October is around the corner, which means the olive harvest in Palestine will soon be in full swing. But rather than preparing for a time of joy, celebration, and community, Palestinians are gearing up once again to fight for their lives and their land. 

Israel has renewed its deadly onslaught on the armed Palestinian resistance in Jenin and Aqbat Jabr refugees camps, while in Gaza, another Palestinian was martyred during protests at Gaza’s border fence.

Though the Oslo Accords and its signatories made many promises to the Palestinians, in reality, it carved Palestine up into bantustans and ghettos with limited self-autonomy for Palestinians on a minuscule portion of their homeland.

For years, I have seen how American citizens living in Palestine, myself included, have been disregarded by the U.S. government and by those who are meant to “help us” and ensure our safety abroad.

A “town hall” hosted by the U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs exposed the charade of Israel’s bid to enter the U.S. waiver program and confirmed what we already knew: Israel has no plans to ensure equality, and the U.S. knows it but doesn’t care.

No matter how often the same thing happens to different people across Palestine, it’s brushed off as an exception or a lie rather than acknowledged as Palestinians’ lived reality.

An Israeli district court acquitted the border police officer who shot and killed Eyad al-Hallaq, a Palestinian autistic man in 2020 who was unarmed and running away from police.

Israel has made it clear that this is not the end of its operations in Jenin, and the latest raid has left Palestinians asking, is Israel moving towards a Gaza-type model in Jenin?

Following calls for escalation from Israeli political leaders, Israeli settlers have launched a series of attacks on West Bank villages in the last 24 hours which have killed one Palestinian and injured dozens of others.

This week the Israeli government made a dangerous move that makes annexation of the West Bank an even closer reality, analysts say.