A month that should be filled with happiness, peace, and devotion has unfortunately, in Palestine, become synonymous with occupation, apartheid, and repression.

Israeli forces injured and arrested dozens of Palestinians over the weekend in occupied East Jerusalem, as Muslims marked the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan.  Last year, Israeli police violence against Palestinians in Jerusalem during the holiday was the primary driver of Palestinian protests that swelled into the May 2021 uprisings.

Artists in Gaza used the remnants and memory of the Yasser Arafat International Airport to take their first step towards liberation.

“Train stations overflowing with terrified families fleeing their homes; nights sheltering in basements and cellars; mornings sitting through the rubble in your homes — these are not memories of the past,” Biden said of Ukraine. He meant World War II, but such horrors have regularly unfolded in the Middle East at the hands of America or its allies.

On March 30, Israel’s Supreme Court postponed a critical hearing on the fate of al-Walaja, a Palestinian village along the southern edge of Jerusalem. Praised as a victory by residents, the postponement effectively extends a demolition freeze on 38 homes. But the threat to this ancient agricultural village remains.

Challenging patriarchal notions in Palestinian society is not a separate issue from ending Zionist settler-colonialism. In fact, it has been precisely through gender violence that the colonial project has thrived.

You probably won’t be surprised to learn that the Middle Eastern Studies Association’s endorsement of BDS has ignited some backlash.

Michael Arria on the legacy of Madeleine Albright, and an interview with Palestine Legal’s Zoha Khalili about the group’s 2021 year-in-review report.

Earlier this month a leaked memo revealed that that Anti-Defamation League (ADL) leaders had debated ending their controversial police delegations to Israel two years ago. Activists say the memo shows why progressive groups should cut ties with the organization.

A recently leaked memo on police training in Israel confirms what activists in Seattle have known all along – the ADL is not an ally for racial justice.