New Student Films from Palestine: Dreamers and Dreams in the Classroom

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-308
Author(s):  
Nancy Kalow
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
West Bank ◽  
The West ◽  
Short Films ◽  
West Bank And Gaza ◽  
New Student

AbstractPalestinian student filmmakers based in the West Bank and Gaza tell stories of daily life in a collected set of short films which provide valuable insights for classes on the Middle East.

The Concept of Autonomy in International Law and the Practice of the United Nations

1980 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis B. Sohn
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
West Bank ◽  
The Self ◽  
Transitional Period ◽  
The West ◽  
West Bank And Gaza ◽  
Self Rule

The concept of “autonomy” and the related concepts of “self-rule” and “self-government” are terms of both constitutional law and international law. While they are of ancient origin, their current importance is due to their use in the Camp David Agreement relating to a Framework for Peace in the Middle East, of 17 September 1978. That agreement speaks of: providing “full autonomy to the inhabitants” of West Bank and Gaza; a free election of a “self-governing authority”; giving due consideration to “the principle of self-government by the inhabitants of these territories”; establishing “the elected self-governing authority” in the West Bank and Gaza; negotiating an agreement which will define the powers and responsibilities of “the self-governing authority” to be exercised in the West Bank and Gaza; and beginning the transitional period of five years when “the self-governing authority (administrative council) in the West Bank and Gaza is established and inaugurated.”

scholarly journals Psychiatry in Jordan

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 9-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adnan Takriti
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
West Bank ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Major Change ◽  
British Government ◽  
The West ◽  
Massive Influx ◽  
West Bank And Gaza

Jordan, one of the most recently established countries in the Middle East, was part of the Ottoman Empire. It was declared a political entity known as Transjordan under the mandate of the British government in 1923, until it gained independence and was declared a Kingdom in 1946. In 1950, Transjordan and the West Bank were united and assumed the current name of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The next major change for the Kingdom came in 1967, when the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip by Israeli forces caused a massive influx of migrants to the East Bank.

scholarly journals Enclosed

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Sanguinetti
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
West Bank ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
The West ◽  
The Face ◽  
West Bank And Gaza

Abstract These photographs were taken during my visits to the West Bank and Gaza in 2003 and 2004. In them I portray moments in the daily life of a population struggling to get by under difficult conditions. Through images of children with their families, alone, or at play, I ask: What future might be in store for a people whose youth are growing up in the midst of such brutal contradictions? I wanted to explore the paradoxes of how children live—how they survive, love, care for each other, and dream—in the face of daily danger.

The Real Meaning of the Hebron Agreement

1997 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
Edward W. Said
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
West Bank ◽  
Information Campaign ◽  
The West ◽  
The Real ◽  
Palestinian Territories ◽  
West Bank And Gaza ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Hype

This essay argues that despite the media hype that surrounded the January 1997 signing of the Hebron protocol, the agreement has done nothing to alter Israel's de facto control over the West Bank and Gaza and in fact demonstrates the Palestinian Authority's acquiescence in continuing Israeli sovereignty. Meanwhile, the media have remained silent about the continuing deterioration of daily life in the Palestinian territories. The author proposes that Palestinians themselves can help to end this silence by organizing an information campaign to expose the inequalities of life in the West Bank and Gaza.

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