- April 25, 2024
Palestine/Israel
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
‘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.
‘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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lions’ Den is Not a Fleeting Phenomenon: On Palestine’s Looming Armed Revolt
Just when Israel, and even some Palestinians, began talking about the Lions’ Den phenomenon in the past tense, a large number of fighters belonging to the newly-formed Palestinian group marched in the city of Nablus.
The Nakba Day Triumph: How the UN Is Correcting a Historical Wrong
May 15, 2023, UN Nakba Day represents the triumph of the Palestinian narrative over that of Israeli negationists. This means that the blood spilled during Gaza’s March of Return was not in vain, as the Nakba and the Right of Return are now back at the center of the Palestinian story.
The ‘Begin Doctrine’: World Must Force Israel to Dismantle Its Nuclear Arsenal
It behooves everyone, Washington included, to join the rest of the world in finally forcing Israel to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty, a first but critical step towards long-delayed accountability.
Weakening the ‘Unbreakable Bond’: This is why the FBI Investigation of Israel is Important
The recent decision by the United States Department of Justice to open an investigation into the killing, last May, of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is not a game-changer, but important and worthy of reflection, nonetheless.
Palestinians are Native Americans: Time to Correct the Language of History
Unity is not a political document. Neither is international solidarity. It is a process that is shaped by a language which should be spoken collectively, relentlessly and boldly
For Lula’s Victory to Matter: A Proposal for a Unified Palestinian Foreign Policy
Until Palestinians revamp their problematic leadership or formulate a new kind of leadership through grassroots mobilization in Palestine itself, they should at least attempt to liberate their foreign policy agenda from factionalism, which is defined by a self-centered approach to politics.
Chasing a Mirage: How Israel Arab Parties Validate Israeli Apartheid
By remaining loyal participants in Israel’s democracy charade, these politicians continue to validate the Israeli establishment, thus harming, not only Palestinian communities in Israel but, in fact, Palestinians everywhere.
