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Forgive Me, Gaza…

April 23, 2025 at 6:00 pm Pro-Palestinian protesters march through the streets of Belfast from Writer’s Square to the BBC newsroom during a rally in support of Palestinians, on April 12, 2025 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. [Conor Mcccaughley – Anadolu Agency] by Jamal Kanj jamalkk I write forgive me, not

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The Deafening Silence: Arab Complicity and the Normalization of Evil in Gaza

The world is witnessing an unconscionable silence as Israel, an occupying power, imposes a total food blockade on Gaza—an act of collective punishment against a captive civilian population. As famine tightens its grip and American-made bombs rain from the sky, global leaders stand by—paralyzed, indifferent, or willfully complicit—while Israel renders

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From Kristallnacht to Broken Ethics

Last Friday, following the screening of No Other Land in San Diego, I discussed the film with a Jewish attendee who drew a striking comparison between the actions of the Israeli settlers in Palestine and the pogroms once carried out against Jews in Europe. Hence, this op-ed. In 1938 Nazi

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Syria: Dangling between the past, present and the future

March 14, 2025 at 7:00 pm Hundreds of civilians gathered in the town square to show their solidarity and support for the government forces following the events in Latakia, Syria on March 11, 2025 [İzettin Kasım/Anadolu Agency] by Jamal Kanj jamalkk Following the collapse of the Assad regime, I ended

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