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 and Political Conflict at the…
“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 dreaded Tawjihi (the college qualifying…
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 behavior; 2) More generally, both…