Ben Gvir and a new reign of cruelty for Palestinians
Palestinians fear the impact of Ben Gvir’s appointment as National Security Minister, given his far-right history and what this will mean amidst considerable violence already meted out by Israel, writes Yara Hawari.
Pacification Without a Political Horizon: Why Israel’s Strategy to Control the Palestinians Is Failing
The Israeli system of control is facing strong Palestinian pushback, but the ways Israel seeks to escape this situation would only make things worse for the country. To find a viable way forward, the Israelis must consider the only option that will satisfy Palestinians in the long term, namely ending the occupation.
Qatar World Cup Shows the Arab People Still Stand with Palestine
Censorship of Palestinians So Normal, Even Antiracists Don’t See It
I started researching censorship of Palestinian children’s books out of concern that my forthcoming young adult novel, Ida in the Middle, could be attacked or banned because the protagonist is a Palestinian-American. Ida is an 8th grader who faces ridicule and bullying at school and finds her strength by connecting with the struggle for self-determination […]
The dwindling promise of popular uprisings in the Middle East
From Iran to Palestine, protest movements are fighting regimes that have grown stronger and smarter since the Arab Spring. Can this time be different?
The Joint List is dead. Who will lead the fight for Palestinian citizens?
The re-fragmentation of Palestinian parties in Israel exemplifies the lack of a political compass to guide their struggle, with the public divided on how to confront both a far-right government and a broken liberation movement.
For Palestinians, Netanyahu’s victory is merely a changing of the prison guards
Regardless of Israel’s election results, there will always be support for the continued oppression of Palestinians
Israel and the Palestinian ‘womb’: Racism by numbers rears its ugly head
Comments by a doctor in Beersheba, who suggested that Palestinian mothers should be fined for having five children, seem to have been ripped straight out of a fascist textbook
Meta’s clampdown on Palestine speech is far from ‘unintentional’
A report on the social media giant validated Palestinian experiences of censorship in May 2021, but missed how those policies are biased by design.
