Another celebration of Israeli Independence Day. In New York, the Salute to Israel Parade is enlisting gullible kids from my elementary school to celebrate ethnic cleansing and politicide, giving them, once again, no hint that Israel Independence meant Nakba to the Palestinians, an intolerable act that should be compensated in kind: return of the refugees. In […]
It does not devalue the lives or the deaths of white or Western heroes to say that we live in a racist world that refuses to know the names of heroes like Bassem Abu Rahma, that our world honors heroes with the resources to get on a jet-plane, that it honors less heroes that can never […]
Originally published on EI:
“Is it true that the Jews want to retake this country?” asked a Palestinian farmer close to the turn of the 20th century, according to the notes of Albert Antebi, an official of the Jewish Colonial Association. They did and do. Palestinian peasants were the first to feel the effects of Zionist encroachment. And […]
Video courtesy of Bianca Zammit.
Diaphanous clouds of smoke moved to and fro in the wind above a group of Palestinian youth, waving Palestinian flags, standing on top of a promontory. Beyond it lay the Israeli border. I was near the Nahal Oz crossing, close to where Israel brings diesel fuel into the Gaza Strip. It was […]
From the unmatchable Alternative Information Center:
An official from the Israeli Military Prosecution recently stated to Attorney Gaby Lasky, who represents many activists arrested in the course of the weekly Bil’in demonstrations, that the objective of the military is to put an end to these demonstrations. This may explain why, on the night of 12 December, an […]
“Our argument in the case against the two companies is that they are engaging in an activity that constitutes a war crime and a violation of international humanitarian law. If there is a price for being a collaborator of the violation of international law, maybe other companies will think twice before they engage in such matters.”
Michael […]