Zaha Hassan

Zaha Hassan is a human rights lawyer and a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Previously, she was the coordinator and senior legal advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team during Palestine’s bid for U.N. membership and was a member of the Palestinian delegation to Quartet-sponsored exploratory talks between 2011 and 2012.
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People sit in front of a damaged building in the occupied West Bank Jenin refugee camp on July 6.
People sit in front of a damaged building in the occupied West Bank Jenin refugee camp on July 6.

Recycling Old Ideas Won’t Avoid Another Jenin
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Zaha Hassan, Daniel Levy
An Israeli border guard stands by a closed checkpoint entrance leading to the Palestinian village of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.
An Israeli border guard stands by a closed checkpoint entrance leading to the Palestinian village of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli Discrimination May Be Written Into U.S. Law
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Zaha Hassan, Matthew Duss
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Biden’s Old Playbook Won’t End Israeli-Palestinian Violence
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Zaha Hassan, Daniel Levy
Palestinian painters work on a mural to draw attention to the novel coronavirus pandemic in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on March 28.
Palestinian painters work on a mural to draw attention to the novel coronavirus pandemic in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on March 28.

It’s Up to Israel to Stop a Coronavirus Catastrophe Among Palestinians
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Zaha Hassan, Hallaamal Keir
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