ON THE COVER: Israeli soldiers prevent a Palestinian man from entering the area where Israeli forces are razing a building they say is too close to the apartheid wall, in the neighborhood of Wadi Homs in East Jerusalem, July 22, 2019.

Photo: Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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Baltimore Slumlord Tells Palestinians How to Behave by Sami Tayeb

It has been well-reported that Kushner’s real estate development company has used slumlord-like tactics to evict low-income tenants from its properties in Queens and Baltimore. it is not a far stretch to believe that Jared Kushner, through his peace plan, will use similar tactics to further dispossess Palestinians from their own land.
Sixty-Eight Percent of Americans Would Reject Trump’s Mideast “Deal of the Century” by Grant F. Smith
When asked the purposefully ambiguous question, “If you were expelled & resettled into a resource restricted area, would you fight to return or forfeit legal claims for a new life under a promised economic development plan?” a solid 68 percent of Americans said they would fight to return.
Money is Not the Answer by Mohammed Omer

When President Trump’s senior adviser on the Middle East, Jared Kushner, unveiled a $50 billion stimulus package at the Peace to Prosperity workshop in Bahrain, some Western observers expected Gazans to jump for joy.

“But we were not excited because packaged money is not the long-term answer,” said Fouad Abdelaal, a 41-year-old vegetable seller in Khan Younis.
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