A Visit Home – A Poem
This poem was written shortly after a conversation with our Palestinian friend Rafiq who, together with his entire village, was expelled by the Israelis in 1948 and forced into exile. He spoke without rancor, just […]
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WATCH: Muna El-Kurd Highlights Sheikh Jarrah Struggle in Graduation Speech
Palestinian activist Muna El-Kurd who, along with her twin brother Mohammed, has become a symbol of the Jerusalemites’ struggle against Israel’s systematic ethnic cleansing policy, chose to convey the suffering of the Palestinian residents of […]
UNRWA Officials Visit Palestinian Families in Sheikh Jarrah
Two United Nations officials Wednesday visited the Palestinian refugee families at imminent risk of forced expulsions from their homes in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. The United Nations agency responsible for Palestinian […]
Jerusalem Archbishop: Plan to Expel Families from Sheikh Jarrah Will Not Succeed
The head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, Archbishop Atallah Hanna, said on Tuesday that the Israeli plans to expel Palestinian families from their homes in the city’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood will not succeed, […]
The Sad Saga Continues: Occupation and Oppression of Palestinians
Here we go again with yet another deadly and devastating Israeli military attack on Gaza that has captured the world’s attention. However, this current crisis is notably different in scope from the numerous previous major […]
Nakba Day: Stop and Defeat Apartheid Israel
73 years since the onset of the ‘catastrophe’, with Apartheid Israel having believed Palestinian memories would fade away, has witnessed unity and courage of a people unbowed, relentlessly fighting for their land and rights, and […]
Solidarity with Palestine Sweeps the World as Israel Continues to Kill Palestinians (LIVE BLOG)
From New York and San Francisco to Rome and Johannesburg, millions of people have rallied across the world in spontaneous expression of solidarity with the Palestinian people and to protest against Israeli violence. Gaza is […]
On Memory, Resistance, and Nakba Day 2021
In “Invention, Memory, and Place,” the late Edward Said reflects on the question of collective memory: what is remembered, how, and in what form? On Nakba Day, May 15, 2021, it is fitting to contemplate […]
Israeli Court Gives Sheikh Jarrah Families until Thursday to Reach ‘Deal’ with Jewish Settlers
The Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday gave four Palestinian families from Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood until Thursday to reach a deal with Israeli Jewish settlers regarding the ownership of their homes, Al Jazeera reported. The […]
‘Colonization of the Mind’: Joint Nakba Commemorations and Normalization
“If 15/20 years ago we had listened to ‘serious moderate’ voices telling us to support ‘two-state solution,’ not call out Israeli apartheid and not push BDS,” tweeted journalist Ali Abunimah, “where would the famous ‘conversation’ […]
East Jerusalem: Jewish Settlers Seize 15 Palestinian Homes in Silwan
Jewish settlers seized 15 Palestinian houses in the occupied East Jerusalem district of Silwan, Israel’s Channel 7 reported. According to the channel, the settlers placed Israeli flags on 15 houses in Silwan after the Ateret […]
Land Day 2021: Existence, Resistance, Resurgence
“In 2019 I went to Palestine twice,” wrote Ibtisam Barakat, “one time with Palestine Festival of literature in April.” When an officer informed her at the border that she didn’t exist in Israeli records, Barakat […]
From Jerusalem to a Kingdom by the Sea – Book Review
(From Jerusalem to a Kingdom by the Sea, by Adel A. Dajani. Published by Zuleika London on March 11, 2021.) What happened to the families of Palestine? Those that were ushered out of their country […]
The Nakba of Sheikh Jarrah: How Israel Uses ‘the Law’ to Ethnically Cleanse East Jerusalem
A Palestinian man, Atef Yousef Hanaysha, was killed by Israeli occupation forces on March 19 during a weekly protest against illegal Israeli settlement expansion in Beit Dajan, near Nablus, in the northern West Bank. Although […]
Imagining Palestine: On Barghouti, Darwish, Kanafani and the Language of Exile
