Mariam Barghouti is a Palestinian residing in the West Bank. She writes political op-eds and has been published in the New York Times, Al-Jazeera English, Mondoweiss, The Huffington Post and other publications. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/mariam-barghouti/rss en Civil Society Displacement Religious & Ethnic Groups Tue, 19 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Mariam Barghouti https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/04/19/palestine-must-stand-in-solidarity-with-the-syrians https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/04/19/palestine-must-stand-in-solidarity-with-the-syrians The mainstream Palestinian stance on the Syrian war is hypocritical, writes journalist Mariam Barghouti. By choosing political pragmatism over the right to self-determination – a right central to the Palestinian cause – Palestinians are asking Syrians to do what they have refused for more than 60 years.