• March 28, 2024
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Prophets of Doom: Kissinger and the ‘Intellectual’ Decline of the West

The problem, of course, is not Kissinger himself. The crisis is twofold: The West is unwilling to accept that war, for once, will not solve its problems.

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Not On Our Dime!’: Why US Democrats Are Growingly Challenging Israel

Time will tell what direction Washington will take in the future. But, considering the current evidence, support for Israel is dwindling at rates that are unprecedented. 

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New Rules of Engagement: How Palestinians Defeated Netanyahu and Redefined ‘Unity’

It is the unity of those resisting on the ground, from Gaza to Nablus, and from Jenin to Sheikh Jarrah, that matters most.

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For Palestine: A Guide to Running a Meaningful Marathon

On Sunday, April 23, I completed the Madrid International Marathon. It was my 14th overall full marathon. It was not an easy feat.

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Who Said BDS Has ‘Already Failed’?: European Cities Boycott Apartheid Israel

There is no denying that the road ahead is long and arduous. It will certainly have its twists, turns and, yes, occasional setbacks. But this is the nature of national liberation struggles.

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Erasure vs. Sumud: How the Nakba Came to Define the Collective Palestinian Identity

For Palestinians, the Nakba is not a single date. It is the whole story, the conclusion of which will be written, this time, by the Palestinians themselves.

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Losing ‘Deterrence’: How Palestinian, Arab Resistance Changed Rules of War with Israel

While Israeli politicians and military strategists are openly fighting over who has cost Israel its precious ‘deterrence,’ very few seem willing to consider that Israel’s best chance at survival is peacefully co-existing with Palestinians.

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Quest for Religious War: How Israel is Unifying Arabs and Muslims around Palestine

Though Palestinians do not see themselves fighting a religious war, protecting their religious symbols stands at the core of their larger fight for freedom, justice and equality.

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Lying about Lying: Why We Must Revisit the Definition of ‘Fake News’

The phrase ‘fake news’ continues to be deployed routinely in US politics. In a polarized political atmosphere, both Republicans and Democrats distrust media organizations affiliated with opposing parties.

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Selective Outrage in Palestine: The Problem is Not Just Smotrich but Zionism

Condemning Smotrich’s comments, while continuing to embrace Israel and celebrate Zionism is not only hypocritical, but also useless.

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Xi’s ‘Chilling’ Remarks: A Multipolar World Offers Challenges and Opportunities to the Middle East and Africa

While it is too early to determine, with any degree of certainty, the winners and losers of this new configuration, it is most certain that a US-western-dominated world is no longer possible.

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‘Israel is (Not) Back to Africa’: How African Countries are Challenging Israeli Plot on the Continent

Ultimately, it took only six years for Africa to prove Netanyahu wrong, that Israel “did not return to Africa”. It is true, however, that Africa itself is returning to its anti-colonial roots.

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Mass Protests and False Hope: Israel’s Supreme Court is No Friend of the Palestinian People

As hundreds of thousands, throughout Israel, joined anti-government protests, questions began to arise regarding how this movement would affect, or possibly merge, into the wider struggle against the Israeli military occupation and apartheid in Palestine.

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Victory is Defeat: Palestinian Children’s Art Exposes Israel’s Cultural Genocide

For Palestinians, this new reality is an opportunity to widen their circle of support around the world. For Israel, the mission is a precarious one, especially when initial victories could, in hours, become utter defeats.

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‘Truth, No Matter What’: Why Watering Down Palestinian Reality is a Crime

The truth, in its most simple and innate form, is the only objective we should continue to relentlessly pursue until Palestine and her people are finally free.

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‘America is Not a Racist Country’: How Nikki Haley Became Israel’s Candidate for the White House

Tel Aviv is simply rewarding Haley’s many favors, knowing that, regardless of her exact position in government, Haley will always continue to prioritize Israel’s interests in her political agenda, and, if needed, even ahead of her own country’s.

