Analysis on Palestinian history, Middle East politics, and the ongoing struggle for justice.
Last week, a FlyDubai flight hijacked the news cycle, though no Israeli was hurt and no Israeli was injured. The aircraft landed safely, and Saudi medics checked on the Israeli passengers to confirm they were unharmed. None of that mattered. The internationally indicted criminal, Benjamin Netanyahu, was paraded on most
Since the start of the latest made-for-Israel war, Donald Trump and his surrogates have repeatedly promised Americans that it would be few weeks and oil prices would soon crash below prewar levels. Instead, it was every promise that crashed. When those promises failed to materialize, the message shifted: the war
Jewish hatred is real and must be condemned without qualification. But it cannot be fought by propagating hatred against the followers of another religion. Demonizing Muslims does not combat antisemitism; it simply transfers prejudice from one target to another. Sadly, that is precisely the objective of Jewish supremacists who readily
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
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
Allow me to begin this piece by sharing the story of a child from Gaza. Unlike your child, sister, or niece, Hind Rajab didn’t live to see her 6th birthday. Children her age typically have grand plans, eagerly anticipating to start schooling and perhaps grappling with the challenge of completing
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz was flashing on October 2nd with harsh remarks made by German Chancellor Angela Merkel over Israel’s decision to build more illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine. Senior German officials revealed that Merkel was “furious” and “does not believe a word [Netanyahu] says.” This came just two
