If you are an institution writing a statement calling for a ceasefire in Gaza without demanding an end to the blockade and Israeli impunity, or speaking out for Palestinian freedom, don’t even bother.
As we commemorate 75 years of catastrophe, we also recognize 75 years of sumud, the Arabic word for “steadfastness” that captures Palestinians defiant resilience.
“Light in Gaza: Writings out of Fire” is a hopeful gift from Gaza, reminding us that all of Israel’s power has not, and will not, defeat the Palestinian will to rise and the determination to create a new society where all can thrive.
We can rejoice that Morocco has catapulted Africa and the Arab World into World Cup history, but if we support Palestine, we must also support the Sahrawi people’s struggle for liberation.
Small activist victories may feel insignificant compared to worsening conditions in Palestine, but they reflect the shifting political terrain as more and more recognize the reality of Israeli apartheid.
The new Netflix series “Mo” is a fresh, complex, politically nuanced depiction of the Palestinian refugee experience in the US.
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.
Anger can move one to action, but bitterness? Nada Elia struggles with the world’s, and her own, reaction to the invasion of Ukraine.
This International Women’s Day, let us affirm that there can be no free homeland without free women, without free queers, and without free children as they rise above binaries, reach out across boundaries, laugh at society’s archaisms, and model the alternative.