A defender of war crimes, like Gilad Erdan, must not be allowed to serve two roles: an apologist for the mistreatment of women in Palestine, and a freedom fighter for women anywhere else.
Though the Hebron incident is a repeat of numerous violations of Palestinian rights and dignity spanning many years, there is still much we can learn from it.
By Ramzy Baroud The death of Israa Ghrayeb has ignited furious reactions regarding so-called “honor killings” in Palestine and throughout the Arab world. It has also caused confusion with respect to the jurisprudential foundation of such crimes, which are often committed in the name of protecting a family’s honor. Israa, a 21-year-old makeup artist from the town […]
By Ramzy Baroud When Israeli troops stormed the house of Palestinian parliamentarian and lawyer Khalida Jarrar on April 2, 2015, she was engrossed in her research. For months, she had been leading a Palestinian effort to take Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Her research on that very evening was related directly to the […]
Lamia, Reem, Shaima e Dwlat sono donne palestinesi forti proprio come Ahed, ma le loro storie sono state ignorate. Ahed Tamimi, la diciassettenne militante palestinese del villaggio di Nabi Saleh in Cisgiordania, è un’icona di una giovane generazione ribelle di palestinesi che ha dimostrato di non tollerare le continue violazioni israeliane dei loro diritti e […]
Hanan al-Khoudari recurrió a Facebook como grito de ayuda cuando las autoridades israelíes rechazaron su petición de permitirle acompañar a su hijo de tres años, Louay, a su sesión de quimioterapia en Jerusalén Este. El niño sufre de un ‘sarcoma agresivo en el tejido blando’. Las autoridades israelíes justificaron su decisión basándose en la vaga […]
By Ramzy Baroud Hanan al-Khoudari resorted to Facebook in a cry for help when Israeli authorities rejected her request to accompany her three-year-old son, Louay, to his chemotherapy treatment in East Jerusalem. The boy is suffering from an ‘aggressive soft tissue sarcoma’. Israeli authorities then justified their decision based on a vague claim that one […]
Ahed Tamimi, the 17-year-old Palestinian activist from the village of Nabi Saleh in the West Bank, is an icon of a rebellious young generation of Palestinians which has demonstrated it has little tolerance for Israel’s persistent violations of their rights and freedoms. After spending eight months in jail for confronting Israeli occupation soldiers in her […]