Articles by Zena Tahhan – Al Jazeera

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Israel’s Settlements: 50 Years of Land Theft Explained
Zena Tahhan – Al Jazeera, 4 Dec 2017

Fifty years ago, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 242. The resolution is used as a framework for implementing the two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. But since its adoption in 1967, Israel has violated the resolution by entrenching its occupation of the Palestinian territories through illegal settlements.

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Hamas and Fatah: How Are the Two Groups Different?
Zena Tahhan – Al Jazeera, 23 Oct 2017

12 Oct 2017 – Hamas and Fatah are the two most dominant parties in the Palestinian political scene. Today, the two movements announced they had reached a deal to end a decade-long rift that brought them to an armed conflict in 2007.

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1967 War: How Israel Occupied the Whole of Palestine
Zena Tahhan – Al Jazeera, 19 Jun 2017

6 Jun 2017 – Fifty years ago this week, the state of Israel shocked the world when it seized the remaining Palestinian territories of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, as well as the Syrian Golan Heights, and the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, in a matter of six days. Palestinians are marking 50 years since the 1967 occupation.

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