For Palestinians, exile is not simply the physical act of being removed from their homes and their inability to return. It is not a casual topic pertaining to politics and international law, either. Nor is […]
Mourid Barghouti, A Palestinian Intellectual Icon, In His Own Words
Mourid Barghouti is a renowned Palestinian poet who passed away on Sunday, February 14, at the age of 76, in the Jordanian capital Amman. Born in the Palestinian village of Deir Ghassanah, near Ramallah, in […]
One of Hamas’ Founders, Al-Yazouri, 80, Dies from COVID-19 in Gaza (PHOTOS)
One of the original founders of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, Ibrahim Al-Yazouri, passed away on Thursday, February 11, at the age of 80, after a long illness. Some media sources in Palestine reported […]
Thousands of Palestinians Rally in Tamra against Israeli Police Complicity in Crime Wave
Thousands of Palestinian protesters took part in a central rally today in the city of Tamra, in the district of Acre, to express their resentment over Israeli police complicity in the ongoing crime wave and […]
Abu Ayman: The Oldest Barber of Deir Al-Balah (PHOTOS)
Ahmad Abu Dghaim, known as ‘Abu Ayman’, is a 75-year-old Palestinian refugee, who currently lives in the refugee camp of Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. Ahmad was only 3 years old when Zionist […]
On B’tselem’s Declaration: Israeli Apartheid from the River to the Sea
B’Tselem’s description of Israel as an apartheid state is valuable because B’Tselem, Israel’s leading human rights organization, is saying it. Otherwise, the reaction should of course it is. B’Tselem applies the word to all of […]
WATCH: ‘Palestinian: Beyond Conflict’ – Featuring Ilan Pappe (Identity International)
In the latest episode of ‘Palestine Beyond Conflict’, a series of interviews conducted by Identity International, Professor Ilan Pappé discusses the evolution of Palestinian identity throughout the last century with Misbah Khan. Pappe is a […]
Palestinian Intellectuals Discuss ‘Right of Return’ in a London Conference (VIDEO)
The London-based organization Palestine Return Centre (PRC) hosted a conference which began on Friday, December 11, to discuss the Palestinian Right of Return within historical, political and cultural contexts. The webinar ‘The Right of Return: […]
WATCH: ‘Palestinian: Beyond Conflict’ – Featuring Ramzy Baroud (Identity International)
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, […]
Palestine Media Watch: A Trumpet for Zionist Propaganda
The more Israel is internationally criticized for its repressive and brutal practices against Palestinians, the more it creates circumvented malicious methods and means to cover and justify its behavior and continue achieving its dreams. It […]
Palestinians Need to Discard and Disregard US and International Misrepresentations
Predictably, Donald Trump’s Senior Adviser Jared Kushner exhibited no historical discernment when justifying the normalisation of relations between Israel and the UAE, and how this will affect the Palestinian people’s political rights. Palestinians, he declared, should […]
Hollywood Star: I was ‘Fed Huge Amount of Lies’ about Israel
Hollywood’s Seth Rogen on Monday said he was fed a “huge amount” of lies about Israel, as Palestinians were left out of the narrative. In the podcast WTF with Marc Maron, Rogen, who is Jewish […]
WATCH: Pappe, Baroud, Nagia on Annexation, Apartheid
Israeli historian, Professor Ilan Pappe, Palestinian author and journalist, Dr. Ramzy Baroud, and South African intellectual, Dr. Anwah Nagia, talk annexation, apartheid and one state in this must-watch webinar, hosted by the Al-Ikhlass Academia Library […]
Israel’s Jewish National Fund is Uprooting Palestinians, Not Planting Trees
The Jewish National Fund, established more than 100 years ago, is perhaps the most venerable of the international Zionist organizations. Its recent honorary patrons have included prime ministers, and it advises UN forums on forestry […]
BBC World Service: Miriam and Youssef
‘Miriam and Youssef’ is a 10-part radio drama from the BBC World Service about the founding of the state of Israel between the years 1917 – 1948. The story is narrated by the two central […]
Juneteenth, Trump’s Rally and the Nakba
At first glance, Juneteenth and the Nakba do not have much in common. Juneteenth (June 19th) celebrates the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865 that freed remaining enslaved African Americans on a plantation in […]
