Category Archives: Gaza

Thanks, my enemy. I love Palestine

Raw unfiltered voice from Palestine: you call me a terrorist, but you have taught me to love my country

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Nakba, Occupation | 160 Comments

Jenin Freedom Theatre Director Zakaria Zubeidi ordered by Israel to turn himself in to PA security services

Palestinian pardoned by Israel put back on wanted list Zakaria Zbeidi, the former commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Jenin who now runs the Freedom Theater, says he did not know his pardon was canceled. Zakaria Zbeidi, the former commander … Continue reading

Posted in Activism, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Gaza 2 Years Later, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East | 1 Comment

You call me a terrorist?

From Fidaa Abu Assi’s blog Gaza in Words.

Posted in Arab Spring, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East | 4 Comments

Three years after Israel’s deadly assault: Gaza lives

We all remember where we were when the assault on Gaza started. Palestinian-American high school student Nadine Darwish had just landed in Dubai on a family trip. Here she writes about the experience.

Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine | 5 Comments

Three years later, IDF happy with ‘Cast Lead’, wants to have another go

From Haaretz:  Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz marked the three-year anniversary of Operation Cast Lead on Tuesday by hailing it “an excellent operation that achieved deterrence for Israel vis-a-vis Hamas.” However, he warned, cracks have … Continue reading

Posted in Gaza, Iran, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 8 Comments

Israel attacks international observers on monitoring boat in Gaza waters, injures Palestinian

At 10:55 am, an Israeli naval warship attacked the international observers and Palestinian captain of the Civil Peace Service Gaza (CPSGAZA) boat Oliva, injuring its captain in an apparent attempt to capsize it. “The Israeli navy passed near us and … Continue reading

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Three years since Cast Lead

Four children in the al Samouni family use animated drawings to share what happened to their family during the Israeli attack on Gaza in the winter of 2008-09.

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 3 Comments

3 Years Later: Palestinians Still Exist

Cast Lead Anniversary

Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East | 9 Comments

Will Potus notice?

On the President’s vacation in Hawaii — protester holds sign describing siege of Gaza as slow-motion genocide

Posted in Gaza, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 5 Comments

Horror of Memories: Reflecting on the third anniversary of the war on Gaza

A writer in Gaza remembers the Israeli attack on Gaza that began three years ago today.

Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine | 24 Comments

Three years ago: A ‘normal morning’ turns to horror in Gaza

It was a few minutes past eleven. I woke up “early” to start preparing for my school exams that were due to start in a couple of weeks. It was a lovely morning, warm and sunny. The December sunlight filtered … Continue reading

Posted in Arab Spring, Gaza, Gaza 2 Years Later, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, US Politics | 1 Comment

Christmas in Gaza

Approximately 3,000 Christian Palestinians live in Gaza. Few are able to visit the West Bank this holiday season, where Christmas celebrations are substantially larger and more festive. Nevertheless, Palestinian Christians in Gaza have been gearing up for the celebration, determined to enjoy Christmas.

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‘If Jesus were to come this year, Bethlehem would be closed’

‘If Jesus were to come this year, Bethlehem would be closed’ A strip of settlements built on what was northern Bethlehem threatens to cut the city off from its historic twin, Jerusalem. If Joseph and Mary were making their way to … Continue reading

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Flotilla, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 5 Comments

‘A matter of justice’: Joe Sacco on the Suez war, Gaza, and his future work

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Joe Sacco, the author of Footnotes in Gaza, speaks to Mondoweiss on Israel/Palestine, comic-style journalism and his future projects. You can receive a copy of Footnotes in Gaza with a donation of $100 or more to Mondoweiss during the month of December.

Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged | 8 Comments

Settlers have carried out over 100 attacks on Palestinians in 2011

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Israeli settlers have attacked 96 Holy Muslim and Christian sacred sites in the West Bank and 46 sacred sites in Occupied East Jerusalem since the beginning of the year.

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine | 7 Comments

Another 550 Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli jails

550 Palestinian prisoners released in 2nd Phase of Hamas brokered prisoner exchange for Galid Shalit, Israel’s pick this time around.

Posted in Arab Spring, Egypt, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, Today in Palestine | Tagged | 13 Comments

New details emerge on IDF interrogation methods of prisoners

Haaretz details routine brutalization of Palestinian suspects

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 5 Comments

Hitchens’s Jewishness

The late Christopher Hitchens’s discovery he was– racially– Jewish is said to have eroded his profession of “anti-Zionism”

Posted in American Jewish Community, Gaza, Israel Lobby, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 86 Comments

Settlers torch West Bank mosque, second attack in two days

New attack on mosque in West Bank Vandals have tried to set a mosque on fire and scrawled graffiti on the walls for the second time in two days. link to www.bbc.co.uk   Mustafa Tamimi   Egypt envoy pays respects … Continue reading

Posted in Arab Spring, BDS, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, On the ground reports, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Politics | 16 Comments

Why did it take 6 years to talk about the Israel lobby?

A robust political debate has at last begun over the Israel lobby, with prominent Jews opposing the occupation and the idea of attacking Iran

Posted in American Jewish Community, Gaza, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 178 Comments

I was Mustafa Tamimi

A third intifadah is looming as Israel grows fiercer in crushing resistance

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East | 7 Comments

VIDEO: Israeli soldiers attack against women at Mustafa Tamimi’s funeral

Read Linah Alsaafin’s harrowing account of being attacked by Israeli soldiers during Mustafa Tamimi’s funeral, and being saved by her fellow protesters.

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine | 3 Comments

Can I dare?

Dr. Eyad Sarraj recounts his son’s close call with an Israeli airstrike on Gaza, & wonders how he can raise him with the constant threat of Israeli violence.

Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine | 11 Comments

The never-ending double standard

Our leaders and media figures can see human rights violations everywhere but in Palestine

Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East | 114 Comments

Gingrich comment that Palestinians are an ‘invented people’ enters primary debate

GOP Iowa debate candidates argue over Palestinians as ‘invented people’.

Posted in Gaza, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, Nakba, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 100 Comments