I want to believe that mass protests, strikes, and boycotts will be more effective than violence at liberating the colonized. Yet how many liberation movements have felt forced to choose violence as the only path to freedom? Would that it were otherwise.
Rev. William Barber’s ahistorical criticisms of Palestinian resistance show a profound ignorance of the history of settler colonialism endured by Palestinians.
It’s easy to show solidarity with powerless victims who endure their suffering with stoicism. But Palestinians chose to break free of their cage, even if it shattered the image of perfect victimhood.
Dozens of hospitals are forced out of service as the situation in the West Bank and the northern front escalate. Meanwhile, Macron arrives in Israel to show support, and Hamas releases two captives on humanitarian grounds
At a time when the rest of Palestine languishes in a post-political, post-Palestinian nightmare, Gaza shows us that Palestine is now alive everywhere.
An Israeli think tank with ties to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a report on October 17 promoting the “unique and rare opportunity” for the “relocation and final settlement of the entire Gaza population.”
CUNY for Palestine demands Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez publicly condemn Israel’s genocidal violence in Gaza, and support CUNY students and workers who are routinely attacked when voicing support for Palestine.
In the deadliest night of bombardment since the beginning of the war, Israel kills 400 people in 24 hours as hospitals reach breaking point amid shortages of fuel and medicine. Popular calls for ceasefire continue to be ignored internationally.
Each day I attempt to contact my extended family to make sure they are still alive. No family got the chance to evacuate and shelter together, and we aren’t able to mourn our dead together either. The war strips us of everything that makes us human.
Many details of what transpired on October 7 continue to be shrouded in mystery, including how the 1,400 Israelis who died were killed. A growing number of reports indicate the Israeli military was responsible for civilian and military deaths.