- December 21, 2024
No Palestinian State and the PA ‘Works for Us’: Netanyahu’s Remarks Should Inspire Paradigm Shift
Now, armed with a stable coalition, immune from any meaningful criticism, let alone tangible consequences to his action, the Israeli leader feels ready to carry out his right-wing agenda without further hesitation.
Who Said BDS Has ‘Already Failed’?: European Cities Boycott Apartheid Israel
There is no denying that the road ahead is long and arduous. It will certainly have its twists, turns and, yes, occasional setbacks. But this is the nature of national liberation struggles.
‘Israel is (Not) Back to Africa’: How African Countries are Challenging Israeli Plot on the Continent
Ultimately, it took only six years for Africa to prove Netanyahu wrong, that Israel “did not return to Africa”. It is true, however, that Africa itself is returning to its anti-colonial roots.
Mass Protests and False Hope: Israel’s Supreme Court is No Friend of the Palestinian People
As hundreds of thousands, throughout Israel, joined anti-government protests, questions began to arise regarding how this movement would affect, or possibly merge, into the wider struggle against the Israeli military occupation and apartheid in Palestine.
‘America is Not a Racist Country’: How Nikki Haley Became Israel’s Candidate for the White House
Tel Aviv is simply rewarding Haley’s many favors, knowing that, regardless of her exact position in government, Haley will always continue to prioritize Israel’s interests in her political agenda, and, if needed, even ahead of her own country’s.
A State for Some of Its Citizens: Captured Black Soldier’s Saga Highlights Racism in Israel
While Palestinians are resisting Israel’s military occupation and apartheid, Ethiopian Jews should mount their own resistance for greater rights.
It Has Always Been a ‘Religious War’: On Ben Gvir and the Adaptability of Zionism
The Zionists, whether ‘political Zionists’ like Theodore Hertzl or ‘Spiritual Zionists’ like Ahad Ha’am’ – and now Netanyahu and Ben Gvir – have all used the Jewish religion to achieve the same end, colonizing all historic Palestine and ethnically cleansing its native population.
Time for Action is Now: What Will Happen after the ICJ Delegitimizes Israel’s Occupation of Palestine
The ICJ’s opinion is very important, but without meaningful action, a legal opinion alone will not reverse the sinister reality on the ground in Palestine, especially when this reality is bankrolled, supported and sustained by Washington and Israel’s other western allies.
Chasing a Mirage: How Israel Arab Parties Validate Israeli Apartheid
By remaining loyal participants in Israel’s democracy charade, these politicians continue to validate the Israeli establishment, thus harming, not only Palestinian communities in Israel but, in fact, Palestinians everywhere.
Investigating the Victim: On Abbas’ ‘Holocaust’ and the Depravity of Israeli Hasbara
What truly requires urgent investigation and condemnation is Israel’s continued exploitation and denigration of the memory of the Holocaust to score cheap political points against Palestinians, to silence critics and to hide the true extent of its numerous massacres, criminal military occupation and racist apartheid regime.
Fake Neutrality: How Western Media Language Misrepresents Palestinians, Shields Israel
While US and western mainstream and corporate media remain biased in favor of Israel, they often behave as if they are a third, neutral party. This is simply not the case.
Why Resistance Matters: Palestinians are Challenging Israel’s Unilateralism, Dominance
The reason why Israel refuses to acknowledge Palestinian political agency is that, in doing so, Tel Aviv would have no other alternative but to engage Palestinians as partners in a political process that could guarantee justice, equality and peaceful co-existence.
The Shameful UN ‘List of Shame’: Equating between the Israeli Perpetrator and the Palestinian Victim
This is not what Palestinians are expecting from the United Nations, an organization that supposedly exists to end armed conflicts and bring about peace and security for all.
Worsening Chaos: Israel’s Political Instability is Now the Norm
For Israel to change, a language of peace and reconciliation would have to replace the current atmosphere of incitement and war.
Cultural Warriors: Why Palestine’s Sports Victories Should Inspire Us
It is the spirit of these valiant cultural warriors that continues to guide the Fida’i in their struggle for recognition, their fight for dignity and their quest for glory.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Why is Israel Amending Its Open-Fire Policy: Three Possible Answers
It is true that Israel operates outside the minimum standards of international and humanitarian laws, but it is the responsibility of the international community to protect Palestinians, whose lives remain precious even if Israel disagrees.
On ‘Gassing the Arabs’ and Other Diseases: Is Israel a ‘Sick Society’?
Whether right-wing, left-wing or center, Israel is committed to its military superiority, its racism and to the military occupation more than ever before. The sooner we accept this fact, and quit subscribing to the illusion that change in Israel will happen from within, the sooner the Palestinian people will finally achieve the justice they need and deserve.
Banning of Palestinian NGOs: How Israel Tries to Silence Human Rights Defenders
Though it is ultimately the people who liberate themselves, international solidarity is essential to the process of national liberation. This was the case in South Africa, and will surely be the case in Palestine, as well.
From Pegasus to Blue Wolf: How Israel’s ‘Security’ Experiment in Palestine Became Global
The truth is, for as long as Israel maintains its military occupation of Palestine, and as long as the Israeli military continues to see Palestinians as subjects in a mass ‘security experiment’, the Middle East—in fact, the entire world—will continue to pay the price.