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Active ‘Neutrality’: Why Is Israel Struggling to Maintain a Coherent Position in Russia, Ukraine?

The future will further reveal Tel Aviv’s role in the Russian-Ukraine war. However, what is quite clear for now is that Israel is no longer a neutral party, even if Tel Aviv continues to repeat such claims.

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The Other Russia-West War: Why Some African Countries are Abandoning Paris, Joining Moscow

France’s military and foreign policy shift in Africa, however, was not compelled by strategy or vision, but by changing realities over which France has little control.

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Failed Experiment: Three Reasons Why Israel Fears a Major War on Gaza

With a rightwing, pro-war constituency that is far more interested in illegal settlement expansion and ‘security’ than economic growth or socio-economic equality, Netanyahu should, at least technically, be in a stronger position to launch another war on Gaza. But why is he hesitating?

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Palestine is My Cause: Arabs Reaffirm Support for Palestinians, Rejection of the Occupation

The latest Arab Opinion Index 2022 is yet more proof that Arab societies are diverse in every possible way, from their assessment of their economic situation and living conditions to their take on immigration, state institutions and democracy. With one single exception: Palestine.

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A State for Some of Its Citizens: Captured Black Soldier’s Saga Highlights Racism in Israel

While Palestinians are resisting Israel’s military occupation and apartheid, Ethiopian Jews should mount their own resistance for greater rights.

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Palestinians Are Not Liars: Confronting the Violence of Media Delegitimization

It is time to break away from the old way of thinking that saw the Palestinian as incapable of narrating, or of being a liability on his/her own story.

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It Has Always Been a ‘Religious War’: On Ben Gvir and the Adaptability of Zionism

The Zionists, whether ‘political Zionists’ like Theodore Hertzl or ‘Spiritual Zionists’ like Ahad Ha’am’ – and now Netanyahu and Ben Gvir – have all used the Jewish religion to achieve the same end, colonizing all historic Palestine and ethnically cleansing its native population.

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WATCH NOW: ‘You Only Need to Tell the Truth’ – Palestinian Journalists Discuss Media Priorities

‘We Are Not Numbers’ director, Ahmed Alnaouq, and West Bank-based journalist, Fahya Shalash join Romana Rubeo and Ramzy Baroud in this critical and exciting conversation on Palestine in the media. 

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Time for Action is Now: What Will Happen after the ICJ Delegitimizes Israel’s Occupation of Palestine

The ICJ’s opinion is very important, but without meaningful action, a legal opinion alone will not reverse the sinister reality on the ground in Palestine, especially when this reality is bankrolled, supported and sustained by Washington and Israel’s other western allies.

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On Giuseppe Trani and the ‘Human Condition’: Positive Vibes for 2023

We are not doomed to define ourselves by a ‘human condition’ in which change is not possible and where greed, selfishness and monopoly always prevail over the need for fairness, generosity and equality.

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Criticizing or Whitewashing Israel: Netanyahu’s New Government Accentuates West’s Hypocrisy

In truth, Israel has not changed much, either in its own self-definition or in its treatment of Palestinians. Failing to understand this is tantamount to tacit approval of Israel’s racist, violent and colonial policies in Occupied Palestine over the course of 75 years.

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Culture of Hope: 2022 and the Margins of Victory in Palestine

2022 was another year of tragedy and hope for the Palestinians. It is this hope, buoyed by numerous little victories, that makes the struggle for Palestinian freedom possible.

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The Price of Betraying Palestine: Moroccans Challenge Normalization with Israel

The fact that Moroccans are mobilizing in large numbers against their country’s normalization with Israel only two years after the agreement is a sign of things to come.

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On Football, Opium and Popular Resistance: Not All Sports Are Created Equal

Football is about winning a match or a tournament but, ultimately, it is about something bigger – unity, hope, power, social conflicts and, yes, popular resistance.