Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, who was the sole remaining woman on the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s Executive Committee. She had been for many years the face of Palestinian public diplomacy, and more quietly, a leading dissident in favor of national unity, transparency, freedom of discussion and democracy among Palestinians. Just as young Israelis are taking to the streets to demand an end to the Netanyahu era, so, too, there is agitation for new, more inclusive, less corrupt and authoritarian leadership among the Palestinians. Photo from Dr. Ashrawi’s Twitter feed.
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There are various examples of how so-called ‘terrorist’ states or leaders can suddenly become clean simply through the normalising of ties with Israel.
Life could be difficult or even terrible for you depending on the degree of your opposition to Israel.
But being on the right side of the country can make your life easier than ever as some Arab countries, like Sudan, have recently realised in the wake of normalising its relations with the Jewish state.
Before officially recognising Israel as a state, Sudan was on the famous, or rather infamous, US list of states that supported terrorism or terrorist groups. Khartoum has a history of hosting notable characters like Osama Bin Laden. By normalising relations with Israel, Sudan has instantly steered itself out of the woods, as Washington quickly returned the favour by removing the country from its terror list.
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Last week, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, an iconic Palestinian scholar, activist and feminist, and a decades-long fixture in Palestinian politics, resigned from the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s Executive Committee. The resignation of Dr. Ashrawi, the only woman on the committee, was accepted by PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
Read: Statement by @DrHananAshrawi regarding her resignation from the PLO Executive Committee and translation of her letter of resignation. pic.twitter.com/B4GvuQZkA9 PLO Department of Public Diplomacy & Policy (@PalestinePDP) December 9, 2020
Ashrawi’s resignation is gravely concerning at a time when the Palestinian struggle suffers severely from an absence of unifying and influential leadership. Ashrawi was a strong and outspoken critic of the occupation, but she was also a staunch opponent of the Palestinian Authority’s authoritarian policing practices, and was known among among Palestinians as one of the few decent members of the PLO’s leadership.
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