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Israeli-Arabs are about 1.8 million people, equivalent to over 20 percent of Israel's population. But despite being such a significant part of the country's population we still seem not to be part of the EU calculations (Photo: Amir Farshad Ebrahimi)

We Palestinians are looking to the EU to uphold our rights

On Tuesday (18 May) the European Union foreign ministers will be having an emergency session on the situation of Israel and Palestine.

At the same time the Palestinian people is having a strike all over historic Palestine, from the Palestinian citizens of Israel to the occupied Palestinian territory.

I don't remember when the last time we had something like this.

But what I certainly know is that the Palestinian people, all Palestinians, are mobilised demanding their righ...

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The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author’s, not those of EUobserver

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Sami Abou Shehadeh is a Palestinian historian, member of the Israeli parliament (Knesset) for the Joint List. and member of Tajamu/Balad.

Israeli-Arabs are about 1.8 million people, equivalent to over 20 percent of Israel's population. But despite being such a significant part of the country's population we still seem not to be part of the EU calculations (Photo: Amir Farshad Ebrahimi)

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Sami Abou Shehadeh is a Palestinian historian, member of the Israeli parliament (Knesset) for the Joint List. and member of Tajamu/Balad.

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