Questions tagged [palestine]
Questions related to the government or politics regarding the State of Palestine.
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Are the pro-Palestinian activists not welcome at the pro-new-Syrian rallies?
I haven seen a single foto of a pro-new-Syrian-government rallies in Europe or in other places with a single Palestinian flag so far. Are the pro-Palestine activists not welcome at such rallies?
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Who did most Arab Americans vote for in 2024?
I think this may not be answerable right away, but possibly an interesting question.
Various TikTokers etc. suggested voting for Jill Stein as "a vote for Palestine" since the mainstream ...
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What role did the Palestinian Authority have in Gaza before the war?
Before Oct. 7th 2023, Hamas was clearly in power in the Gaza Strip. But did the Palestinian Authority have any role in government? Did they employ civil servants, for example? If not, who handled ...
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How difficult is it for East Jerusalem Arabs to gain Israeli citizenship, and why have most not done so?
In theory Israel offered citizenship to everyone living in the parts of Jerusalem it annexed, but the majority remain stateless. Why? Is it for ideological reasons or practical ones?
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Is it true that Israel and the US have always opposed a two-state solution based on the pre-June 1967 border in recent decades?
Noam Chomsky, a Jew himself, has claimed frequently (for instance, in this 2006 TV interview that in the recent decades even Hamas has accepted a two-state solution based on international borders (&...
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Does Trump support sending US troops into Gaza to retrieve hostages?
Jason Miller, senior advisor to former President Donald Trump’s 2024 Presidential campaign, just said this to News Nation’s Markie Martin (at the 2:38 mark of this video):
These hostages are going to ...
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If a Palestinian converts to Judaism, can they get Israeli citizenship?
If a Palestinian convert to Judaism or even better to the religion of prophet Abraham, can they get Israeli citizenship ?
The Quran does instruct Muslims to follow the religion of Ibrāhīm (Abraham) (...
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Why is the two-state solution considered a viable solution when this very conflict started because of it? [closed]
In 1947, the UN proposed the following partition of Mandatory Palestine.
A year later, in 1948, the Arabs went to war against the jews, in opposition to this plan. They lost. Israel took even more ...
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What are the specific terms in the "2024 Palestinian reconciliation agreement (also called the Beijing declaration)"?
It is claimed that the 2024 Palestinian reconciliation agreement (also called the Beijing declaration) is an agreement signed by 14 different Palestinian factions
Usually, a publicly signed agreement ...
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What was the Rabin's offer to Mubarak regarding Gaza?
Shafiq Al-Hout in My Life in the PLO: The Inside Story of the Palestinian Struggle describes the following episode:
Our meetings had become more like social get-togethers than
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Does recognizing the State of Palestine facilitate doing business with it?
Is it easier for the countries that have officially recognized the State of Palestine to do business with it? I don't mean favoritism or political payback for recognition, but purely formal/legal ...
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Is Israeli and Palestinian natural gas sold anywhere beyond the Middle East?
Is the gas developed in Israeli and Palestinian offshore gas fields sold anywhere beyond the Middle East? As far as I know, Egypt and Jordan are the main buyers of the Israeli gas (and the Palestinian ...
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Which Palestinian government is getting recognized?
Norway, Spain and Ireland have moved to formally recognize Palestine as a state. There was a discussion about what Spain specifically was recognizing, but the answers focused heavily on the land ...
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Why have Norway, Ireland and Spain only now recognised the Palestinian state?
Recently, according to a BBC article, Norway, Spain and Ireland have recognised Palestine as a state:
Ireland, Norway, and Spain have announced they will formally recognise a Palestinian state from ...
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What is the Hamas stance on the recognition of Palestinian state by Spain and Ireland?
Spain and Ireland (and possibly other countries) prepare to recognize the Palestinian state - this recognition however amounts to recognition of the Palestinian Authority, which western governments ...
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Why is Israel allowing the mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners in its hospitals?
According to whistleblowers speaking to the BBC, and a report published by Physicians for Human Rights in Israel, among many other descriptions:
Patients at the Sde Teiman hospital are kept ...
