Palestine Land Day: A day to resist and remember
On Land Day, Palestinians demand once and for all that the international community pick the right side of history.
Palestinians are the majority. Is it apartheid yet?
Israel has always valued Jewish supremacy over democracy. But new demographics could bolster the Palestinians’ efforts to challenge this system.
Haifa independent film festival: Rejecting the boundaries imposed on Palestinians
By hosting a film festival that celebrates Palestinian and wider Arab cinema, the organisers are making a point that Haifa remains part of the Arab world.
Bibi does Broadway
I recently watched Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s AIPAC speech from my home in Palestine. For a moment, I thought I was viewing the Academy Awards. His acting was that stellar. His talk was like a sequel to his 2014 performance: The Shape of Warfare. He’d won the Oscar that year for demonizing Iran.
Bulldozing history: How Israel uses archaeology to entrench occupation
Heritage destruction is but one of the many mechanisms in which Israel maintains domination over the Palestinians
Israel is not a ‘place of refuge’
In early February, Israel started handing out deportation notices to some 20,000 asylum seekers, most of them from Eritrea and Sudan. More than 35,000 are expected to be deported or jailed indefinitely in the upcoming months.
Mike Pence Just Confirmed America’s Exit From the Mideast Peace Process
When Pence says: ‘We stand with Israel. Your cause is our cause, your fight is our fight’, it’s clear America is only interested in offering Israel blind political support and abandoning the Palestinians. Real peace must now mean circumventing the U.S. administration.
Why cutting US aid to the Palestinian Authority is not a bad idea
If the US cuts aid to Palestine, then it may force the Palestinians to have the political courage to stand up for what’s right.
What would happen if Trump cuts UNRWA funding?
A total US funding cut would mean a serious reduction in services and the complete halt of many of the education and health programmes.
