Palestine in 2024: A Year of Israeli Impunity & Genocide

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The Palestinian Struggle: From Genocide to Global Realignment

This commentary is based on an episode of Rethinking Palestine, Al-Shabaka’s podcast series, which aired on October 31, 2024. The discussion may be listened to in full here. Introduction: Reorienting the Struggle For Palestinians, a return to the conditions prior to October 7 is unthinkable. This past year has been one of the bloodiest in […]

What a Second Trump Administration Means for Palestinians

In the months leading up to the US presidential elections, Palestinians watched as Democrats and Republicans wrestled for the title of “Israel’s best friend.” Now, with Trump poised to return to the White House in January, and Republicans in control of both the House and Senate amid Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, Palestinians are bracing […]

What Trump’s Comeback Means for Palestine with Tariq Kenney-Shawa

The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity.  Tariq Kenney-Shawa 0:00 At the end of the day, both Biden and Trump essentially share the same vision for the region. The assumption that Biden represented a lesser evil when compared to Trump assumes that he was doing anything at all to constrain Israel. […]

Trump’s Return: Implications for the Palestinian Struggle

On November 5, 2024, the US electorate voted Donald J. Trump for a second term in the 60th presidential election. His victory and return to office after four years follows a turbulent Democratic presidential campaign, which saw President Biden abandon his re-election bid earlier this year and his successor, Vice President Kamala Harris, double down […]

A Year of Ongoing Genocide in Gaza with Tareq Baconi

The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity.   Tareq Baconi 0:00 The question for me today is how do we think about this moment of genocide as a way of resuscitating our revolutionary legacy, of going back into our roots and bringing out a political project, a decolonial project, that’s not about […]

Gaza’s Infrastructure: Israel’s Assault & Paths to Rebuild

For over a year, Israel’s ongoing genocidal campaign has left Gaza devastated, with entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble and critical infrastructure decimated. Israeli forces have targeted and destroyed hospitals, schools, power plants, and water treatment facilities alike, not as collateral damage but as deliberate acts of collective punishment specifically designed to render Gaza uninhabitable. Amid […]

Reimagining Palestine After One Year of Genocide

Reimagining Future Palestine After One Year of Genocide

After a year of enduring relentless violence and devastation, Palestinians stand at a pivotal moment. This commentary reflects on the immense losses for the Palestinian people since October 2023 and the emerging opportunities to work towards a future free of settler colonial oppression. It argues that now is the time for the movement to shift […]

Focus On: A Year of Genocide in Gaza

Since October 2023, Israeli forces have brutally murdered over 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza, injured 100,000, and displaced nearly all of the occupied area’s population. In that same time, occupation forces and settlers have collectively killed more than 600 Palestinians in the West Bank, and the Israeli regime has detained over 10,900 individuals, all while embarking […]