Analyst, West Bank
Crisis Group Role As Crisis Group’s West Bank Analyst, Tahani Mustafa works on issues including security, socio-political and legal governance in the West bank.
Professional Background Tahani has a background in development and security governance in the Middle East. Based between the UK, Jordan and Israel/Palestine, she holds a Ph.D in politics and international studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
Areas of Expertise
By Richard Mertens Correspondent
Ruth Serrato remembers the night her shop burned. Protests over the police shooting of a Black resident, Jacob Blake, on Aug. 23 had given way to confrontation and violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin. When rioters attacked the little business district where Ms. Serrato’s father had opened an ice cream shop, she watched from home through security cameras as the smoke and flames destroyed it.
“I only cried,” says Ms. Serrato. “I couldn’t believe it.”
Today the shop – called El Buen Gusto, or The Good Taste – has reopened in a new location, thanks to help from community organizations.
A Palestinian woman throws flower petals on a member of Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, during a rally in Gaza City on Monday. AFP
JERUSALEM: After weeks of unrest and a devastating 11-day war in Gaza, the US and the international community plan to engage with the Palestinians to revive peace efforts.
But when US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits on Tuesday, he will meet with Palestinian leaders who were sidelined by the protests and outmaneuvered by the Hamas group and who seem to be more despised by Palestinians than at any time in their long reign.
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press
May 24, 2021
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FILE - In this Friday, May 21, 2021 file photo, Palestinians wave national and Hamas flags in front of the Dome of the Rock shrine at the al-Aqsa mosque complex in Jerusalem. The U.S. and the international community are planning to engage with the Palestinians to revive peace efforts, after weeks of unrest and a devastating 11-day war in Gaza. But when U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits this week, he will meet with unelected leaders who were sidelined by the protests and outmaneuvered by Gaza s militant Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)