While The Jewish Federations of North America claim apolitical status and operate tax-exempt charities, it is one of the most significant institutional purveyors of anti-Palestinian bias in Canada.
The CBC’s censorship of the word “Palestine” had the unintended result of shining a spotlight on this decades-old erasure of Palestinian national identity in both the Canadian media and government.
2020 may have been a devastating year for Palestine, but a closer look would allow us to see it as an opportunity for a whole new Palestinian political discourse.
There is a pressing need for a serious discussion of how and why Palestinian concerns are often dismissed and marginalized in progressive spaces.
Ramzy Baroud talks with the Palestinian youth behind “We Are Not Numbers,” a media project in Gaza that aims to transcend the stereotypical discourse on Palestine.
A wave of suicides in the Gaza Strip over the summer including the death of Hamza Abu Al-Tarabeesh’s cherished friend Suleiman al-Ajoury at 23 has led to endless questions among his peers about disappointment, loneliness and unbearable living conditions.
Corey Levine welcomes Seth Rogen to the community of Jews who have challenged Israel. “I have traveled from the belief in the righteousness of the promised land to a belief in the righteousness of the Palestinian solidarity movement,” Levine writes. “It’s a one-way trip.”
The virus has come back to the West Bank and Gaza with a vengeance. Over 24 hours 272 new cases of the virus have been confirmed in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) recently launched an appeal for $14 million in anticipation of a coronavirus outbreak in Palestinian refugee camps. It’s an indication of the dire financial straits the agency is in, particularly since the US – once its major donor – cut its annual $360 million donation in August 2018.
Dr. Alice Rothchild writes, “The announcement that nine cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Gaza filled me with a new level of anxiety and despair. Gaza is at the beginning of the pandemic curve.”