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A | The Palestinian people make up one of the largest refugee groups in the world, often forced off their land or pushed to flee amid ongoing conflict in the region, according to the United Nations.They are stateless, their identity not defined by specific borders, but rather tied together by a collective longing for a place to call home. Their existence has long been traded and transferred by different ruling powers throughout their history, leaving their fate hanging in the balance.Palestinians are a diverse, multi-religious and multicultural group of roughly 14 million people internationally who trace their roots back to what is now known as the Israeli-Palestinian region of the Middle East.Many of them no longer remain there, spread across the globe. Those who remain in the Palestinian territory of Gaza have been under blockade, with Israel controlling nearly everything that comes in and out of the region, including food, fuel and people, and Egypt controlling Gaza’s southern border.Palestinians have been described as a "young society," with people between 15 and 29 years old comprising 30% of the population, according to the United Nations Population Fund.Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict in the Middle East, Palestinians say they have been "dehumanized" and stereotyped amid the international backlash to Hamas' terrorist actions in Israel.In Gaza, at least 1,799 people have been killed in retaliatory strikes by Israel, with an estimated 7,388 more injured, numbers that are expected to climb. At least 1,300 people have been killed and 3,227 others have been injured in Israel from Hamas attacks.Palestinian historians add that the people's long history of being ignored, attacked and displaced has left many misconceptions about the population unaddressed – something they now hope to remedy."As soon as you identify with them as people – as ordinary human beings – you cannot do to them what's now being done to them right now," said Ussama Makdisi, a history professor at the University of California Berkeley.For example, support for the "Free Palestine" or liberation movement has historically been painted as antisemitic. Palestinian historians say this is another misperception.The fight for liberation, Makdisi said, is about being able to "live with dignity and equality, in a political and social and economic environment where they can thrive like any other people."According to the United Nations, 81% of the population in Gaza lives in poverty, with food insecurity plaguing 63% of Gaza citizens. The unemployment rate is 46.6%, and access to clean water and electricity remains at "crisis" levels of inaccessibility, the U.N. states."Liberation means living with equality, which everybody, I think, once they understand that, most people I would say agree with it,” says Makdisi. “It's exactly what we wish for any people in the world, any people."

'Struggle for liberation'

Despite the difficult circumstances facing Palestinians around the world and in Palestinian territories, they love life, added Yousef Munayyer, a Palestinian-American writer and political analyst."People are looking for ways in the most difficult of moments to celebrate the beauty of life, even under oppression," Munayyer said. "This does not make Palestinians unique. It just makes them as human as everybody else."All of the Palestinian scholars with whom ABC News spoke said the Palestinian passion for fighting to be able to live with dignity has stretched beyond the movement for their own people. Palestinians have been a prominent voice in grassroots activism internationally, including the 2020 anti-racism movement that began in the United States and spread overseas.The young population of Palestinians particularly has moved the needle on their community’s involvement in global social movements, historians say. Nassar believes it’s because younger generations believe their international causes are connected, united in dismantling longstanding systems of oppression.

Palestinian resiliency

The Arabic idea of "sumud," or steadfastness, is a key part of how many Palestinians understand their collective identity, according to Maha Nassar, a history and Islamic studies professor at the University of Arizona. It highlights the near-universal call for liberation, freedom and equality among Palestinians existing in a region under constant conflict – a yearning for peace on Palestinian lands.Sumud can manifest in many ways. It could be as simple as proclaiming one's pride in their Palestinian heritage, or as complicated as grassroots organizing in social movements."Palestinians around the world have taken immense pride and gone to great lengths to ensure that their Palestinian culture and identity is not erased, just because their state does not yet exist," said Nassar.。在CES 2019的第一天，极客之选的前沿报道团队遇到了一位“熟悉又陌生”的朋友。众所周知，贝尔直升机被认为是世界领先的直升机和倾斜翼飞机制造商之一，但这次在CES上贝尔直升机并不是传统的飞机，而是一个相对新的技术项目“空中滑行”。

B | 一个背景信息是，去年贝尔直升机更名为贝尔，它删除了后缀“直升机”，还发布了一个全新的战略和品牌标志。事实上，这也反映了贝尔希望除了现有的直升机业务外，积极探索更加多样化和未来的出行方式。

C | 还记得，在去年年初的CES 2018展会上，贝尔展示了一个新的空中出租车项目，并当场展示了其先进的车厢内部系统。驾驶舱基于按需旅行服务（ODM）的概念。官员们认为，驾驶舱的经验将超过现有飞机产品的经验（机舱设计见下图）。一年后，贝尔在CES 2019上宣布了更多的空中出租车项目的技术细节。这次展览还将驾驶舱内部系统升级为更完整的空中出租车结构，使我们能够进一步了解这一非常前沿的智能出行方式。

D | 贝尔在CES的展台位于LVCC北厅，通常被称为“北亭汽车区”。不得不说，在许多自动驾驶汽车中，贝尔的出租车确实引人注目，而且现场也能看到许多好奇的媒体记者在了解产品的细节。这是拉斯维加斯的极客选择现场报道。贝尔发布的空中出租车的全尺寸设计被命名为Nexus，我相信很多数码爱好者会感觉非常友好。具体来说，Nexus被定义为VTOL混合气出租车，带有贝尔标志性的倾斜转子设计和六个倾斜风管风扇。官员们说，它可以提供安全和高效的空中旅行体验。Bell Nexus的混合动力设计可以让它更长的耐久性和负载能力。Nexus可以载5个人，载重量为600磅。您还可以通过上图看到右侧的加注口。我们也进入了贝尔尼克斯的内部客舱进行体验。五个座位按2-2-1的排列。前排座椅是驾驶员座椅，但是你看不到传统直升机的控制部件。

E | 相反，现代仪表系统可以实现未来的自动驾驶功能。令人印象深刻的是，贝尔·尼克斯的座椅非常舒适，就像坐在豪华轿车里一样。

F | 据《边缘》外国媒体报道，全世界有19家公司在研究飞行汽车/出租车，其中包括一些大型航空公司和许多新成立的公司。贝尔公司在倾转旋翼技术方面积累了大量的经验，与波音公司合作开发的V-22已经服役多年。

G | 据官方介绍，贝尔在航空业的积累也是其优势所在：贝尔耐克斯由贝尔设计、开发和制造；其他合作伙伴包括赛峰、EPS、泰利斯、穆格和加敏。其中，赛峰为Nexus提供混合动力解决方案，EPS提供储能系统，泰利斯提供飞行控制计算机（FCC）硬件和软件，Moog提供飞行控制动作系统，Garmin负责集成航空电子系统和飞机管理计算机。据现场工作人员称，贝尔·尼克斯预计将于2025年左右出现。值得一提的是，贝尔也是Uber空中出租车项目的合作伙伴，制造商和服务提供商之间的合作将加速这一概念的实现。也许将来飞去上班并不遥远。