on showing Palestinian citizens in ‘mixed cities’ who is in charge.
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Samah Salaime
December 9, 2021
Why Israel is suddenly interested in its Palestinian citizens
Decades of discrimination have created profound gaps between Palestinian and Jewish citizens. Yet many Palestinians say they now see potential for advancing their interests.
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Samah Salaime
September 20, 2021
The law tearing Palestinian families apart
The controversial Citizenship Law is supposedly about maintaining Israel’s security. In reality, it’s a tool to engineer Israel’s population.
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Samah Salaime
July 2, 2021
Normalization cannot silence Arab resistance forever
Israel will one day have to face Arab opposition to its alliances with dictators who care little for the people under their rule.
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October 13, 2020
The Joint List’s triumph over hate
The Joint List may not save this place, but it showed that it is the only real alternative to the racism and incitement of the Israeli right.
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March 4, 2020
Arabs in Israel want to join the government. You’ll never guess who’s stopping them
Joint List Chairman Ayman Odeh said he would be willing to consider joining a center-left coalition, prompting a response from Israel’s centrist party that reveals the true face of those who hope to replace Netanyahu. I do not know whether Joint List Chairman Ayman Odeh is a diligent paramedic or a doctor preparing for the long-term treatment of a 72-year-old patient suffering from…
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Samah Salaime
August 25, 2019
Is the reunited Joint List enough to bring back Palestinian election boycotters?
Palestinian voters in Israel who previously called for an election boycott say they are willing to give the joint slate of Arab parties another chance. ‘Local Palestinian leadership is all we have now.’ The immense pressure that the Palestinian Arab community in Israel applied on the Arab parties to unite has borne fruit: they will run as…
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Samah Salaime
August 13, 2019
As a Palestinian woman, it is my duty to support the Ethiopian struggle
As the most oppressed group in Israeli society, Palestinian citizens of Israel have an obligation to stand with the Ethiopian Israelis protesting against racism and police brutality. The “Black Intifada” erupted just as I was in the middle of a trip to Morocco with my mother. Yet even there, in that quiet kingdom, thousands of kilometers from home, it…
By
Samah Salaime
July 15, 2019
Arab women made history in Israel’s local elections. Here’s how they did it
A record-breaking 26 Palestinian women were elected to office in Israel’s local elections. Despite the unprecedented numbers, there is still a long way to go. Arab women made history in the last round of local elections in Israel held in late October. A total of 26 Arab women were elected across the country, including the first Druze and first Bedouin woman,…
By
Samah Salaime
November 26, 2018
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