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Palestine Letter: Israel is imposing a blackout on Gaza to hide a massacre
Israel is slowly cutting off Gaza’s communications with the outside world, because it wants to prevent us from revealing the massacres it is committing.
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Despite what you think, Palestinians are not celebrating death
Palestinians do not rejoice over death but at the idea that we have a chance for freedom. I do not rejoice over death. I rejoice over the possibility to live.
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Just another battle or the Palestinian war of liberation?
What can motorized paragliders do in the face of one of the most formidable militaries in the world?
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Communist Party of Israel and Hadash: “Netanyahu’s fascist government bears full responsibility for the dangerous escalation”
In a statement concerning today’s rapid escalation of military confrontation between Hamas and Israeli forces, the Communist Party of Israel (MAKI) and Hadash blame the criminal occupation policy of the far-right Netanyahu government, underlining the grave dangers that it poses for the peace in the region.
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Defense for children: Israeli forces killed Palestinian child for discovering undercover operation
Undercover Israeli forces deliberately killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy after he saw them sneaking into the Jenin refugee camp during a military incursion on September 19, a human rights group said.
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Is online retailer Amazon cracking down on the sale of pro-Palestine merchandise?
Amazon, like other tech giants, is selectively banning and deplatforming pro-Palestine content on its Merch on Demand platform, while racist and inflammatory merchandise continue to be sold.
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“Every allegation of anti-Semitism was found to be false”
A climate of fear is stifling free speech, academic research and student activism about Palestine at British universities.
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Review: “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine”
Historian Rashid Khalidi’s concise and at times personal take on a century of colonial conquest and resistance in Palestine is a highly accessible read that focuses on key events and themes.
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Sierra Club workers challenge leadership’s greenwashing ‘apartheid tours’
In June, members of the Sierra Club unit of the Progressive Workers Union (PWU) passed a resolution pledging solidarity with the Palestinian people as the environmental organization pushes forward with its planned trips to Israel.
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The twisted Israeli logic of murdering Palestinian children, and what can we do to stop it?
The problem for Palestinians is not just that of Israel’s violence, but also the lack of international will to hold Israel accountable.
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Targeting Palestinian children is necessary for Israeli settler colonialism
Israeli settler colonialism and apartheid is based on the extermination of the indigenous population and the elimination of their hope of living freely. Palestinian children represent that hope.
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Six tropes to look out for that distort Israel/Palestine coverage
Malcolm X once declared,“If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” As stories about Israel/Palestine continue to bombard our screens and daily papers, readers and journalists alike need to remain aware of the pro-Israel pitfalls that pockmark establishment news coverage.
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2023 is already the deadliest year on record for Palestinians in occupied West Bank, says UN envoy
The UN’s Middle East envoy, Tor Wennesland, said over 200 Palestinians have been killed in the Occupied West Bank this year. He blamed “unilateral acts” by Israel, including increased settlement expansion, demolition of Palestinian homes and other structures, and settler violence
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Former Israeli general accuses Israel of ‘war crimes’ reminiscent of Nazi Germany in West Bank
Former Israeli army general Amiram Levin said what is happening in the West Bank is ‘total apartheid’ and ‘dragging us all into war crimes’.
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U.S. pressures Saudi Arabia to sell oil in dollars, not Chinese yuan, amid Israel negotiations
As part of negotiations for Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel, the United States is demanding that Riyadh keep pricing its oil in dollars, not China’s renminbi or other currencies.
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Jewish supremacy won’t end from within. BDS is still the only hope.
Israelis will never dismantle a system of domination that works for them. That’s why the end of Jewish supremacy in Palestine will only come from external pressure—and BDS represents that hope.
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American Anthropological Association endorses academic boycott of Israel
Members of the American Anthropological Association overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions with 71% of members supporting the measure.
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Caged, stripped, beaten: Latest ‘Save the Children’ report on Palestine makes chilling read
According to a just-released report by the international rights organization, Save the Children, four out of five Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system are beaten and 69 per cent are strip-searched.
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‘The gravity of the situation cannot be overstated’: an eyewitness account from the Israeli assault on Jenin
As the occupation relentlessly tightens its grip on the Jenin refugee camp, the message is crystal clear–punish the stronghold of popular resistance. But they will not succeed and will only breed a new generation to carry the torch.
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Israel cannot rebut apartheid: The Twenty-Sixth Newsletter (2023)
Israeli violence against Palestinians is not new, but it has been escalating rapidly.