An unending tragedy
Palestine was never an empty piece of real estate that the Jews eyed as their biblical homeland. The 1948 Arab-Israeli War was a result of Israel declaring the creation of…
What happens in Gaza won’t stay in Gaza
Terrorism is condemnable in any shape or manifestation. For this position to be credible, the bombing of civilians by either Hamas or Israel is not acceptable. A crucial difference in…
Christians in Israel mark Easter in destroyed village
Surrounded by spring flowers and the ruins of their family homes near Israel’s border with Lebanon, Christians gathered Friday to ensure their Easter traditions survive decades after the destruction of…
How the UN is correcting an historical wrong
The next Nakba Day will be officially commemorated by the United Nations General Assembly on May 15, 2023. The decision by the world’s largest democratic institution is significant, if not…
Palestine’s resistance model
What took place between May 2021 and May 2022 is nothing less than a paradigm shift in Palestinian resistance. Thanks to the popular and inclusive nature of Palestinian mobilization against…
Battle of rival memories
THE Nakba is to the Palestinians what the Holocaust is to the Jews. There is a difference though. Nobody in their senses would deny the horrors inflicted on European Jews…
Palestinians’ right to live
THIS is not the first time the people in Gaza have suffered Israeli brutality that has caused death and devastation. Yet the kind of ferocious and incessant bombardment carried out…
Palestine: peace and its discontents
An unjust lull has set in after eleven days of Israeli barbarity that saw the use of disproportionate murderous force against a Palestinian population that has defied death, displacement and…
Not about trees
The Jewish National Fund, established more than 100 years ago, is perhaps the most venerable of the international Zionist organisations. Its recent honorary patrons have included prime ministers, and it…
Great march
Friday 19 October marked the 30th consecutive weekly gathering of thousands of Palestinian women, men and children near the Gaza fence. These past six months of peaceful gatherings posed no…
