[ePalestine] HuffPost: Jump-Start Palestine: A Story of Economic Survival (By Sam Bahour and Nisreen Musleh)

HuffPost

Jump-Start Palestine: A Story of Economic Survival

By Sam Bahour and Nisreen Musleh

Not a day goes by without one of us being asked if Palestine really has an economy, given that we have been living for five decades under an increasingly well-entrenched Israeli military occupation. The question usually comes from people passing through on a short visit: some are Palestinians living in the diaspora, others are foreigners who come either singly or in groups; and some visitors arrive, under a variety of auspices, to study our reality. More troubling than to hear this question from outsiders is how often we hear it from our recent graduates. To all, our answer is yes – unequivocally.

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[ePalestine] Cleveland Plain Dealer: The sadly misnamed Taylor Force Act is being propelled by unfounded anti-Palestinian propaganda: Sam Bahour (Opinion)

Cleveland Plain Dealer

The sadly misnamed Taylor Force Act is being propelled by unfounded anti-Palestinian propaganda: Sam Bahour (Opinion)

Posted on October 7, 2017 at 10:47 AM

Israeli police officers and Palestinians scuffle during clashes in an east Jerusalem neighborhood in this Sept. 8 file photo after Israeli officials evicted a Palestinian family from their home to make way for Jewish tenants, according to the Associated Press.(Mahmoud Illean, Associated Press)

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As an American, born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio, I wish to ask the Palestinian leadership a simple question. Do you really need the U.S. funds? Of course, having more funds is always desirable, but in this case the funds are so small in the bigger picture, wouldn't it make more sense to kindly ask the U.S. Congress to keep its money, all of it?

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