Leqaa Kordia was recently hospitalized after a seizure as she approaches a year in government detention. Her family and attorneys say she is being subjected to worsening conditions as punishment for her Palestine activism and her faith.
Recent news stories have thrust the issue of Palestinians returning to their homes and lands back into the spotlight. The Right of Return remains the core Palestinian demand because it is fundamental to what it means to be Palestinian.
Columbia protester Leqaa Kordia has been detained by ICE for nearly a year and was recently hospitalized due to a seizure. Kordia’s lawyers and family members were not told where she was and were not allowed to speak to her for more than 3 days.
Two recent episodes have shown how liberal institutions like Human Rights Watch and Doctors Without Borders are designed to recognize the violence that shapes Palestinian life but not challenge the systems that produce it.
Birzeit University is no longer what it once was. The transformation has been gradual and, therefore, easily rationalized, but the result has been the hollowing out of a university that once led the Palestinian struggle.
U.S. threats toward Iran ramp up as buried Biden administration warnings about Gaza come to light. Plus: Rafah intimidation, a meningitis outbreak in Gaza, settlement expansion in the West Bank, Israel’s war economy, and a UK court win for Palestine Action.
AIPAC has become so toxic some politicans won’t even say “Israel” in their own ads, and what the Epstein files reveal about how Western elites actually operate. Plus: the Biden admin cables that got buried.
The first Palestinians returned to Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah crossing this week, after being stuck outside Gaza for two years or more. They described grueling interrogations, intimidation, and threats by Israeli soldiers at the crossing.
The U.S. is once again threatening a war on Iran that could devastate the region. Trump knows Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons, but that has never been the point. It is about removing Iran as the only actor in the region beyond U.S. control.
The West Bank community of Umm al-Khair has been consumed by the illegal Israeli settlement of Carmel. But despite losing land and loved ones, Palestinians there refuse to leave. “This is my land,” says Ahmad Hathaleen. “This is where I belong.”