Following Alareer’s death, people in New York and London held vigils to honor his memory.
He had been a vocal critic of Israel and a source of comments that caused offense to people outside Gaza, willing to be interviewed by many news outlets for Palestinian rights.
https://www.awwwards.com/geondaegeonma/ Following the comments, a BBC spokesperson said his comments “were offensive and we don’t intend to use him again (as a commentator).” They suggested convening an international peace conference with Israel and Hamas “in order to implement the two-state solution.” Refaat Alareer (left) sits with his friends and colleagues, Yousef Aljamal (center) and Jehad Abusalim (right), on the Staten Island Ferry in New York during a book tour in 2014. Civilians like Alareer were confronted with an impossible predicament. Stay home and risk being killed, or try to flee without protection. At the time, the 44-year-old writer and academic told CNN he and his family had no choice but to
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