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Palestinian independence declared on paper, occupation continues on ground
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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On the anniversary of Palestine's 1988 independence declaration, Shehab Wire examined the gap between the symbolic statehood and the reality facing Palestinians today. The outlet highlighted attacks on national institutions and identity in Jerusalem, escalating settlement expansion and displacement in the West Bank, and ongoing Israeli control and destruction in Gaza.
The article posed questions about the disconnect between the formal proclamation of statehood three decades ago and the territorial and institutional conditions Palestinians face currently across the occupied territories.
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