My name is Jamil Al-Qassas. I’m a Palestinian refugee. My family was displaced from their village in 1948 by the Israeli army. The current scenes of Palestinians being driven out of their homes in Gaza reminds me of the 1948 Nakba.
Israel & Palestine
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Terror, fear, violence, hatred, mental torture, horrific physical injury, and death. A small number of words to describe the extreme misery the people of Israel and Palestine are suffering. That’s what happens when two countries go […]
On May 10, 2021, in the middle of the last wave of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a Twitter Thread tried to draw a balanced unbiased analysis predicting through Magical Glasses its possible scenarios and future outcomes, in light […]
Shoshi Israeli Choreographer, dancer, and all round fixer, Shoshi Israeli, knows all about breaking down borders. A passionate member of the What About Us team, Shoshi brings all her contacts and local knowledge to bear in […]
“A magical night, very touching”, the words of Shoshi Israeli one of the What About Us Founders and a driving force behind the creative team. Shoshi was the organizer of a thank you night for the […]
A new face for the music industry It is not often that the music industry can chart the progress of a young prodigy from the stages of his singing outside his school building with his classmates […]
What About Us is a live stage musical currently being developed by international musicians from countries who may have been affected by war and terror such as Israel, Palestine and Ireland. The Musical which will launch in […]
Musicians from Israel, Palestine, Ireland, Spain, Australia, Turkey, India, England & Egypt broadcasted a grand musical concert live on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram.
The fundraising concert will be recorded by the musicians and then broadcast as a live concert on Facebook and other social media channels on Saturday 15th August at 20.00 UK/Ireland, 21.00 Spain, 22.00 Israel and Palestine.
Israeli authorities restrict the access Palestinians have to water is by refusing them or restricting their access to great parts of the West Bank itself.
Kibbutzes (deriving from the Hebrew word kvutza, which means group) go back more than 100 years since the first one was established.
Legal incompetence or diplomatic genius? This dilemma arises analysing in detail Section Five (devoted to Jerusalem) of the Deal of the century officially launched by US President Donald Trump on January 28, 2020 under the name of “Peace […]
By Marshall Breger President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and direct the State Department to begin moving the U.S. embassy there has given rise to a slew of commentary. Some […]
Statalist Mogherini vs. Glocalist Trump: two opposite visions of Jerusalem Glocalist-Statalist Magical Glasses help us to understand the two opposite Statalist Federica Mogherini’s, and Glocalist Donald Trump’s visions on Jerusalem. On the occasion of the Glocalist […]
While Gaza’s electricity supply is still hostage to unresolved Hamas-Fatah tensions, the Al-Shifa hospital uses generators to keep its neo-natal intensive care unit operational. Those generators, keeping the vulnerable alive, might still stop at any time, […]
What is the meaning of the recent Palestinian national unity agreement brokered by Egyptian leader Al Sisi, and above all, how the Glocalist/Statalist analysis may help to predict the final outcome of the ongoing Fatah-Hamas negotiations? […]
TheChurch of the Holy Sepulchre, also called theChurch of the Resurrection byOrthodox Christians, is a church in theChristian Quarter of theOld City of Jerusalem which contains some of the holiest Christian sites anywhere in the world. […]
Two worlds: the virtual world from the media, and the real world from the people. This is the amazing gap one realizes arriving to Jerusalem, from the very first time. From my initial Italian perspective, the […]
It is always easier to sit in the audience than go on stage and perform. From the comfort of a theatre seat, in the semi darkness, you can remain anonymous and give praise or criticism in […]
Walid Salem has been director of the Center for Democracy and Community Development (CDCD) in East Jerusalem since 1993. He teaches democracy and human rights at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, and is the author of numerous […]
Why Jerusalem is so significant for so many people, and its Holy Places are so important and contested? What is the deep meaning of the expression Holy Place? Throughout history, members of various communities around the world […]