Zionism requires the demise of and continuous crimes against the Palestinian people. I will oppose it regardless of what you label me.
Our team on the ground in Palestine has been at the front lines reporting on this moment of collective upheaval.
Huwwara has been under near constant attack since Thursday afternoon, when groups of armed settlers began attacking several points in the town, primarily on the main road, vandalizing dozens of storefronts and vehicles. The settlers also burned olive trees, and attacked several homes, a local amusement park, and cafe on the outskirts of the town.
“What’s happening right now in Huwwara is terrifying, and it’s a sign of what’s to come in the rest of the West Bank as the settlers continue their violent rampages on Palestinian towns like ours,” Salamah Saleem, a local activist, told Mondoweiss.
Israel’s settler-colonial and apartheid regime is a crime against humanity that violates international law. It is time the U.S. follows its own laws, and cut off the funding that makes this possible.
We are currently seeing an unprecedented moment of Palestinian resistance across the West Bank. It’s too early to tell where events will lead — whether it’s the historic turning point or the last gasp of protest before something even worse — but what’s certain is that Palestinians are on the precipice of returning to a state of refusal, if not full-fledged resistance, to the settler-colonial reality some would have them ignore. The current moment will ultimately be decided by militant mass support and the expansion of resistance activity to the rest of the West Bank.
Israel arrested Jenin Freedom Theatre chairman Bilal Al-Saadi last month and sentenced him to six months detention on undisclosed charges as part of a crackdown on Palestinians’ artistic freedom. PEN America and an international group of theater community members have condemned the arrest. They are demanding Al-Saadi’s release.
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As the siege of Shu’fat refugee camp enters its fourth day, Palestinians there have launched a massive civil disobedience campaign to oppose Israel’s policy of collective punishment.