Articles

Analysis on Palestinian history, Middle East politics, and the ongoing struggle for justice.

Articles

Archive

Articles – Page 8 – Jamal Kanj – Author & Historian

Articles

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

Read More »

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

Read More »

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

Read More »

The people of Gaza deserve justice, not ethnic cleansing

January 28, 2025 at 9:27 am Thousands of pro-Palestinian supporters march, a man holds up a handmade sign, with the words, “75 Years of Ethnic Cleansing & Apartheid”, in Los Angeles, CA, Saturday, 14 October, 2023 [Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images] by Jamal Kanj jamalkk Nearly eight

Read More »