Analysis on Palestinian history, Middle East politics, and the ongoing struggle for justice.
September 6, 2015 at 11:29 am by Jamal Kanj jamalkk Many years ago I read Men in the Sun, a novel by late Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani. He, along with his young niece Lamis, were blown up by Israel in 1972. In the book, Kanafani told the tale of three
March 30, 2015 at 8:44 am by Jamal Kanj jamalkk If you are like me, I am sure you are tired of reading about the results of the last Israeli election. Or on Benjamin Netanyahu’s Hebrew pledge running up to the election and his flip-flopped English version after winning the
December 27, 2014 at 3:41 pm by Jamal Kanj jamalkk On January first, it will be 50 years since the start of the modern Palestinian revolution; and on the 15th it will be 10 years since Mahmoud Abbas was first, and last, elected as the President of the Palestinian Authority
December 8, 2014 at 11:37 am by Jamal Kanj jamalkk Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and head of Yisrael Beitenu party published on November 28 a new manifesto outlining the party’s outlook for Israel. The updated platform entitled “Swimming Against the Stream” posted on Lieberman’s Facebook page demanded Israeli Arabs
November 22, 2014 at 1:58 pm by Jamal Kanj jamalkk Following the historical recognition by the Swedish government, British legislators voted overwhelmingly on a non-binding resolution urging their government to recognise the state of Palestine. Ireland’s Seanad and Spain’s parliament passed similar motions on October 22 and November 18 respectively.
September 19, 2014 at 4:01 pm A Palestinian women at a protest in Gaza on 30 March 2019 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor] by Jamal Kanj jamalkk It goes without saying that Gaza has taught the Israeli military a new lesson: the days of swift Israeli wars are over.
September 6, 2014 at 11:44 am by Jamal Kanj jamalkk Animals: was my instinctual response to photos of Syrian soldiers being executed by members of the so-called Islamic State (IS). The same gut feelings two days earlier to the news of the killing of American journalist James Foley in cold
Watching US news coverage about Gaza for the past three weeks, I could imagine how the Nazis manipulated a nation to become complicit in the gassing and killing of millions of people.Zionist propagandists have equally neutralised public opinion in a surreal Orwellian world of doublespeak and doublethink. The American media
Watching US news coverage about Gaza for the past three weeks, I could imagine how the Nazis manipulated a nation to become complicit in the gassing and killing of millions of people.Zionist propagandists have equally neutralised public opinion in a surreal Orwellian world of doublespeak and doublethink. The American media
July 12, 2014 at 4:13 pm by Jamal Kanj jamalkk Scene one: Disappearance of three illegal Jewish settlers in Hebron. Israel closes the West Bank, demolishes homes of supposed kidnappers, nonstop air raids on Gaza, kills two dozen Palestinians and imprisons more than 600 mostly newly released prisoners. Scene two:
