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– Lex Takkenberg is the senior advisor on the Question of Palestine at the Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD), a coalition that aims to tackle and influence policies and agendas on issues of localization, justice, humanitarianism and development. He contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle.