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 […]
Right of Return
US Congresswoman Welcomes Resumption of UNRWA Funding
US Congresswoman Barbara Lee welcomed on Sunday the announcement that the United States will resume funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which was interrupted […]
‘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’ […]
Palestinians Mark Land Day, March of Return (PHOTOS)
Palestinians at home and in Shataat marked the 45th anniversary of Land Day, which falls on March 30 of every year, with rallies and marches in Palestinian Arab towns inside Israel, as well as the […]
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 […]
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 […]
A New US Foreign Policy: Biden Must Seize the Opportunity
President Biden has inherited a terribly flawed US foreign policy. For the past few decades, the pro-corporate US foreign policy has been a catastrophic failure, especially in the Middle East. Our criminal military interventions there […]
UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees are the Next Targets of Normalization Deals with Israel
When US President Donald Trump leaves office in three weeks’ time, he will have laid the foundations for a further downgrading of the Palestinian struggle for freedom. It is, perhaps, little wonder that the Palestinian […]
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, […]
On International Day of Solidarity, UN Secretary-General Urges Commitment to Palestinian People
Commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he remains committed to ending the Israeli occupation in line with relevant UN resolutions. In a message marking the occasion, […]
Palestinians Don’t Need a ‘Victim Status’ They Have a Right to an Anti-colonial Struggle
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 […]
The Unheard Message
Dear “israel”, How are you? Do I have to ask this question? I am sorry for I do not know how to start. Would you like me to ask another one? Dear “israel”, Do you […]
Why Israel Fears the Nakba: How Memory Became Palestine’s Greatest Weapon
On May 15, thousands of Palestinians in Occupied Palestine and throughout the ‘shatat’, or diaspora, participated in the commemoration of Nakba Day, the one event that unites all Palestinians, regardless of their political differences or backgrounds. […]
How We Became Refugees: The Day My Grandfather Lost His Village in Palestine
Starting on March 27, 1948, a beautiful, small Palestinian village called Beit Daras, came under Zionist militias attacks. With little means – a few old rifles and kitchen knives – the Badrasawis fought back, repelling […]
Palestinians Take to Social Media, Digital Initiatives to Mark Nakba Day (VIDEO)
Demonstrations across Palestinian cities and towns to commemorate the Nakba have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic this year. Instead, Palestinian activists took to social media to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the Nakba, […]
My Beit Daras, My Nakba: Two Palestinian Intellectuals Reminiscing about Their Destroyed Village (VIDEO)
Dr. Ghada Ageel and Dr. Ramzy Baroud have more in common than their scholarly research on Palestinian history and politics. They are both refugees, and the direct descendants of Palestinian refugees who have been expelled […]
Pilgrimage to Palestine: A New Form of Resistance
Last August, the voice came loud through the phone line, “We made it, mom. We are home. We are in Gaza.” It was one of the most pleasant pieces of news I have heard in […]
Arabs, UN Must Move to Swiftly Protect the Status of Palestinian Refugees
‘Heinous racism,’ is how the Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor described a recent decision by Lebanese authorities to bar Palestinian refugee expats from returning to Lebanon. Lebanon’s restrictions on its ever-diminishing population of Palestinian refugees is nothing […]
There Will Be no Sustainability for the Palestinians without their Legitimate Right of Return
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) remains in perpetual financial crisis. Spokesman Adnan Abu Hasna has warned that apart from a possible cessation of services by May, there are no funds for emergency […]
Oslo Accords and the PA are a Hindrance to Palestinian Liberation
On January 28, 2020, US President Donald Trump unveiled the details of his ‘Deal of the Century’ in Washington D.C. with Benjamin Netanyahu by his side. Many of these details had been leaked before, but […]
GoFundMe Closes down US-based Palestinian Group’s Account
The popular online fundraising platform GoFundMe has closed down the account of Palestinian advocacy organization Al-Awda without providing any reason. Based in the US, Al-Awda is a non-profit organization of activists and students who are […]
‘Things Will Change for Us’: The Struggle for Life in Gaza
It’s almost sunset. I stand at my living room window trying to catch a last glimpse of the red horizon as the sun absorbs the last flicker of sunlight. It’s oddly quiet. I think to […]
Israeli Forces Injure Five Palestinians during Gaza Protests
At least five Palestinians were injured today by rubber-coated bullets during protests at the fence separating besieged Gaza Strip from Israel, during the weekly “Great March of Return” protests, according to medical sources. Israeli soldiers […]
20 Months after Its Launch, ‘March of Return’ Protests to Be Held Monthly
The Higher National Committee (HNC), which represents several Gaza-based political groups and civil society organizations, announced on Thursday that the Great March of Return protests will no longer be held weekly, but once a month, […]
There is only One Legitimate Alternative to UNRWA; the Palestinian Right of Return
Since allegations about the misconduct and corruption of some staff members at the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) came to light, both defenses and criticism of the agency have shielded the […]
Israel Uses Fabricated Stories to Promote Jewish Immigration
Fabricated immigrant stories and quotes along with stock images of people were posted on Twitter by the Israeli Immigrant Integration Ministry to encourage Jews to relocate to the Jewish state. An investigation undertaken by the Times […]
Canada’s Betrayal of the Palestinian Refugees
Zionism is a settler colonialist movement that not only committed genocide against the indigenous people of Palestine, it also uprooted them from their homeland. My experience as a Palestinian refugee started when I was in […]
US-Canada Plan to Resettle 100,000 Palestinian Refugees in Canada (VIDEO)
Canada is “to receive 100,000 Palestinians”, including 40,000 from Lebanon and another 60,000 from Syria as part of the US peace plan dubbed the “deal of the century”, Palestinian official source has revealed to the […]
