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On International Women’s Day: 35 Female Prisoners, Including 11 Mothers, in Israeli Prisons

March 8, 2021

The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), a local NGO which advocates for the rights of the Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails, said today that the Israeli authorities are currently incarcerating 35 female Palestinian prisoners, 11 […]

Decolonizing Palestine: Hamas Between the Anticolonial and the Postcolonial – Book Review

March 6, 2021

(Decolonizing Palestine: Hamas Between the Anticolonial and the Postcolonial.  Somdeep Sen. Cornell University Press, New York.  2020) A book that has a very narrowly defined title often fails to look at the larger context, either […]

Israeli Authorities Cut Electricity in Palestinian Village in Jordan Valley

February 18, 2021

Dozens of Palestinians from the village of Al-Jiftlik, north of the occupied West Bank city of Jericho in the Jordan Valley region, today organized a sit-in to protest the Israeli authorities’ cutting off electricity in […]

Mourid Barghouti, A Palestinian Intellectual Icon, In His Own Words

February 16, 2021

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)

February 12, 2021

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 […]

‘What About the Other Side?’: Notes on ‘The Devil’s Advocate’

February 4, 2021

The late historian Howard Zinn once said that sometimes there are not two sides to a question. In A People’s History of the United States (2003), Zinn writes that one reason that “atrocities are still […]

‘Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free’: On Extending the Holocaust Day of Remembrance

January 29, 2021

In a speech entitled “Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free” (1971), Fannie Lou Hamer told the National Women’s Political Caucus that black and white women had to work together in order to achieve freedom for all. […]

Israeli Forces Attack Palestinian Protesters in Kafr Qaddum, Injure Dozens

January 29, 2021

Israeli forces Friday afternoon suppressed a protest in the town of Kafr Qaddum, near the West Bank city of Qalqiliya, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Israeli forces violently dispersed Palestinians, who were protesting […]

How Ismail Matar Became the Painter of the Refugee Camp (PHOTOS)

January 25, 2021

Ismail Matar is known in southern Gaza as the ‘Painter of the Refugee Camp’. And there is a good reason for that. A refugee himself, Matar, 22, paints mostly on the walls of the Khan […]

‘Beyond Vietnam’: Where Do We Go from Here?

January 14, 2021

In “Beyond Vietnam” (1967), his speech delivered at the Riverside Church in New York, Martin Luther King opened by quoting from Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam. “A time comes when silence is betrayal,” King […]

Palestinians Protest against Netanyahu’s Visit in Nazareth

January 14, 2021

Hundreds of Palestinians, including members of a coalition of Arab parties known as the Joint List, held protests in northern Nazareth province as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited a vaccination center, Anadolu reports. Several […]

Palestinian Prisoner Freed from Israeli Prisons after 18 Years

January 8, 2021

A Palestinian prisoner who has been in Israeli prisons for 18 years was released yesterday from Ofer prison near Ramallah. Hassan Fatafta, an activist in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was arrested […]

‘What Binds Us Together’: On What It Means to Support Indigenous Liberation

December 20, 2020

In a recent interview with Michael Arria, Sumaya Awad and Brian Bean discuss their book Palestine: A Socialist Introduction (2020). The collection argues that socialism should be viewed as an important element in the struggle […]

When the People Rose up: How the Intifada Changed the Political Discourse on Palestine

December 16, 2020

December 8 came and went as if it was an ordinary day. For Palestinian political groups, it was another anniversary to be commemorated, however hastily. It was on this day, thirty-three years ago, that the […]

Morocco Bans Anti-Normalization Protest in Rabat (VIDEO)

December 15, 2020

Authorities in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, have refused to authorize an anti-normalization demonstration that was scheduled to take place yesterday outside parliament, local sources have said. Six Moroccan associations issued a joint statement condemning the […]

A Room of Their Own: Takeaways from ‘Mangrove’ and Palestine Writes Back

December 12, 2020

A Room of One’s Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf, first published in September 1929. Here she argues that a woman requires a room of her own and money if she is to […]

‘The People Are Rising, the Soldiers Are Coming’: Anniversary of the First Intifada (EXCERPTS)

December 8, 2020

Editor’s Note: Today, Tuesday, December 8, marks the 33rd anniversary of the First Palestinian Intifada. On this day, in 1987, the uprising broke out throughout occupied Palestine, generating massive solidarity for the Palestinian people across […]

WATCH: Israeli Soldiers Shoot, Injure Four Palestinians during Raid in Qalandiya

December 7, 2020

Israeli soldiers shot and injured four Palestinians during a raid this morning of Qalandiya refugee camp, north of Jerusalem. Three of them are in critical condition and were immediately admitted to surgery at Ramallah hospital, […]

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 […]

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, […]

Palestinian Student Mays Abu Ghosh Released after 15 Months in Prison

November 30, 2020

Mays Abu Ghosh, a 23-year-old Palestinian student from the refugee camp of Qalandiya, is finally free. She was released from the Damon Israeli prison after spending 15 months under harsh physical and psychological conditions. The […]

‘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 […]

Palestinian Hunger Striker Maher al-Akhras Wins His Freedom (VIDEOS)

November 26, 2020

Israeli authorities on Thursday released Palestinian prisoner Maher al-Akhras, who had been on a hunger strike for 104 days. Al-Akhras was immediately escorted to the Najah hospital in Nablus, north of occupied West Bank, Quds […]

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 […]

Hamas, Fatah Leaders Head to Cairo for Meetings

November 16, 2020

Leaders from the two main Palestinian movements Hamas and Fatah left the Gaza Strip yesterday to join mutual meetings for delegations of their movements in Cairo, Anadolu reported. An official source told Anadolu that the […]

From Palestine to Turtle Island: Whose Lives Really Matter?

November 3, 2020

On the eve of the US elections, tensions are very high. Concerns range from right-wing violence at the polls to the fear of a contested election in which the conservative Supreme Court might be the […]

‘They Tried to Freeze Me to Death’: Torture and Resistance in Israeli Prisons

October 30, 2020

Mohammad Ibrahim Ali al-Deirawi was born on January 30, 1978 in Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. His family is originally from Bir Al-Saba’, an ethnically cleansed Palestinian town located in the southern Naqab […]

Palestinians Don’t Need a ‘Victim Status’ They Have a Right to an Anti-colonial Struggle

October 29, 2020

The US-Israeli narrative on Palestine goes a step further than the designated humanitarian label which the international community imposed upon the Palestinian people. As US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman predicted that up to ten […]

Prison Abolition: An International Struggle

October 23, 2020

Winner at the Sundance Film Festival for Best Directing, Garrett Bradley’s “Time” focuses on an intimate love story to convey an indictment of the prison-industrial complex. Bradley’s film follows a Black couple who at a […]

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