Raja Shehadeh

Causes for Despair

The human suffering that the people of Gaza have endured in the past three weeks is beyond comprehension.

Causes for Despair

Wars are usually harbingers of change, yet Israel’s previous wars have achieved no fundamental progress toward peace.

The Rebellion and the Dream

Only after his death did I discover how many battles my father had fought during his lifetime of struggle for Palestinian rights.

What Does Israel Fear from This ‘Terrorist’?

The Israeli government smears human rights organizations—like Al Haq, the one I founded—rather than attempting to end the violations they bring to light.

In His Father’s Footsteps

“So I continued to visit Jaffa, but I had to rely more on my imagination because the reality was of an entirely different place from what he had described.”

Jaffa Revisited

The lost world of my parents’ life in the city once known as “the bride of the sea” mirrors the dispossession that has been story of Palestine from 1948 to this day.

Bearing Witness in the West Bank

This Land Is Our Land

Over the past two decades, most of the land used for Jewish settlements in the West Bank has been acquired on the grounds that it belongs to the state.