This is Why Gazans Won’t Back Down
The main takeaway from the “Great March of Return Protest” – a 45-day event that began just after I left Gaza six weeks ago and Tuesday reached its most important…
The main takeaway from the “Great March of Return Protest” – a 45-day event that began just after I left Gaza six weeks ago and Tuesday reached its most important…
This is the hardest question to answer: when, if ever, will Gazans crack? I wouldn't dare offer an evaluation on that. This interview was conducted ahead of Barber's field work…
A November 11th Haaretz interview with a psychologist who occasionally visits the Gaza Strip (Gaza Kids Live in Hell: A Psychologist Tells of Rampant Sexual Abuse, Drugs and Despair) portrays…
Brian K. Barber, PhD, is a New America Fellow in Washington, DC, a Professor of Child and Family Studies, and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Youth…
Once again violence has spiked between Palestinians and Israelis; a surge that might well be hard to quell given the chaotic, random, crude, and brutal forms it has taken. There…
“She passed!” exclaimed 34-year old Ahmed, oldest of 9 children in a family in one of Gaza’s eight refugee camps. The news that Noor, his youngest sister, had passed the…
Much recent commentary on forging a lasting peace between Palestinians and Israel makes two deceptive and unproductive claims: 1) Hamas is responsible for the recent violence and must alter its…