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From Turtle Island to Palestine: There is No Going Back to ‘Normal’

December 8, 2020

Shortly before Thanksgiving social media was abuzz with news that President-Elect Joe Biden had conferred with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden over what measure to take regarding the Coronavirus crisis in the States. At […]

The Ancient Olive Grove – A Poem

December 8, 2020

From above the valley, Doha gazed down upon her ancient olive grove, cradled in the fertile crescent, not far from Nablus; proud of the beautiful branches: their silent symbolism. Her once soft hands gnarled with […]

In The Loop of History by Adam Kossoff (VIDEO)

December 8, 2020

In The Loop of History is an archival essay about images, nationhood, and oppression and how history is manufactured to continually return to a mythical past. Using archival footage from films (educational, propaganda, home movies) […]

New Zealand MPs Take a Pledge for Palestine (VIDEO)

December 7, 2020

At an event to mark International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people three New Zealand MPs took a pledge to form a new parliamentary Palestine friendship group and to “…raise the voices of Palestinian […]

Rise And Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations – Book Review

December 7, 2020

(Rise And Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations. Ronen Bergman. John Murray, London, 2018) Newsweek proclaimed it “A must-read…” while The New Yorker described it as a remarkable account of Israel’s targeted-killing […]

Debunking the ‘Opium of the People’ Maxim: Football is about Politics and Class Struggle

December 6, 2020

Noam Chomsky is right when he says that, in the US, sports creates the necessary “fantasy world” required to shield people from understanding, organizing, and attempting to “influence the real world”. Referring to sports commentary […]

It is Time for the ICC to Finally Open the Investigation on Israel, Palestine

December 5, 2020

It took the ICC Prosecutor five years to conclude her preliminary examination on the Situation in Palestine, which found “a reasonable basis” to believe that “war crimes have been or are being committed in the West Bank, […]

Insanity Reigns: The US, Israel and Iran

December 4, 2020

All too often, events occur that make me feel that I am living in ‘Bizarro World’. The recent talk and extensive US corporate media coverage about whether or not the US and/or Israel will soon […]

WATCH: ‘Palestinian: Beyond Conflict’ – Featuring Ramzy Baroud (Identity International)

December 3, 2020

Ramzy Baroud discusses the complexities of Palestinian identity in today’s world with Misbah Khan from Identity International, in Episode 1 of “Palestinian: Beyond Conflict”. Ramzy Baroud is a US-Palestinian journalist, author and internationally syndicated columnist, […]

A Day in the Life of Gaza’s Strawberry Farmers (PHOTOS)

December 2, 2020

The strawberry harvest season in Gaza is bittersweet. This is a time of community, beauty, and hope, of family and friends coming together, and helping each other. In the process of doing so, they become […]

The King’s Man: Blinken’s Appointment Reassures Israel that Little Will Change under Biden

December 2, 2020

Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has nothing to worry about as the man who will directly handle America’s foreign policy in the Middle East is a loyal friend of Israel. Crisis averted. President-elect, Joe […]

Establishment Journalists are Piling on to Smear Robert Fisk Now He Cannot Answer Back

December 1, 2020

Something remarkable even by the usually dismal standards of the stenographic media blue-tick brigade has been happening in the past few days. Leading journalists in the corporate media have suddenly felt the urgent need not […]

The Assassin’s Creed: Murder as Israeli State Policy

November 30, 2020

“If our dreams for Zionism are not to end in the smoke of assassins’ pistols and our labor for its future to produce only a new set of gangsters worthy of Nazi Germany, many like […]

The Planet Cannot Heal until We Rip the Mask off the West’s War Machine

November 30, 2020

Making political sense of the world can be tricky unless one understands the role of the state in capitalist societies. The state is not primarily there to represent voters or uphold democratic rights and values; […]

PA President Abbas Awards Late US Activist Rachel Corrie ‘Freedom Star’ Award

November 30, 2020

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday awarded late American activist Rachel Corrie the “Freedom Star” accolade, honoring her sacrifices for the sake of the Palestinian people, Quds Net News reported. During a call with […]

Beyond Symbolic Victories: The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

November 29, 2020

Although November 29 has galvanized pro-Palestinian communities around the world for decades, a few facts and problems about this day must be acknowledged and redressed.  To start with, the history behind that specific date is […]

