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A State that Makes you Wonder

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A State that Makes you Wonder

By Tariq Shadid – When Stevie Wonder announced his withdrawal from a performance at the FIDF (“Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces”) fundraiser gala, many in the pro-Palestinian movement cheered. I was relieved too. Seeing one of the greatest musical geniuses of our age, whom I could safely call one of the biggest inspirations of my own musical development, planning...

Why it matters so little what Mahmoud Abbas says

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Why it matters so little what Mahmoud Abbas says

Also featured at the Palestine Chronicle – by Tariq Shadid – It has not gone unnoticed that Palestinians are showing little interest in Mahmoud Abbas’s speech to the United Nations, which he held on the 27th of September. Most Palestinians have no idea what he said, and do not care to know it. There is quite a contrast between the...