Faris Giacaman speaks to Abdaljawad Omar about his article, “The Question of Hamas and the Left.”
Calling for nonviolence does not mean abandoning the right to armed self-defense. It means the tactical use of these methods in the same way that the civil rights movement did.
As a Palestinian Christian organization, Sabeel rejects armed resistance however legitimate and justified it might be. Nonviolence remains the most effective strategy at this time in Palestine.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza participated in protests across the besieged coastal enclave on Saturday, March 30th, to mark the one year anniversary of the Great March of Return.
On December 22, 2018, the 39th week of the Great March of Return, anti-Zionist Israeli activists joined Palestinian protestors at Khuza’a Return protest camp from the east side of the fence. Soldiers shot live rounds to prevent the activists from reaching the fence. Despite the military’s aggression, a phone conversation was held with Sabrine al-Najjar, the mother of Razan al-Najjar. She recognized the BDS movement as a positive factor in ending the occupation and contributing to the Palestinian cause of freedom and equality.
The Palestinian Freedom Rides movement was inspired by the Civil Rights Act of 1961, when…
My post about nonviolence vs. violence and the Gaza Flotilla unleashed a heated debate. Max Ajl, David…
Palestinian’s in Bil’in protest the construction of Israel’s Apartheid Wall dressed as the Na’vi, the indigenous people from James Cameron’s film, Avatar.