‘Wynken, Blinken, and Nod’: On the Diversity of Biden’s Administration

November 29, 2020

Published on March 9, 1889, “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod” is a children’s poem composed by American writer Eugene Field. The title suggests a child’s blinking eyes and nodding head, meant perhaps by suggestion to lull […]

Moving Past Apartheid: One-State is not Ideal Justice, but It is Just and Possible

November 28, 2020

Once again, Europe’s top diplomats expressed their ‘deep concern’ regarding Israel’s ongoing illegal settlement expansion, again evoking the maxim that Israeli actions “threaten the viability of the two-state solution”. This position was communicated by EU […]

The PA Excels in Theatre of the Absurd

November 26, 2020

If there is one thing in which the Palestinian Authority excels, it is theatre of the absurd. Following its announcement that, based on international reassurances, there will be a resumption of security coordination with Israel, […]

‘In My Heart, I am a Palestinian‘: Palestine Mourns Legendary Footballer Diego Armando Maradona

November 25, 2020

The 20th century’s greatest footballer, Diego Armando Maradona, died in San Andrés, Argentina, at the age of 60. The Argentine Football Association reported that the cause of death was cardiac arrest. Maradona has been struggling […]

Expansion and Mass Eviction: Israel ‘Takes Advantage’ of Trump’s Remaining Days in Office

November 25, 2020

In a few words, a close associate of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, summed up the logic behind the ongoing frenzy to expand illegal Jewish settlements in Israel. “These days are an irreplaceable opportunity to […]

Calling on International Civil Society to Join Them: Palestinians, Israelis Call for a Single Democratic State

November 24, 2020

Editor’s Note: The following statement was issued by the One Democratic State Campaign (ODSC) on November 15, 2020. The ODSC is one the largest initiatives of Palestinians and Israelis championing a one-state solution as an […]

Palestine: A Receptacle of Resistance – A Poem

November 23, 2020

Palestine: a carpet of cadavers, a swamp of blood, a garden of ashen smoke. Olive green of missiles, iron fists of tanks, the blue-black of high caliber guns – Can a place be mangled by […]

‘No Thanks, No Giving’ in the Time of the Coronavirus

November 21, 2020

In November 2018 Nick Estes of The Red Nation—Albuquerque invited friends to a pot-luck and teach-in that was to be an alternative to the “genocidal” holiday of Thanksgiving. Modeled on the National Day of Mourning, […]

South Africa Exempts Israel from Visa Requirements but not Palestinians: Why the Double Standards?

November 21, 2020

Following my Facebook posting earlier this month in which I applauded Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan for his firm stance against “normalization” with Israel, a friend posed an interesting query. He asked whether it’s true […]

WATCH: Ramzy Baroud on Pompeo’s Designation of BDS as ‘Antisemitic’

November 20, 2020

The United States Secretary of State has made an unprecedented visit to an Israeli settlement in the illegally occupied West Bank and the disputed Golan Heights – the first chief diplomat from the U.S to […]

A Return to Collaboration over Israel’s Security Narrative

November 20, 2020

US President-elect Joe Biden has not yet taken office, but Israel’s false security narrative is already taking precedence over everything else. Meanwhile, within the ranks of the Palestinian Authority which gambled with Palestinian lives during […]

Why is an NDP MP Joining a Task Force Seeking to Force Twitter, Facebook to Apply Anti-Palestine Solidarity IHRA Definition?

November 20, 2020

New Democratic Party member of parliament Randall Garrison recently joined an unofficial task force which is lobbying Facebook and Twitter to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which considers any criticism of Israel or solidarity […]

‘Total Reset’ is Wishful Thinking: The Daunting Task of Reordering US Foreign Policy

November 19, 2020

A new term has imposed itself on the conversation regarding the impending presidency of US President-elect, Joe Biden: “The Total Reset”. Many headlines have already promised that the Biden Presidency is ready to ‘reset’ US […]

‘I Am Greta’ isn’t about Climate Change. It’s about the Elusiveness of Sanity in an Insane World

November 19, 2020

Erich Fromm, the renowned German-Jewish social psychologist who was forced to flee his homeland in the early 1930s as the Nazis came to power, offered a disturbing insight later in life on the relationship between […]

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