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Social and political scientist and nonresident senior fellow at the Arab Reform Initiative, @‌alijla2021, reflects on the melancholic burden of reading during the ongoing genocide in Gaza. A Palestinian from Gaza who has been in exile for two decades, Alijla offers sobering insights into what it means to read about the genocide, fear, and trauma while witnessing the destruction of his home and genocide of his loved ones in Gaza from afar. Read more below: #abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Explore the history of the Palestinian National Congresses on PalQuest: palquest.org/en/overallchro…

During this time, its members sought to challenge British policy and advocate for Palestinian political rights at the heart of imperial decision-making. Explore the Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question to learn more: palquest.org/en/overallchro…

🧵105 years ago today, a key moment in early Palestinian political organizing took shape when the Fourth Palestinian National Congress, held in Jerusalem, decided to send a delegation to London to present the Palestinian case against the Balfour Declaration: palquest.org/en/media/9370/…

Find these Daily Entries on The Palestine Chronology website, and explore other political and military events surrounding the Palestine Question from 1982 to the present at chronology.palestine-studies.org

🧵The #PalestineChronology researchers have been documenting Israeli crimes and compiling entries based on initial reporting that will continue to be updated in coming days.

🧵 The Palestine Chronology has been updated with new entries covering the period of April 2026. This thread highlights some of the events during this month, including the violations of ceasefire agreements in Gaza and Lebanon: chronology.palestine-studies.org

"In Gaza, survival unfolds alongside a fight to be seen in a digital world increasingly shaped and manipulated by algorithms." ✍️ By @Lau_Bast, featuring Sulafa Zidani, Nadim Nashif from @7amleh, & Marwa Fatafta from @accessnow 🔗 Read & Share ⤵️ wired.me/story/palestin…

Explore his full Biography on the Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question: palquest.org/en/biography/3…

Upon his passing, his friend Edward Said described him as “Palestine’s foremost academic and intellectual.” In an obituary in the London Review of Books, published on 13 December 2001, Said eulogized him in these words: “It was Ibrahim who introduced Arabs in America to the world of national liberation struggles and post-colonial politics...."🧵

🧵Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, prominent Palestinian-American academic, scholar, strategic planner, and militant for the Palestinian cause, passed away 25 years ago today: palquest.org/en/biography/3…

Video production: Amina Darabie Voiceover: @laythco Script: @Lau_Bast and Layla AlQaddumi Research support: @keepontrekin

We return to Ayn Ghazal, one of the 418 Palestinian villages depopulated and destroyed during the Nakba. The village resisted repeated Zionist attacks before falling after aerial bombardment in violation of UN-designated truces. All that remains of Ayn Ghazal endures because Palestinians remain.

This week's review is based on the @PalStudies article When Resilience Becomes a Burden, a helpful piece that offers Palestinian writers' correction to focusing solely on the "resilient Palestinians."