Only one is being translated into consequential action: the Israeli narrative of domination and genocide.
Archives for December 2025
“You will not Kill our Imagination:” Palestinian Memoirist Saeed Teebi
Teebi’s efforts to come to terms with the failures and powers of language to narrate a Palestinian story that can stand for itself
California’s New Law Outlawing Criticism of Israel Quashes Academic Freedom, Criminalizes Teachers
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A California District Court hearing on was held on Wednesday, December 17, over an injunction sought by plaintiffs represented by the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) against a new law, California AB 715, which is supposedly intended to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitism. But it no more does […]
“Another Cup to Drown the Memory:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:30
No. 30 in the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám continues the theme of bewilderment that we find ourselves, unasked, in the world, without a clear idea of the meaning of this life. The English verses portray these acts of being born and dying “without asking” as “impertinence,” i.e. insolence or […]
Climate Breakdown: Even “Weak” Cyclones cause Fatal Flooding as Oceans Heat Up
By Ligin Joseph, University of Southampton (The Conversation) – The final week of November was devastating for several South Asian countries. Communities in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand were inundated as Cyclones Ditwah and Senyar unleashed days of relentless rain. Millions were affected, more than 1,500 people lost their lives, hundreds are still missing, and […]
The “President of Peace” Prepares for War: The Donroe Doctrine Hits Home
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Earlier this month, the Trump administration released its new National Security Strategy, or NSS. Normally, such documents are poor predictors of what’s likely to happen in the real world. They are more like branding tools that communicate the attitudes of a given administration while rarely offering a detailed or accurate picture […]
Israel: Polling suggests Extreme-Right Netanyahu Coalition in Trouble, as Tens of Thousands Protest
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll in Israel, published in Ma’ariv, is summarized in al-Balad. It shows that if Israel has early elections, the currently dominant right wing coalition would fall from holding roughly 61 seats in the 120-member Israeli parliament or Knesset to only 50. Likud is projected to lose 3 […]
Palestine solidarity in Ukraine is all about shared experiences
No strangers to the perils of war, Ukrainian activists and journalists are connecting their struggle to Gaza. Eleftheria Kousta ( Waging Nonviolence ) – As Russian attacks were keeping Kyiv’s residents awake most nights this summer, a group of Ukrainians gathered outside the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide to protest Israel’s siege of Gaza and […]
“I don’t see Palestine as an isolated story”
An Interview with Vivien Sansour, Founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library By Thin Ink This is an excerpt of a longer interview on Thin Ink, a weekly publication on food, climate, and where they meet. Read the full interview here. ( Global Voices ) – Vivien Sansour is the founder of the Palestine Heirloom […]
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