The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has ruled that “Product of Israel” labels affixed to wines produced in Israel’s illegal West Bank settlements violate Canadian consumer protection law.
These words you’re about to read are one year old. And yet every time I read them I relive them again. I wrote this article as a reflection of the most horrific night that my family and I witnessed during the last Israeli war against Gaza in May 2021.
Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing exemplifies the inextricable tangling of witness and attempted erasure—of martyrdom in the wholest sense—in occupied Palestine.
The truth is, after 74 years Palestinians have never been more united. We will restore our country, we will restore our homes. We will rebuild them, even more beautifully than ever.
On Wednesday, Shireen Abu Akleh, a venerable Palestinian journalist, was shot dead by Israeli forces while covering a raid in the Jenin refugee camp. As usual, Israel denies that it is responsible for the killing, but eyewitness accounts and B’Tselem’s investigation refute Israel’s denials.
The “voice of Palestine” can be gunned down, but never silenced. 74 years on, it’s well past time for the world to really listen.
Zionism has always used sexual violence as a primary tool to eliminate indigenous Palestinians, and maintain the Israeli settler-colonial regime.
Although 74 years have passed since the Nakba, many Palestinian refugees hold onto possessions from their original homes and villages where their families were expelled from in 1948. Old keys, handwoven dresses, musical instruments, antique pottery, and old farming equipment all serve as a reminder of life before Israel was established.
On the the 74th anniversary of the Nakba, Palestinian journalist and filmmaker Rami Younis shares the city of Lyd’s past, present, and a possible alternative future.
As if the murder of Shireen Abu Akleh wasn’t enough, Israel outdid itself on Friday when it attacked her funeral.