https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/palestinian-youth-solve-conflict-israel-180513082211016.html

On the 70th commemoration of the Nakba, Al Jazeera spoke to young Palestinians, asking them what they think the solution is to what has been dubbed the world's most intractable conflict.


Marah Maghamsi, 21, family expelled from the village of Mjadel, now living in Nazareth
The solution to this conflict is to get rid of colonialism and establish one state. We want a state for all its citizens. A state that can guarantee the return of the refugees. A state that can preserve our culture, history and Canaanite civilisation, that respects the suffering we underwent as a people from Ottoman, to British, to Israeli colonialism.

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Adam Hamayel, 28, from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank
I think there can be some kind of coexistence between the two sides based on laws and rights. There should be red lines that can't be crossed. I think this would benefit both Palestinians and Israelis, so there can be some kind of stability in the region, individuals can have their rights and live their lives far from difficulties, and we can overcome the obstacles of violence and lack of stability and the bad economic situation.

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Ezz Odeh, 19, from Nazareth
I personally believe we can all live together in one state. The refugees must return to their homes, as per all human rights conventions. We must learn from the experiences of other countries, such as the South African experience. We must also have a measure of human rights and raise popular pressure to really create this one state.

https://www.theroot.com/it-turns-out-that-cop-calling-starbucks-manager-might-1825961895

It turns out that Holly Hylton, the Starbucks manager who is also a finalist for the whitest name of all time, might also be the person behind a curious uptick in 911 calls from the same Philadelphia Starbucks location where two black men were kicked out for making Hylton uncomfortable by existing. Hylton “mutually” agreed to end her employment after she called the cops on the two men.

According to the Philadelphia Tribune, in all of 2016, emergency operators received 11 calls from that particular Starbucks franchise. But that would soon change when the coffee retailer hired a new employee in early 2017.

After Hylton became an employee at the location, the Starbucks made 41 emergency calls in 2017 and has made another 17 so far this year. (It looks like Hylton really increased her production numbers.)

Patrick Duff, a local activist, asked for the records after he heard Hylton’s 911 call. “For her to be so calm and so cavalier and say, ‘I have two gentlemen in my store and they refuse to buy something or leave,’ it made me think that there was more to it,” he explained, the Tribune reports. “It almost sounded as if she made that call 20, 30 or 40 more times.”