In the face of Israel’s well-funded campaign against supporters of Palestine and BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions), Ireland remains a relatively comfortable base for conducting Palestine solidarity campaigns. In other countries pro-Palestine activists have been put under pressure and many universities have successfully silenced such activism by firing pro-Palestine professors (such as Steven Salaita and… via […]
In a new report published yesterday, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) “warned that infant mortality has not declined for the last decade in Gaza Strip”, reported Xinhua. According to UNRWA, “the infant mortality rate among Palestinian refugees in Gaza was 22.7 per 1,000 live births,… via […]
The Canadian leader, Justin Trudeau, is known for openly weeping at the plight of Syrian refugees. He likes to be portrayed as a compassionate man of the people who will stand with the oppressed. Yet it seems that he has no tears for Palestine. The following is a missive to Trudeau from Gaza asking why […]
Rafeef Ziadah is a Palestinian poet who wrote the following poem in response to an idiotic question that she was asked by someone who has little sympathy for the suffering of the people of Palestine at the bloodied hands of Israel. She was asked if it would be better if the Palestinians didn’t teach their […]
The freedom boat has sailed from Sweden for Gaza in an attempt to break the illegal blockade that the rogue state of Israel has imposed upon that especially besieged area of Palestine. While the activists on board may hold out little hope of making it through, their efforts will not go unnoticed by the international […]
The Nakba was, as the name suggests, a catastrophe for the people of Palestine. Their villages were destroyed; their population slaughtered in numerous massacres by Zionist fanatics, and their land stolen in a concerted program of ethnic cleansing. Today, some of those who fled the brutality of the foreigners live in refugee camps surrounding their […]
Nabi Saleh, occupied West Bank — Janna Jihad woke up to gunshots and commotion outside her window around 10 a.m Wednesday morning, a familiar sound in the central occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, home of imprisoned teenage activist Ahed Tamimi. Israeli forces had just shot her distant cousin, 21-year-old Izz al-Din Tamimi, at… via […]
Jeremy Corbyn has long been known as a stalwart defender of human rights across the world. His principled stance on the Palestinian Crisis has made him many enemies among the Zionist vanguard who would see him fall. Yet, even though he is aware that to condemn Israel is to invite serious trouble that could derail […]
Associated Students, Incorporated (ASI) Board of Directors of California State University, East Bay voted unanimously in favor of a resolution in support of divestment from corporations that profit from the occupation of Palestine. The resolution, which was authored and introduced by a coalition of diverse student organizations and individuals at CSU East Bay, spearheaded by… via […]
All Palestinian communities inside and outside Palestine are living in a state of blockade, varying in its form and degree of severity, but the siege on the Gaza Strip is the ugliest, cruellest and most comprehensive. It is a siege imposed by the Israeli occupation, while the local situation contributes to its continuation and consolidation,… via […]
The people of Gaza are suffering more than should be humanly possible. They are victims of the rogue state of Israel. The following piece looks at how Israeli outrages affect the daily lives of the people in that most besieged part of Palestine.
Israel has deliberately gunned down yet another medical operative in Gaza. This time the name is Razan al-Najjir. Her name and goodness will live on, long after the rogue state of Israel has crumbled and fallen into historical ridicule.
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