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Was Palestinian authority asked to clarify its stance on October 7 attacks, prior to its recognition by Spain, Ireland and others? [closed]
Several European countries are about to recognize the Palestinian state on May 21 (or soon after that date). The official representative of the Palestinian people is Palestinian Authority. While Hamas,...
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How common is it among Israelis or the supporters of Israel to deny the existence of local population in Palestine prior to Zionist immigration?
A much upvoted comment to a recent question (+19 at the moment of writing) claims that:
[...] it is very frequent that pro-Israel people downplay the existence of a local population. That's hardly ...
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How much do Americans know about Palestinians and Palestine?
According to Ynetnews:
But the huge noise of these protests obscures the truth: Most Americans aren’t antisemitic, certainly not Hamas supporters. Many of them, from the East Coast to California, don’...
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Palestinian society's commitment to civil rights for Jews
In an August 2023 interview with Bassam Jaber, on the Arabic-language channel Hala TV, Bezalel Smotrich said the following (emphasis added):
I want to say first of all, unequivocally: I as Minister ...
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Why doesn't Israel withdraw from the territories occupied during the Six-Day War of 1967?
United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 asks for "withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict" (meaning the 1967 war).
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Has Trump changed his political views on Israel's war in Gaza?
Trump is a strong supporter of US ally Israel. On April 14, 2024, Washington Post reported - Trump supporters echo pro-Palestinian ‘genocide Joe’ chant:
“Genocide Joe” is a phrase used by pro-...
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FactCheck: Has European Parliament recently condemned UNRWA, PA for antisemitism and Incitement in school textbooks?
Ynetnews piece European Parliament condemns UNRWA, PA for antisemitism, Incitement describes rather scathing condemnation by the European Parliament of UNRWA and Palestinian Authority school materials:...
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How many fighters and how much material from the US-trained Palestinian security forces have passed to Hamas?
How many fighters and ho much material from the US-trained Palestinian security forces have passed to Hamas (or other Islamist militias)?
Since signing the Oslo accords the US have tried to train ...
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How do Spanish politicians reconcile pro-Palestinian stance with opposition to Catalan and Basque statehood?
How do Spanish politicians reconcile pro-Palestinian stance with opposition to Catalan and Basque statehood?
Al-Jazeera suggests that the Spanish government strong pro-Palestinian stance is dictated ...
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Which Democratic members of Congress continue to support US military aid to Israel?
A Politico article from April 4th, "A blinking red light for Israel in American politics",
opens with the observation that US leadership is "nearly" out of patience.
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How is a Palestinian State to be recognized by Spain defined?
The talks about two-state solution came up several times since Oct. 7 but last Tuesday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez stated that Spain will recognize the Palestinian Statehood by July this ...
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British attitudes towards their country's responsibility for Palestinian-Israeli conflict [closed]
Are there any opinion polls regarding Britain's legacy/responsibility for the colonial policies in Mandatory Palestine?
The question is prompted by the mistreatment of two October 7 survivors by ...
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How can a private person donate food to the Palestinians now?
How can a private person participate in food-aid to the Palestinians at this time? A necessary condition is making sure that the donation indeed goes to food only.
Please explain how it is possible to ...
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Are any countries claiming that their humanitarian aid for Gaza is being declined by Israel?
Preface: According to AIPAC, the Israeli military isn't preventing any aid to Gaza if it belongs to one of 4 catagories "Food, water, medical supplies and shelters".
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Why does a plurality of Israeli Jews believe that the settlements in the West Bank help the security of Israel?
One of the more controversial issues in the peace process has been the
status of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. A plurality of Israeli
Jews say these settlements help the security of Israel, but ...
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Are there surveys asking Israelis what should happen to Palestinians?
I'm seeing some recent polls asking Israelis if they support Palestinian statehood.
Pew Research asks: "Do you think a way can be found for Israel and an independent Palestinian state to coexist ...
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What statements have Israeli and Western leaders made on the pictures and videos posted by IDF soldiers during the 2023 war?
During the Israel–Hamas war, numerous videos and images were taken and posted to social media by IDF soldiers, capturing their own questionable behavior. Some examples include soldiers posing with the ...
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Why has the U.S. airdrop of supplies to Gaza been criticized as hypocritical?
