On April 15, 2026, we hosted Sam Bahour, live from West Bank. Long time Freedom Advocacy Network member and supporter, Karina Q, who also has also presented on two different topics, has kindly brought us three guest speakers after her visit to the West Bank a few months ago.
Agenda: Palestine’s political economy and the global complicity serving and maintaining Apartheid and Genocide.
Sam Bahour
Sam Bahour (سام بحور) resides in Al-Bireh/Ramallah, Palestine. He does business consulting as Applied Information Management (AIM), specializing in business development with a niche focus on the information technology sector and start-ups.
Bahour was instrumental in the establishment of two publicly traded firms: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He is Co-founder & Emeritus Member of Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE) and until recently served as an independent Director at the Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. and a board member at Just Vision.
He writes frequently on Palestinian affairs and has been widely published in leading outlets. He is co-editor of HOMELAND: Oral History of Palestine and Palestinians (Olive Branch Press, 1993), tweets at @SamBahour, and blogs at epalestine.ps.
Links:
https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657646
Additional Links:
שיחה מקומית – חדשות מהשטח, פרשנות ותרבות Local Call
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
Morgan Cooper: Creative Entrepreneurship in Occupied Palestine – La LIBRERIA UMANA
Long Walk To Freedom by Nelson Mandela – Book Outlet
Housekeeping:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7448383083172642816/
Notes:
- Controlling the Palestinian labour economically or politically was always part of the Zionist plan even before Israel was established
- “A land with no people and people with no land”… absolutely absurd
- Attempt to normalize the occupation – through labour “opportunities”
- There are sweat shops in the West Bank that serve the Israeli economy
- Many Israeli businesses make a lot of money off the apartheid
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