Israel’s Invasion of Rafah Will Not Eliminate Hamas or End the War. So, What...
The Gaza war has now entered its eighth month and a resolution to the conflict still seems far off. Israel claims to have killed 13,000 Hamas militants so far. If that figure is correct, one can assume...
View Article450,000 Civilians Flee as Israeli Assault on Rafah Enflames Tensions With US
Tensions between Israel, the United States and the international community reached a boiling point on Monday as Israeli troops advanced on the city of Rafah in southern Gaza. The assault forced...
View ArticlePalestine Can Win!
This article is from a talk given by Peter Bohmer at the March in Solidarity with Palestine which took place in Olympia, Washington, on 4 May. Student movements have played a major role in radical...
View ArticleUnions Support Student Protestors Against Campus Administrators and Police
As campus protests—and violent police repression—continue to roll across the country, some unions are getting involved. More than 2,700 protesters have been arrested on 64 college campuses since the...
View ArticleMy Grandfather’s Nakba
It was my first trip out of Gaza, and my destination was the city of Nablus in the West Bank to pursue my university studies. At the time the Oslo Accords were still somewhat in effect. That allowed...
View ArticleIsraeli Human Rights Lawyer Attacked While Documenting Settler Raid on Gaza...
Aid agencies are running out of food in southern Gaza amid Israel’s ongoing offensive in Rafah and the shutdown of the two main border crossings in the south. Some 1.1 million Palestinians are on the...
View ArticleS. Africa v. Israel on Rafah Genocide
South Africa returned to the International Court of Justice in the Hague on Thursday over the Israeli invasion of Rafah, which its attorneys alleged is a further act of genocide in Gaza. South Africa...
View ArticleIn a First, Jewish Biden Administration Staffer Resigns Over War in Gaza
At first glance, the chalkboard sign looked like any of the others standing in front of Washington D.C.’s many restaurants and cafes. But instead of advertising espresso or sandwiches, this one —...
View ArticleInside the Student Movement That Forced Ireland’s Trinity College to Divest...
Right after Dublin native Ben turned 16, he spent his summer vacations working at event companies that organized concerts and comedy shows. Little did he know that three years later, that experience...
View ArticleSupporting the Student-Led Solidarity Mobilizations
Palestinians in Palestine and in exile, as represented in the undersigned grassroots networks, coalitions and organizations, are deeply grateful to the thousands of students who are building an...
View ArticleIsrael’s Assault on Gaza Proves the Nakba Never Ended
Palestinians and allies marked the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, May 15—the day after the state of Israel was formally declared. “Nakba” is Arabic for “catastrophe,” and is used to describe the...
View ArticleIsrael’s Priority Is Killing Gazans, Not Freeing Hostages
The Biden administration is repeating the lie that Hamas is the only obstacle to peace in Gaza and the hostages returning home. “There would be a cease-fire tomorrow if Hamas would release the...
View ArticleCarrying on Kent State’s Legacy of Antiwar Organizing, Students Press for...
If you grew up in Ohio, one of the first things that comes to mind when you hear “Kent State” is the saying “Kent Read, Kent Write, Kent State.” If you grew up outside of Ohio, the first thing you...
View ArticlePalestine: a UN non-Member Observer State
On 10 May 2024, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Resolution A/RES/ES-10/23 in which it expressed “deep regret and concern that, on 18 April 2024, one negative vote by a permanent member of the...
View ArticleThe Drive for War
The collective shrug with which the Western media and political class noted the attempted assassination of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has been telling. Can you imagine the outrage and emotion...
View ArticlePalestine ’48: House Demolitions, Good Arabs And Resistance
Majd Nasrallah has worked in Palestinian cultural institutions and is a local community organizer with a degree in international law and human rights. He talks about criminal violence being the last...
View ArticleThe Dead End of Liberal American Zionism
In 2014, we wrote an article titled “The Blind Alley of J Street and Liberal American Zionism.” At the time, Benjamin Netanyahu was in his sixth continuous year as Israel’s prime minister, while...
View ArticleOn the ICC’s Announcement of Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and...
It had been widely anticipated that, to maintain any institutional respect, the International Criminal Court would have to indict some Israeli leaders, unavoidably including Prime Minister Netanyahu,...
View ArticleHow US Big Tech Supports Israel’s AI-Powered Genocide and Apartheid
Shortly after the October 7 attacks on Israel, Google CEO Sundar Pichai issued a statement on social media, extending sympathy to Israelis without mentioning the Palestinians. Other tech executives –...
View ArticleThe Threat of Democracy on Campus at UMass
Before arriving at UMass Amherst last fall, Chancellor Javier Reyes was already notorious for his cavalier approach to critics. But few foresaw what he did on May 7. Earlier that day, organizers from a...
View ArticleGerman Colonial Amnesia and the Destruction of Gaza
Aimé Césaire states in his Discourse on Colonialism that colonialism decivilizes the colonizer, brutalizes him, degrades him, “to awaken him to buried instinct, to covetous violence, race hatred, and...
View ArticleDear White Friends: Can You Smell the Yellow Roses of Dier al-Balah?
One of the first things that I heard from people when I immigrated to the United States from the Global South in early 2000 was, “Oh, you speak our language so well.” To which I would reply politely...
View ArticleBiden Should Stop Attacking the International Criminal Court
“I’ve had some elected leaders speak to me and be very blunt: ‘This court [the International Criminal Court] is built for Africa and for thugs like Putin,’ is what one senior leader told me.” It’s hard...
View ArticleEducation in Gaza Has Been Decimated, but the Spirit of Refaat Alareer Will...
Palestinians have always been proud to have one of the lowest illiteracy rates in the world. Many Palestinian refugees, who lost their homes in the Nakba and Naksa, believe that investment in...
View ArticleCBC Has Whitewashed Israel’s Crimes In Gaza. I Saw It Firsthand
Working for five years as a producer at the public broadcaster, I witnessed the double standards and discrimination in its coverage of Palestine—and experienced directly how CBC disciplines those who...
View ArticleICC Must Investigate British Ministers For Complicity In Gaza War Crimes
Now the International Criminal Court is seeking to issue an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, it must investigate his accomplices in the British government. Seven British ministers – including...
View ArticleNakba Resurrected – How the Gaza Resistance Ended Segmentation of Palestine
Inadvertently, Israel has pressed the reset button on its war with the Palestinian people, taking back the so-called conflict to square one. Save a few self-serving Palestinian officials affiliated...
View ArticleA Victory for Palestine and Palestinian Solidarity in Dublin
On May 15, to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the Nakba and in solidarity with Palestinians, Dublin based, Irish football club Bohemian FC played host to the Palestinian national women’s team. It...
View ArticleLily Greenberg Call, First Jewish Biden Appointee to Publicly Resign over Gaza
We speak with Lily Greenberg Call, the first known Jewish appointee to resign from the Biden administration over the war in Gaza. Greenberg Call was a special assistant to the chief of staff at the...
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