What happened in Huwwara for those four days was a microcosm of the Israeli occupation: the collusion and incitement between the state and the settlers, both entities enabling one another in their continued occupation and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.

When Palestinians use terminologies not of their own making to describe their experiences, all in the name of gaining legitimacy in the eyes of a white liberal (and sometimes Zionist) audience, they become divorced from their own reality. This includes centering the discourse of international law, the apartheid analogy, and retractions of official Palestinian statements after pressure from the Israel lobby.

The Hamas government has imposed a tax on imported clothing in a bid to support local industries. In the meantime, this has caused the prices of clothing to soar, leaving families in Gaza in the difficult position of choosing whether the should buy food or clothing for their children.

The West Bank and Jerusalem are “on fire.” 

It’s a term we’re seeing used more and more across social media, the news, and opinion pieces talking about the current events in the occupied Palestinian territory. But what exactly is unfolding in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem right now, and why? What makes it different from what we’ve seen in recent history, and what does it mean for the future of Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation and settler-colonialism?

In an interview with Benjamin Netanyahu, Bill Maher compared Kanye West’s recent antisemitic comments to criticisms of Israel by Democratic House members.

Every day, every hour, pretty much each living moment, Palestinians living in Israeli-occupied Palestine are subject to and endure egregious and immoral impositions on their lives that none of Israel’s supporters would countenance for even ten minutes.

Ted Deutch debuted as CEO of the American Jewish Committee in a 45-minute video that erased Palestine. The former Congressman repeatedly praised the “miracle” of “our state of Israel” but did not once refer to Palestine or Palestinians. The cheerful CEO epitomized anti-Palestinianism in the Jewish leadership. He was eager to talk about any place and people but Palestinians: Uzbekistan, Russia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Cyprus, Haiti, Buenos Aires, Paris, the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf countries, Europe, Boca Raton, the African American, Hispanic and Asian American communities. All got name-checked by Ted Deutch. Never Palestinians.

The intimate details of people’s lives here in Gaza that I am able to bring to you are only shared with me because they know they are talking to one of their own, not a foreign journalist.

The racist Israeli politician Itamar Ben Gvir could be the lynchpin for Netanyahu’s comeback. But the “New York Times” is keeping that news from its readers. Even as Israel supporters in the Congress, Robert Menendez and Brad Sherman, express concern about what Ben Gvir would do for Israel’s image in the west.

A new program in New York City to combat anti-Zionism in the Jewish community will fail because Zionism is not a liberal movement.