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25 January 2012 – BADIL: Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights announces its release of the latest al-Majdal, Palestinian Citizens in Israel: Defying the Ongoing Nakba. The 51st installment of BADIL’s quarterly, al-Majdal, highlights an underrepresented portion of the Palestinian population that faces a multi-tiered institutional and social discrimination comprising a policy of forcible displacement.
The curatorial intent of the magazine is to bridge gaps of understanding on a crucial Palestinian condition. Amjad Alqasis critiques the fragmentation of the Palestinian body politic and envisions a unifying terminology. Dana DePietro representing the Mossawa Center details the socio-economic reality of Palestinian citizens. Manar Makhoul outlines the complex and often misunderstood evolution of Palestinian identity in Israel. Simon Reynolds confronts the highly propagated ‘Zionist and democratic’ nature of Israel. Nadeem Shehadeh representing Adalah critiques Palestinian citizenship as fundamentally unequal. Gerry Liston unpacks the construction of the exclusive Israeli land law regime. Areej Sabbagh-Khoury representing Mada Al-Carmel discusses the case of forcibly displaced Palestinians, or ‘internal refugees’, who remain in Israel proper. A selection of BADIL’s recent research and advocacy documents are presented along with an update on the successes of the global BDS movement.
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