Is the war in Gaza changing regional politics?
Conflict has forced Arab states to strike a difficult balance between maintaining western backing and appeasing their citizens with official support for Palestinians
Israel’s plan to eradicate Hamas is an impossible goal, Hamas expert says
NPR’s Leila Fadel talks to Tareq Baconi of the think tank Al-Shabaka, The Palestinian Policy Network, and author of the book Hamas Contained, about whether Hamas can be eliminated.
War in Gaza: Has Hamas achieved its aims against Israel?
“In some ways, Israel is in an existential battle, not militarily – because obviously it can’t be defeated militarily in this way – but discursively, I think the foundations of the state have really been shaken.”
Can hugs stop a genocide? A response to Keren Yarhi-Milo
Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo wants us to “hug each other” instead of protesting the Columbia administration’s disregard for Palestinian life. But what kind of hugs can I give a starving family? How do I give a hug in times of genocide?
What’s behind Antony Blinken’s call for ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza?
As United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken was meeting with Israeli leaders to urge “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza, Israel intensified its bombing of the Palestinian territory, hitting hospitals, ambulances and civilians fleeing to safety.Rights advocates say “humanitarian pauses” are inadequate to stop the carnage in Gaza, where the United Nations has expressed concern over possible war […]
Far from war in Gaza, Hamas chief oversees vast financial network
Palestinians in Israel and Israel’s plans for Palestinians
Amjad Iraqi on what it’s like to be a Palestinian citizen of Israel, and when what the Israeli state has in mind for Gaza
Israel’s War on Palestine
The GPM spoke about all this with Fathi Nimer, policy fellow at the Al-Shabaka Palestinian Policy Network. We talked about Israel’s assault on Gaza and the joint Hamas/Islamic Jihad assault that precipitated it, about Palestinian leadership in the West Bank — within the Palestinian Authority and wider civil society — and about prospects for the future in Palestine. Listen to our conversation here:
Abolition and the Liberation of Palestine
Prison industrial complex (PIC) abolitionists have always understood the work to dismantle the PIC to be connected to global movements against war, militarism, and colonialism.