– Benay Blend earned her doctorate in American Studies from the University of New Mexico. Her scholarly works include Douglas Vakoch and Sam Mickey, Eds. (2017), “’Neither Homeland Nor Exile are Words’: ‘Situated Knowledge’ in the Works of Palestinian and Native American Writers”. She contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle.
By Benay Blend Inside British prisons, eight Palestine Action-affiliated activists are sustaining a prolonged hunger strike aimed at protesting the British government’s complicity in actions in occupied Palestine. “It is in collectivities,” writes Angela Davis, […]
By Benay Blend Anyone familiar with Israel’s history of covering its deeds in this way should have known right away that this was a falsehood. Now editor-in-chief at CBS, Weiss had accused the Palestinian scholar […]
By Benay Blend For these reasons, adhering to the duopoly in US politics was meaningless for al-Amin because it meant preserving an oppressive economic system. On November 23, 2025, Imam Jamil al-Amin passed away due […]
By Benay Blend Western press has ignored the Sde Teiman scandal and, with Jeffrey Epstein, media has made little mention of the victims. In both cases, Israeli soldiers and the Epstein crimes, the criminals will […]
By Benay Blend Permission to narrate remains limited to such anecdotes as a transformation from Zionism to something else, personal revelation that never quite reaches a call to dismantle the Zionist state. “Absent continued armed […]
By Benay Blend Collective political education and organizing become particularly important during periods when the government is cracking down not just on courses relevant to Palestinian liberation. Directed by Jan Haaken and Jennifer Ruth, Palestine […]
By Benay Blend When the guns eventually fall silent, the pertinent question will be – who sided with justice and who with power? “One of the hallmarks of Western liberalism is an assumption, in hindsight, […]
By Benay Blend Foreign wars have led to domestic repression, as in President Bush’s “War on Terror” and the Patriot Act at home. Israeli technology has helped to blur the lines between the police and […]
By Benay Blend Assata Shakur has left a legacy of resistance for all global movements that fight against oppression, particularly for the Black Radical Tradition and for the Palestinian Struggle Movement. On the occasion of […]
By Benay Blend Despite Israel’s escalating violence that it hopes will drive out remaining Palestinians from their land, the Gaza Soup Kitchen refuses to give up. In the summer and fall of 2024 Jerusalem Quarterly […]
By Benay Blend Palestinian journalists seek to document the truth about the Zionists’ brutal siege, while their detractors are working to erase all evidence of the crime scene. Shortly after the news broke about the […]
By Benay Blend The attack on Chris Smalls was horrendous in itself, in that the Zionist regime singled him out for special treatment because of the color of his skin. On July 26, 2025, the […]
By Benay Blend Given their reluctance to report anything other than the Official Story, it’s not enough to ask that mainstream news cover these stories from Palestine. On July 11, 2025, illegal Israeli Jewish settlers […]
By Benay Blend As journalist Ramzy Baroud makes clear, Netanyahu’s self-described “mission” extends beyond that of “defeating Hamas,” to include “changing the face of the Middle East”. On June 29, 2025, Iyad Burnat, a Palestinian […]
By Benay Blend This stance marks true solidarity, as opposed to the self-serving kind that privileges the best interests of internationals over those of Palestinians on the ground. In “My Name is Herman Wallace,” included […]
By Benay Blend For Palestinians, there is no ambiguity about the identity of the monsters that they face. They have had plenty of time since the Nakba (catastrophe) of 1948. In their 1988 book How […]
By Benay Blend While Israel continues to perform one atrocity after the next, each more horrific than the last, there seems to be very little action to stop it. In his first Sunday address on […]
By Benay Blend When the victims become the perpetrators of another unrelated crime, the two events can never be reconciled, no matter how much the Zionists choose to do so. For the past 77 years, […]
By Benay Blend Eunice Paiva’s body is gone, but her spirit is still here, much like others, including Refaat Alareer and Wafa Aludaini, who passed on their legacy to others. On March 30, 2018, Palestinians […]
By Benay Blend Mohammed El-Kurd’s first non-fiction traces the ways that Palestinians are most often viewed as “perfect victims” rather than as people with dignity who are fighting for the liberation of their land. Due […]
By Benay Blend Trump’s proposal to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza echoes historical settler-colonial tactics, but Palestinian resistance—like Indigenous struggles worldwide—continues to defy erasure. On February 1, 2025, President Donald indicated that he had spoken […]
By Benay Blend Palestinian prisoners embody the resilience of their people, transforming captivity into a site of resistance, education, and unwavering struggle for liberation. “A selflessness whose beauty defies description, joy for the relief of […]
By Benay Blend On the 23rd anniversary of Ahmad Sa’adat’s arrest, we reflect on his unyielding commitment to Palestinian freedom and his call for unity in the face of ongoing oppression. In the title quote, […]
By Benay Blend As a collective trait, sumoud has served the Palestinian resistance and contributes to their refusal to leave the homeland, even in the wake of increased collective punishment by the Israeli military since […]
By Benay Blend When asked why the Front refused to engage in peace talks, Kanafani retorted that such talks resulted in “capitulation,” a form of “conversation between the sort and the neck” that ended in […]
By Benay Blend Both Israel and North America share similar rhetoric that justifies their origins. Infused with biblical references to “salvation, redemption, and destiny,” settlers in both countries believed that they had reached the Promised […]
By Benay Blend On October 25, 2013, Angela Davis delivered a speech at Birbeck University in London. Entitled “Closures and Continuities,” her talk drew from a freedom song that was popular in the American South […]
By Benay Blend While Palestinians are undergoing genocide, it seems incongruous to write about the region’s cuisine. Nevertheless, by way of passing down recipes to the next generation, Palestinians have maintained their foodways through acts […]
By Benay Blend History repeats itself today on college campuses where support for Palestinian liberation has resulted in charges of antisemitism and ties to terrorism. “Values voter;” “Single-issue voter;” “So you want Trump to win?”—these […]
By Benay Blend None of these issues could be resolved through using only a rights approach, as there are very few human rights guaranteed to a population under occupation. On July 17, 2024, Human Rights […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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