Those who are still hoping that the new American agenda on Palestine and Israel is temporary, or reversible, should abandon this false hope. Washington’s complete adoption of Israel’s messianic, extremist policies regarding Occupied Palestine has been a long time in the making. And it is here to stay. Despite the unmistakable clarity in the American […]
Iran is not Iraq: But Can Trump’s Warmongers be Stopped?
(Middle East Monitor) – Along with American and British journalists and doctors, I visited Iraq a few years before its invasion and occupation by the United States and its ‘coalition of the willing.’ A decade-long siege before the war had left the country in ruin. It was as if not a single car in the […]
Is Jared Kushner’s ‘Deal’ a Way for Israel to Annex the Palestinian West Bank?
( Middle East Monitor) – Calls for the annexation of the Occupied West Bank are gaining momentum in both Tel Aviv and Washington. But Israel and its American allies should be careful what they wish for. Annexing the Occupied Palestinian Territories will only reinforce the current rethink of the Palestinian strategy, as opposed to solving […]
Why Hunger Strikes? Most of the 800,000 Palestinians who have cycled through Israeli Jails haven’t Committed a Crime
One of the many ways in which Israel seeks to oppress and control the Palestinian population is by imprisoning those who lead the resistance to its occupation and settler colonialist project. In Palestine, a Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail is referred to as “aseer“, or captive, because he or she is not a criminal. […]
Notre Dame of Gaza: Our Mosques and Churches are Also Burning
(Ma’an) – As the 300-foot spire of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris tragically came tumbling down on live television, my thoughts ventured to Nuseirat Refugee Camp, my childhood home in the Gaza Strip.Then, also on television, I watched as a small bulldozer hopelessly clawed through the rubble of my neighborhood mosque. I grew up […]
Access to Clean Water is a Human Right, so why is Palestine an Exception?
The US-based RAND Corporation found that one-fourth of all diseases in the besieged Gaza Strip are waterborne
The Year of the People: The Untold Story of Gaza’s ‘March of Return’
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza did not risk their lives over the last year simply because they required urgent medicine and food supplies
Want Hate Speech? Look at the Israeli Government, not US Congresswomen
This is a war … This is a war between two people. Who is the enemy? The Palestinian people
Is Israel Targeting Palestinian Schools, UNRWA, to Cripple Nat’l Movement?
An empowered Palestinian population is far more capable of challenging Israeli dominance than a subdued one
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