On March 2 2024 the U.S. Central Command stated that it had begun airdropping living supplies to the Gaza Strip. On March 3, some people criticized the matter on social media and claimed that these ...
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Why does the US consider the Palestinian Authority ill-fitted to govern the Palestinian state in the post war?
Abbas accepted Shtayyeh’s resignation and asked him to stay on as
caretaker until a permanent replacement is appointed.
Shtayyeh’s comments come as US pressure grows on Abbas to shake up the
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Which Western countries have officially recognized the Palestinian Nakba?
According to Wikipedia:
Zionism is a nationalist movement that emerged in the 19th century to enable the establishment of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine, a region roughly corresponding ...
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Why do a plurality of Israelis believe that the two-state solution is no longer viable?
Even when the Israeli public does stop to consider peace, support for
the two-state framework has been eroding since around 2010, when it
reached a high point of 71%. By December 2017, just 46% of ...
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Is there a reason why Israel didn't follow up on its commitment to allow Palestinians in East Jerusalem to participate in voting?
The Palestinian Authority Basic Law provides for an elected president
and legislative council. There have been no elections in the West Bank
and Gaza Strip for Palestinian Authority offices since 2006,...
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US electoral opposition to Biden support of Israel: have any (pro-Palestine) politicians flagged the risk of the (Trump) alternative?
As many have noticed, Biden is catching a lot of criticism from parts of the Democrat base for his support of Israel.
Michigan's 100,000 'uncommitted' votes challenge Biden's Israel stance | Reuters
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Why do most Israeli Jews oppose humanitarian aid to Palestinians?
This recent survey found that a large majority of Jewish Israelis would prefer that Israel prevent humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza inhabitants:
We asked our respondents for their opinion ...
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Was UNRWA subject to examination or investigation regarding the adequacy of its audits before the terrorist attacks?
Two U.N. investigations into Israel’s allegations against the agency
are underway, but the European Commission -– the third biggest donor
to UNRWA after the United States and Germany -– has demanded a
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Have any Hamas officials ever opined in regard to Gaza-Sinai State (aka "Greater Gaza") proposal?
According to Al-Jazeera in 2017 Israel and the Trump administration worked on a deal that would see an establishment of a Palestinian state in Gaza and parts of Northern Sinai (possibly exceeding the ...
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Have Palestinian militant groups used rape as a weapon of war before 2023?
It has been widely reported that Hamas engaged in widespread sexual violence on October 7th. Hamas however denies these claims and they have been been criticized by some independent sources (1, 2, 3). ...
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Could Hamas be charged with a genocide of Gazans?
Some have accused Hamas of committing the genocide of Palestinians. While this specific accusation is more a matter of political rhetoric, and coming from the quarters no less extreme than Hamas ...
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How commonplace was treatment of Gazans in Israeli hospitals prior to October 7?
Family members of Hamas leaders (and perhaps also other Gazans) are systematically treated in Israeli hospitals:
Haniyeh's relatives who do not live in Israel or hold Israeli citizenship have also ...
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Why does the U.S. seek to establish a demilitarized Palestinian state? [closed]
Recently, Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked the State Department to conduct a review and present policy options on possible U.S. and international recognition of a Palestinian state after the ...
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Were the UNRWA cuts accompanied with some other form of financial commitment to other aid organizations or other policies to help Gazans?
As aid organizations, we are deeply concerned and outraged that some
of the largest donors have united to suspend funding for the United
Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the main aid provider ...
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Implications of Israel taking corpses and damaging cemeteries
Apparently Israel has been digging up Palestinian graves and taking the corpses (at least temporarily), see:
Reuters (end of article)
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Why is support for UNRWA being removed while Israel continues to be provided military aid after the ICJ ruling?
Several countries have withdrawn funding from UNRWA recently, under accusations that 12 employees (out of 13,000) have been allegedly involved in the Hamas attack against Israel on 7th October, 2023. ...
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Does a two-state solution automatically result in recognition of the Palestinian state?
The Guardian newspaper reports that:
Britain will consider recognising a Palestinian state as part of
concerted efforts to bring about an “irreversible” peace settlement,
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