My grandparents’ story of surviving the Holocaust taught me what genocide is, and it is how I know to condemn what Israel is doing to Gaza right now. How dare Israel exploit my family’s suffering to try to justify its genocide in Gaza.
A whole world, formerly one of faith, thought, and virtue, is coming to an end. And that world is not Palestine. Palestinians are being martyred, but the world that is dying is a Jewish world. And it’s being killed by Jews.
On December 10, Israeli forces broke into the Lajee Center in Bethlehem’s Aida refugee camp to remove its Palestinian flag. Camp residents tell me the raid shows that despite its military might Israel is weak in the face of Palestinian steadfastness.
“Palestinians shouldn’t be blamed for not being good victims. Israel’s military aircrafts, tanks, and warships can destroy Palestinians’ houses, but not their homes; their bodies, but not their spirits.”
Global leaders must move beyond non-binding votes and symbolic gestures to boycotting Israel and making it a pariah state on the world stage. That is what will halt the genocide in Gaza.
Recent attacks on solidarity with Palestine and the witch hunt against free speech on campuses have become so widespread and draconian that they threaten to criminalize any support for Palestinians, not to mention advocacy for their rights.
Many in Gaza are faced with difficult choices that aren’t choices at all. We know that the price of our survival is flight, and the loss of our homeland. When the world calls this displacement “voluntary,” it makes a mockery of the term.
In a wide-ranging interview, Craig Mokhiber reflects on his time as Director of the New York Office of the UN’s High Commissioner of Human Rights after he stepped down in protest over the UN’s failure to prevent a “textbook case of genocide” in Gaza.
In a new escalation, the homes of two Palestinians currently detained for protesting in Umm al-Fahm were attacked by a drive-by shooting. Activists suspect the Israeli government was involved.
BDS victory: Puma will not renew its sponsorship of Israel’s national football team.