The Assassin’s Creed: Murder as Israeli State Policy
“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 […]
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Why is an NDP MP Joining a Task Force Seeking to Force Twitter, Facebook to Apply Anti-Palestine Solidarity IHRA Definition?
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 […]
Israeli PM Netanyahu has ‘Warm’ Conversation with Biden
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a “warm conversation” with US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday, Netanyahu’s office said, in a delayed and clear acknowledgment of Biden’s election defeat of the Israeli leader’s ally Donald […]
Palestinian Court Holds First Session in Lawsuit against UK over Balfour Declaration
A Palestinian court yesterday held the first session to review a lawsuit filed against the British government over its crimes in Palestine during the British Mandate between 1917- 1948 and the Balfour Declaration which promised […]
Balfour Declaration Anniversary: Protests in UK, Palestine (PHOTOS)
Factories belonging to Israel’s largest arms manufacturer, Elbit System, woke up this morning to groups of protesters demanding their closure. Protests led by the direct action campaign group Palestine Action were organized to coincide with […]
Rush to Judge BDS as Antisemitic is Naive
The haste to silence critiques of the apartheid regime of Israel and resort to scurrilous allegations of “antisemitism” comes ironically during the week when South Africa remembers the 43rd anniversary of Black Wednesday. It indeed […]
Prison Abolition: An International Struggle
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 […]
Palestinians Initiate Lawsuit against Britain over Balfour Declaration
The National Party for Independents (NPI), the International Commission to Support the Palestinian Rights (ICSPR), and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) today initiated a lawsuit against the British Government for its responsibility for the suffering […]
Gal Gadot, Stephen Miller and Richard Spencer: On the Strange Case of the Commonalities They Share
“Whatever you think of her being cast as Cleopatra,” tweeted Steven Salaita, “never forget that Gal Gadot proudly served (and continues to support) a colonial army notorious for maiming and murdering civilians.” Almost immediately, Salaita […]
Zionist War on Palestinian Festival in Rome is Ominous Sign of Things to Come
A Zionist-led war on a Palestinian cultural festival in Rome has exposed the fragility of the Italian political system when it comes to the conversation on Palestine and Israel. The sad truth is that, although […]
Presence of Israel-Funded PJTN in South Africa Needs to be Resisted
Islamophobia as a world-wide phenomenon has become increasingly menacing in many parts of Europe and in the United States. As it grows it’s tentacles with direct, bold and active participation of white supremacists, neoconservatives, Likudniks […]
Inside Joe Biden’s ‘House Divided’: Who Really Owns the House
On October 6, presidential candidate Joe Biden delivered a call to heal a “divided country,” thereby hoping to transcend party lines and perhaps garner a few more moderate Republican votes. By speaking at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, […]
German Hypocrisy: The Left and Israel
Oxford Dictionary defines “hypocrisy” as a “behavior that does not meet the moral standards or match the opinions that somebody claims to have.” Transposed to the concrete issue of Palestine within political discourse in Germany, […]
Israel Lobby Will Face Blowback, Eventually
How much is too much? When will Israeli nationalists in North America completely discredit themselves by overusing their power to crush those defending Palestinians? The recent ruthlessness of the Israel lobby is remarkable. Recently they’ve […]
Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda (Book Review)
(Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda. Jean Guerrero. William Morrow/HarperCollins, New York, 2020.) While browsing the History/Politics section of a local bookstore the number of works devoted to the many aspects […]
Another Acre, Another Goat: Israel in the Middle East
In the early 1900s, Zionism’s founders laid out their strategy to build a Jewish state in Palestine. According to the plan, colonization had to be slow and covert, beginning with small land acquisitions. In the […]
Zoom Cancels Webinar with Palestinian Resistance Icon Leila Khaled
Web-based video-conferencing platform Zoom has canceled a webinar hosted by San Francisco State University in which Palestinian resistance icon Leila Khaled was to be one of the guest speakers. Facebook and YouTube have also chosen […]
Justice for Some, Not for All: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Indigenous Rights
“The feed is wild right now and the record – on police violence, criminal justice, racism, and Indigenous sovereignty – does not justify the adoration. At all,” wrote Onyesonwu Chatoyer, organizer for the All African […]
US Governor Approves ‘Florida stands with Israel’ License Plates
Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Tuesday allowing the creation of dozens of specialty license plates, including one emblazoned with “Florida stands with Israel”. At least 3,000 plates must be ordered before production begins, and […]
Israel’s Friends at the RNC: ‘Christian Zionists’ Dictate the Agenda of the Republican Party
It is difficult – and futile – to argue which American president has historically been more pro-Israel. While former President Barack Obama, for example, has pledged more money to Israel than any other US administration […]
Palestinians are Deprived of a Political Voice, and Their Leaders do Nothing about it
Palestinian refugees are at the core of Palestinian narratives. The international community has, however, classified Palestinian refugees as a humanitarian issue. In between these diverging depictions, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) seeks to grapple with […]
‘I Stand with Israel’: Kamala Harris in Her Own Words (FULL SPEECH)
Democratic US presidential candidate Joe Biden selected former rival Kamala Harris on Tuesday as his running mate for the November 3 election. Harris is the first woman of color to be nominated for the position […]
Former Israeli Soldier Sues Pro-Palestinian Toronto Restaurant
As part of a well-organized, multilayered, Israel nationalist lobby bid to bankrupt a small left-wing restaurant a prominent Toronto interior designer sued Kimberly Hawkins for $800,000. Shai DeLuca is claiming the Foodbenders owner libeled him. […]
Why Should Palestinians Write Their Sports History?
Palestinian modern history is unique, not only because of the Nakba (i.e. catastrophe) of 1948, and the expulsion of the 750,000 refugees from their land, but because this history consistently has been a subject of […]
From Portland to Palestine to the Southern Cone: The Reappearance of the Disappeared
“What was old has become new again,” wrote local activist Lee Einer in a Facebook post this morning. Einer is referring to Donald Trump’s use of federal law enforcement officers, dressed in camouflage but with […]
Beinart Cracks Zionism’s Apartheid Foundation
Is it a case of much ado about nothing or does it pose a significant challenge to undermine key components of Israel’s multi-layered myths? From the heated backlash unleashed following an essay authored by Peter […]
Biden Will Seek to Extend the Narrative that Israel is Being ‘Singled out’
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden may try to sustain the fable that he is an alternative to current US President Donald Trump, but for the Palestinians, a Biden presidency will most probably normalize the human […]
‘Optimism of the Will’: Palestinian Freedom is Possible Now
In a recent TV discussion, a respected pro-Palestine journalist declared that if any positive change or transformation ever occurs in the tragic Palestinian saga, it would not happen now, but that it would take a […]
‘Love me, Love me, I’m a liberal’: From Peter Beinart to Santa Fe’s Liberal Mayor
In a humorous rendition of the failure of reformist politics, the late Phil Ochs describes the lengths to which liberals will go to prove their political credentials. By crying for “Mr. Kennedy,” but not for […]
Forging Greater Israel: Annexation by Any Other Name
July 1 came and went and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made no formal statement regarding annexation. That left many journalists, politicians, activists, and others feeling abandoned to speculation. Declarations of support or opposition went […]
