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Category Archives: Nakba
Zionism totalled
You cant express values of human rights inside contemporary Israel
Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, Nakba
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Munayyer: Liberal Zionist sympathy for Palestinians generally ends at the green line. This is moral and intellectual cowardice.
Yousef Munayyer, Zion Square’s sole Palestinian regular contributor, has responded to Peter Beinart’s settlement boycott op-ed in his first post for the Newsweek/Daily Beast blog.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Nakba, Occupation
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Those killed in Gaza have a name, and each has a family that grieves for them
With the exception of the two men Israel assassinated on Friday March 9 – Zuhair al-Qaisy, secretary-general of the Popular Resistance Committees, and Mahmoud Ahmad Al-Hanini, a Hamas military leader – the Palestinians killed remained nameless in all mainstream media accounts of the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza. Johnny Barber interviews the families of those killed.
Posted in Activism, Gaza, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, Reports/Video, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror
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Two Israeli refusers on why they support BDS
Two Israeli activists explain why they support the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel in addition to refusing to serve in the Israeli military, “Shaking off an occupation is a delicate, complex, and multifaceted process, but we all should and can take part in this shaking off.”
Gilad Shalit’s father says, ‘If I were Palestinian I’d kidnap soldiers’
Noam Shalit, father of former prisoner Gilad Shalit announced on Israel’s Channel 10 he would kidnap and Israeli soldier in his quest for freedom, if he were a Palestinian.
Posted in Arab Spring, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation
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The myth of Israel’s favorable treatment of Palestinian Christians
Last week, Israeli ambassador Michael Oren had an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal touting Israel’s treatment of Palestinian Christians. Fida Jiryis responds with her experience as a Christian living in the Galilee dealing with discrimination and the ever present legacy of the Nakba.
Remnick ignores the Nakba’s role in Israeli ‘democracy’
Omar Barghouti critques David Remnick’s latest piece in the ‘New Yorker’ for ignoring the Nakba and Palestinians living outside the occupied territories.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Nakba, US Politics
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Israel’s bogus case for bombing Gaza obscures political motives
Gaza is a punching bag. Rebuked by Obama on Iran, Netanyahu turns his ire on Gaza
A letter from under attack
On Friday, Israel attacked the Gaza Strip, killing at least eleven people. Waleed al-Meadana wrote us saying, “I have no time to choose my words. I am just being spontaneous, for every second counts. One hour later, I may have no chance to write you, lest being dead — I have the same things in mind now all Gazans have.”
At the heart of the Palestinian struggle, a spirit she won’t surrender
Deanna Othman reflects on her 2010 trip to Gaza, imagining the resilience of the Palestinian struggle through female faces.
Posted in Activism, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Nakba, Occupation
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A Palestinian student asks, ‘Can I go on Birthright?’
Jamil Sbitan, Palestinian student at Boston University in conversation with a Birthright Israel coordinator asks the question, “can I go on Brithright.”
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Israel/Palestine, Nakba, Occupation
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Harvard student groups declare solidarity with activists at UNM
Official statement from Harvard Students for Justice in Palestine and other groups in support of University of New Mexico protesters
Weir criticizes lack of diversity in NYT’s Jerusalem appointments
Why did ‘NYT’ ignore the stunning Khader Adnan story for 2 months? Because of its investment in the Israeli perspective
Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel/Palestine, Media, Nakba, US Politics
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Charge or Release? Israeli military courts as an enforcement mechanism of occupation
During Khader Adnan’s hunger strike many expressed that he should be charged, or released. It must be noted that “being charged” in the Israeli military courts, the justice system that governs Palestinians in the occupied West Bank of Palestine, is in no way a solution for Palestinian political prisoners. The abolition of administrative detention (a call which has been taken up by Amnesty International) is a long-term demand of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement – and Israel’s use of this system violates international law.
The Palestinian refugees of Lebanon
In my native Lebanon, where I volunteered last winter in a number of Palestinian refugees camps such as Burj el Barajne, I saw first hand the immense level of deprivation Palestinians face as refugees in Lebanon, where they are prevented from the right to work, from joining any Lebanese trade unions, from owning property and even denied social security.
Assault on Beinart begins with poll claiming young American Jews love Israel
Beinart is wrong about Zionism, say critics– American Jews heart Israel
The end of the ‘two-state solution’ is the beginning of a more just future
Ever aware that the struggle for liberation must be led by Palestinians, our collective task at the moment, in my view, is to bring about the collapse of the present situation in Palestine in order to exploit its fundamental unsustainabilty.
In Jerusalem, the Nakba is a fresh memory
Everywhere I went in Jerusalem my first day here, I heard talk of the Nakba
Book Review: ‘A Child’s View from Gaza: Palestinian Children’s Art and the Fight Against Censorship’
The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) book A Child’s View from Gaza: Palestinian Children’s Art and the Fight Against Censorship offers a behind the scenes window into a continued struggle to give voice to a people whose cultural identity has been assaulted, ignored, hidden, repressed, attacked and stolen.
Out of the Ballpark: Susan Abulhawa’s speech to the PennBDS conference
A video and partial notes from Susan Abulhawa’s speech to the PennBDS conference.
Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Nakba, Occupation, US Politics
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Radio Against Apartheid: People of Color in the US and Palestinian Queers for BDS
Darnell Moore, a visiting scholar at NYU’s Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, and Lisa Weiner-Mahfuz, a Jewish Arab writer and co-founder of intersections/intersecciones consulting, joined us on the program. The two recently returned from a delegation as guests of Palestinian Queers for BDS to the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank.
Thirsting for justice
Participating in “Youth for the Right to Water and Sanitation” project (YRWS) has opened our eyes to a deeper and wider range of information regarding the water crisis that Palestinians have been suffering from, for years.
Israeli military court extends administrative detention for civil rights lawyer Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq
The Israel military court has extended administrative detention for two months in addition to three months already detained for civil rights lawyer Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq, a lecturer at An-Najah National University and the Cultural Coordinator for the Tanweer Palestinian Cultural Enlightenment Forum.
Where is the Bedouin Intifada?
With massive increases in home demolitions and plans to expel 30,000, why has the “Bedouin Intifada” not come into fruition, as the Israeli media suggested.
‘Commentary’ covers its eyes and makes Palestinians disappear
Commentary decides that Hamas is irrelevant