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Dr. Sara Roy, a senior Middle Eastern Studies research scholar at Harvard University, discusses the bureaucratization of Israeli border control and the daily lives of Palestinians.
She says, "Treating Palestinians as intruders and transforming them into a humanitarian issue, illustrates the critical shift in Israels intentions towards the Palestinians and their territories from one of ongoing occupation, to one of annexation and imposed sovereignty."
Dr. Sara Roy argues new trends in international aid are actually hurting the cause of Palestinian liberation.
She explains that by funding efforts to make occupied Palestine self-sufficient, donors are simply perpetuating the idea that an occupied Palestine is a viable solution.
Dr. Sara Roy counters the claim that Hamas represents a dangerous, fundamentalist organization and argues they are a popular political party offering practical change to Palestinians.
She also suggests that regardless of their political and religious leanings, they won an election and are thus a legitimate government.