12-7-2020Why the discourse about Palestinian paymentsto prisoners’ families is distorted and misleading -Shibley Telhami Brookings

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/07/why-the-discourse-about-palestinian-payments-to-prisoners-families-is-distorted-and-misleading/

 

… But the worst thing for our public discourse would be to pretend that this practice [of financial support by the PA for families of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prison] — not the unending occupation — is a root cause, rather than a symptom, of the ongoing conflict and the central problem that needs urgent tackling…

 

Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

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