Media reports have implied that Sally Rooney rejected an Israeli publisher’s request to translate her newest novel because she is boycotting the Hebrew language, but a statement put out by the writer makes it clear that the issue is Israel’s system of apartheid.
Millions downloaded ‘Caliphate,’ a 2018 ‘NY Times’ podcast that was based on a hoax — and the paper keeps downplaying its malpractice.
Haidar Eid performs the Simsimiyya as part of a collection of resistance songs from around the Arab World.
Supporters of Palestinian human rights are always accused of antisemitism. Ben Cohen of Ben and Jerry’s gave a strong answer to such charges when he said he is “totally fine” with them because they are absurd. “I mean, What? I’m anti-Jewish! I mean, I’m a Jew, all my family is Jewish, my friends are Jewish.”
Steven Salaita says Palestinians and Native Americans are perfectly suited to an “inter/national relationship” as they share mutually-affirmational national struggles with interlocking destinies.
Social media platforms are pulling seemingly innocuous observations that Palestinians are incurring a great deal of harm from Israeli actions under the specter of “hate speech” violations.
Rashida Tlaib speaking out against Iron Dome funding reveals opposing Israel’s occupation is no longer taboo among elected American politicians.
Israel has long had a policy of undermining Palestinian institutions of higher education, and this has had a profound impact on scientific research. “What is easy in Palestine?” asks Yousef Najajreh, an Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at Al-Quds University. “Driving on the road is not easy. Going to the supermarket is not easy. No, doing science in Palestine is something like a miracle, if you manage to do science.”
The South Florida Coalition for Palestine, a coalition of social justice organizations, has called for a campaign to boycott Duty Free Americas because of the role its owners play in funding the settler movement’s expulsion of Palestinians from their homes and land.