- May 14, 2025
Articles
Constantly on the Verge of Collapse: How Palestinians Became a Factor in Israeli Politics
Israel is now facing the dilemma of either ignoring this new Palestinian factor, at its own peril, or accepting the inescapable fact that Israel can never enjoy stability while Palestinians remain occupied, confined and oppressed.
The Limits of Israeli Intelligence: Does Israel Have a Yahya Sinwar Problem?
It is the unity of the Palestinian people themselves, around a set of values, new language and a collective frame of reference. Deep down, this is what truly terrifies Israel most, not the speeches of Sinwar or any other.
Rewriting UNRWA: The US-Israeli Plan to Cancel out the Palestinian Right of Return
If Palestinian refugees are removed from the list of political priorities concerning the future of a just peace in Palestine, neither justice nor peace can possibly be attained.
Cost of the Ukraine War Felt in Africa, Global South
While it is important that we acknowledge the vast changes to the world’s geopolitical map, let us not forget that millions of people are going hungry, paying the price for a global conflict of which they are not part.
‘Temporal and Spatial’ Division: Why Israel’s Endgame at Al-Aqsa Mosque Will Fail
As the ‘Sword of Jerusalem’ has taught us, Palestinians are now capable of responding in a unified fashion and, despite their limited means, even putting pressure on Israel to reverse its policies.
Lowkey and Ramzy Baroud: ‘Jerusalem: Al-Aqsa In The Snipers Scope’ (VIDEO)
Activist rapper Lowkey is joined by Dr. Ramzy Baroud to discuss the latest Israeli attacks against al-Aqsa mosque.
Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders and Intellectuals Speak Out – Book Review
‘Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders and Intellectuals Speak Out’ is a fascinating book, a beautiful book, a real treasure.
For Palestinians, Food Insecurity is Now an Existential Threat
A serious conversation involving Palestinians, Arab countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and other parties must take place to discuss and resolve Palestine’s food insecurity.
Palestine’s Widening Geography of Resistance: Why Israel Cannot Defeat the Palestinians
If Israel continues to subjugate the Palestinian people under the current system of military occupation and deepening apartheid, Palestinians will surely continue to respond until their oppressive reality is changed.
From Korea to Libya: On the Future of Ukraine and NATO’s Neverending Wars
Though military invasions must be wholly rejected, whether in Iraq or Ukraine, turning Ukraine into another convenient zone of perpetual geopolitical struggle between NATO and Russia is not the answer.
Can Israel Exist without America: Numbers Speaks of a Changing Reality
The fight against Israeli occupation and apartheid can no longer be disproportionately focused on breaking up the ‘special relationship’ that united Tel Aviv and Washington for over 50 years.
Is Europe Really More Civilized? Ukraine Conflict a Platform for Racism and Rewriting History
Before bragging about the virtues of Europe, and the demeaning of everyone else, the likes of Arestovych, D’Agata, and Petkov should take a look at themselves in the mirror and reconsider their unsubstantiated ethnocentric view of the world and of history.
Gaza’s Forthcoming Crisis Might Be Worse than Anything We Have Ever Seen
When almost all of Gaza’s water is not fit for human consumption because of a deliberate Israeli strategy, one can understand why Palestinians continue to fight back as if their lives are dependent on it; because they are.
The Billion Dollar Deal that Made Google and Amazon Partners in the Israeli Occupation of Palestine
While profit generation is understandably the main goal of companies like Google and Amazon, this goal can be achieved without necessarily requiring the subjugation of a whole people, who are currently the victims of the world’s last remaining apartheid regime.
New Great Game: Can Venezuela Negotiate an End to US Deadly Sanctions?
Though some in Washington are willing to reconsider their long-standing policy against the socialist bloc of South America, the US mission is rife with obstacles.
Weathering the Global Storm: Why Neutrality is Not an Option for Palestinians
Common sense dictates that Palestinians must develop a unified front to cope with the massive changes underway in the world, changes that will eventually yield a whole new geopolitical reality.
Politics and Sports Do Mix: On FIFA’s Hypocrisy in Palestine and the Need to Isolate Apartheid Israel
It will not take days, as is the case with Russia and Ukraine, but they will eventually succeed in isolating Israel, for, as it turned out, politics and sports do mix after all.
French Withdrawal from Mali Will Redraw the Political Map of West Africa
The truth is that an earth-shattering development is underway in Mali and the whole of West Africa, ushering in, as argued in the NY Times, the ‘closing chapters of ‘la Françafrique’,’ the centuries-long French dominance over its ‘sphere of influence’ in the resource-rich Africa.
On Palestine’s Everyday Victories: Why Israel is No Longer the Exception
Israel is not the exception, and like other colonial, apartheid regimes, it will eventually collapse, paving the way for a possible future where Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jews can coexist as equals.
The Next Step in Palestine’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle is the Most Difficult
Most importantly, Palestinians must also reflect on the unavoidable truth – that those who have normalized and profited from the Israeli occupation and apartheid cannot possibly be the ones who will bring freedom and justice to Palestine.
Biden’s Real Challenge is Not Russia or China, but Poverty in America
They continue to speak of a ‘China threat’ and an ‘imminent’ Russian invasion of Ukraine and such, while the real threat is that of detached politicians who are amassing wealth, fighting for power and prestige while their countrymen and women continue to go hungry.
Doing Business with Apartheid: Why Africa Must Reject Israeli Colonialism
The solid support that Palestine enjoys among an influential block at the AU, in addition to the popular support the Palestinian cause continues to receive throughout Africa, indicates that, despite the mistakes of the past, Palestine remains a central issue on the continent.
‘The Blood in the Barrel’: Decades of Israeli Propaganda are Faltering
A succession of events in recent weeks all points to the inescapable fact that nearly 75 years of Israel’s painstaking efforts aimed at hiding the truth about its origins and its current racially-driven apartheid regime are miserably failing.
Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua: The US-Russia Conflict Enters a New Phase
As the plot thickens in Eastern Europe, Russia’s move in South America promises to add a new component that would make a win-lose scenario in favor of the US and NATO nearly impossible.
Instead of Freeing Palestinian Prisoners, New Scheme Aims at Punishing Their Families
Maybe the discussion should also be expanded to include the freedom of all Palestinians who are experiencing their own forms of imprisonment by Israel.
Morality Cannot Be Divided: How Netanyahu’s Corruption has Exposed Israel’s ‘Democracy’
It turns out that morality cannot be divided based on geography, class, religion or race. It might be time for ordinary Israelis to accept this unavoidable truism.
Israel’s Hasbara in Sheikh Jarrah: On Gilad Erdan’s ‘Terrorist’ Rock and Faulty Logic
Neither Erdan nor his bosses in Tel Aviv can reverse this Palestinian-led momentum. His UN display merely reflects the degree of desperation and intellectual bankruptcy of Israel and its representatives.
How Israel’s ‘Facebook Law’ Plans to Control All Palestinian Content Online
While Israel is permitted, thanks to the deafening silence of the international community, to maintain its military occupation of Palestine, to cement its apartheid and to deepen its control of Palestinian life everywhere, it should not be permitted to expand this matrix of control to the digital realm as well.
In South Africa as in Palestine: Why We Must Protect the Legacy of Desmond Tutu
Late South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu will never die, because his words continue to lead the way, in Palestine as in South Africa.
The Myth of Apolitical China: Why the West Refuses to Accept China’s Superpower Status
Not only is China very much a political actor but one would contend that presently, it is the most important political actor in the world.
