Your Morning Gur/Ashrawi

For Tuesday, July 7th, 2026

"Zionism has held different meanings for different people. For Herzl, Zionism represented rescue... The Jews are the only party not at fault for that. So what's left? The comforting embrace of ignorance, of course. And, well, in one version or another, Zionism. In the Israeli Jewish experience, you're either Zionist, historically ignorant or genocidal." — Haviv Rettig Gur

For decades, since the mid-twentieth century, the nationalist movement, and Fatah in particular, has dominated the political scene. Palestinian politics were primarily nationalistic, secular. Now, suddenly we are seeing the election of a religious party with extreme political ideologies and with a social agenda that seems inconsistent with the cultural heritage of the Palestinian people. — Hanan Ashrawi

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