The Israel lobby can’t deal with the facts of Israeli occupation. Their answer is fantasy.
Israel has revived its decades-old policy of “liquidation” in an attempt to quell the rising tide of armed Palestinian resistance, adopting extra-judicial assassination.
Shu’fat refugee camp and neighboring towns are under siege as the Israeli military launches a manhunt following a drive-by shooting operation against Shu’fat military checkpoint.
Last week the U.S. State Department called for an investigation into the death of a 7-year-old Palestinian boy after an Israeli raid in his village. This week State walked the demand back, in its effort to demand zero accountability from Israel for the deaths of dozens of Palestinian children in the occupied territories this year.
Recent attacks on Palestinian cultural centers have targeted those seeking to re-imagine and redefine Palestinian identity. The Israeli media has been more than happy to exploit the conflict.
On October 1 Barbra Streisand (who has almost 800,000 Twitter followers) tweeted, “When does anti-Zionism…
In light of the mental health crisis affecting nearly everyone in Gaza, including medical staff, how long can resilience and steadfastness last?
Today, as I report on developments from Palestine I recognize the striking similarities between the years of the second Intifada and now.
Hosam Salem, a Palestinian photographer who freelanced for the New York Times for four years in Gaza, reports that the newspaper dismissed him after a pro-Israel organization alerted the paper to Facebook posts in which he had expressed support for Palestinian resistance against the Israeli occupation.
“The homeland is not for my father. It is for me and you, and for them, and for all of us. The land has been dried up. They are not just occupying my house alone, they are occupying us all.” – Suleiman Omran