“Displacement Has Been Weaponized”: Gaza Reporter Akram al-Satarri on Israeli...
Over 450,000 Palestinians, many already internally displaced, have fled Rafah in the past week alone since Israel launched an offensive on the city. Another 100,000 have been forced to flee homes in...
View ArticleReflections on Student Activism
I’ve spent most of my life as an advocate for a more peaceful world. In recent years, I’ve been focused on promoting diplomacy over war and exposing the role of giant weapons companies like Lockheed...
View ArticleColumbia-Affiliated Union Theological Seminary Votes to Divest from Israel’s...
As student protests around the world call for their educational institutions to divest from companies with ties to Israel, we speak to the Reverend Dr. Serene Jones, the president of Union Theological...
View ArticleBeyond Awards and Accolades: Why Gaza Journalists are the Best in the World
By granting its 2024 World Press Freedom Prize to Palestinian journalists covering the Israeli war on Gaza, UNESCO has acknowledged a historic truth. Even if the decision to name Gaza’s journalists as...
View ArticleRania Khalek Claps Back When Piers Morgan Tries to Distract from Genocide
Video clip of Rania Khalek being interviewed by Piers Morgan in which Rania responds to Morgan’s attempt to deflect from the genocide being inflicted by Israel by asking her to condemn the 7 October...
View ArticleIsrael’s Invasion of Rafah Will Not Eliminate Hamas or End the War. So, What...
The Gaza war has now entered its eighth month and a resolution to the conflict still seems far off. Israel claims to have killed 13,000 Hamas militants so far. If that figure is correct, one can assume...
View Article450,000 Civilians Flee as Israeli Assault on Rafah Enflames Tensions With US
Tensions between Israel, the United States and the international community reached a boiling point on Monday as Israeli troops advanced on the city of Rafah in southern Gaza. The assault forced...
View ArticlePalestine Can Win!
This article is from a talk given by Peter Bohmer at the March in Solidarity with Palestine which took place in Olympia, Washington, on 4 May. Student movements have played a major role in radical...
View ArticleUnions Support Student Protestors Against Campus Administrators and Police
As campus protests—and violent police repression—continue to roll across the country, some unions are getting involved. More than 2,700 protesters have been arrested on 64 college campuses since the...
View ArticleMy Grandfather’s Nakba
It was my first trip out of Gaza, and my destination was the city of Nablus in the West Bank to pursue my university studies. At the time the Oslo Accords were still somewhat in effect. That allowed...
View ArticleIsraeli Human Rights Lawyer Attacked While Documenting Settler Raid on Gaza...
Aid agencies are running out of food in southern Gaza amid Israel’s ongoing offensive in Rafah and the shutdown of the two main border crossings in the south. Some 1.1 million Palestinians are on the...
View ArticleS. Africa v. Israel on Rafah Genocide
South Africa returned to the International Court of Justice in the Hague on Thursday over the Israeli invasion of Rafah, which its attorneys alleged is a further act of genocide in Gaza. South Africa...
View ArticleIn a First, Jewish Biden Administration Staffer Resigns Over War in Gaza
At first glance, the chalkboard sign looked like any of the others standing in front of Washington D.C.’s many restaurants and cafes. But instead of advertising espresso or sandwiches, this one —...
View ArticleInside the Student Movement That Forced Ireland’s Trinity College to Divest...
Right after Dublin native Ben turned 16, he spent his summer vacations working at event companies that organized concerts and comedy shows. Little did he know that three years later, that experience...
View ArticleSupporting the Student-Led Solidarity Mobilizations
Palestinians in Palestine and in exile, as represented in the undersigned grassroots networks, coalitions and organizations, are deeply grateful to the thousands of students who are building an...
View ArticleIsrael’s Assault on Gaza Proves the Nakba Never Ended
Palestinians and allies marked the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, May 15—the day after the state of Israel was formally declared. “Nakba” is Arabic for “catastrophe,” and is used to describe the...
View ArticleIsrael’s Priority Is Killing Gazans, Not Freeing Hostages
The Biden administration is repeating the lie that Hamas is the only obstacle to peace in Gaza and the hostages returning home. “There would be a cease-fire tomorrow if Hamas would release the...
View ArticleCarrying on Kent State’s Legacy of Antiwar Organizing, Students Press for...
If you grew up in Ohio, one of the first things that comes to mind when you hear “Kent State” is the saying “Kent Read, Kent Write, Kent State.” If you grew up outside of Ohio, the first thing you...
View ArticlePalestine: a UN non-Member Observer State
On 10 May 2024, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Resolution A/RES/ES-10/23 in which it expressed “deep regret and concern that, on 18 April 2024, one negative vote by a permanent member of the...
View ArticleThe Drive for War
The collective shrug with which the Western media and political class noted the attempted assassination of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has been telling. Can you imagine the outrage and emotion...
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