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.
Hamas w/ Tareq Baconi
Featuring Tareq Baconi on the history of Hamas. This is the context we need. And it is precisely what mainstream discourse mystifies, denies, and disavows.
Israel’s Palestinian citizens face a wave of repression amid Gaza war
Palestinian citizens of Israel face a climate of growing repression amid the Gaza war, with students suspended, workers fired, and mass arrests for social media activity.
Historian Tareq Baconi on the Origins, Goals and Future of Hamas
Al_Shabaka board president Tareq Baconi joined Michel Martin for a conversation about the group’s complex historical and political dynamic.
