Category: Current Op-Ed

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

Category: Current Op-Ed

Israeli Invention of National Symbols

This is the third of a series of articles that will explore Zionist myths, artificial history, and made-up culture. For the first article: ‘Israeli’ Invention of Artificial Reality, for the second article: ‘Israel’: A ‘fairytale’ history   If a random group of highly educated individuals were asked who established the

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‘Israel’: A ‘fairytale’ history

This is the second of a series of articles that will explore Zionist myths, artificial history, and made-up culture.  For the first article: Israeli Invention of Artificial Reality It can be argued that much of what political Zionism professes about “Jewish” history and culture in Palestine is a “fairytale”. The

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Israeli Invention of Artificial Reality

“Israel” is most probably the only “nation” in the post-colonial era, where claiming sovereignty over a territory was determined by a foreign-born minority population. Under the tutelage of British colonists, Zionist paramilitary groups waged a terror campaign and ethnically cleansed more than 800,000 Palestinians (according to UN data) from their

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Political Zionism: History of embracing anti-Semites

Have you ever wondered why Zionist organizations malign people such as renowned musician and Pink Floyd’s confounder Roger Waters, and former UK Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn (both with a history of fighting injustice), or Kenneth Roth, a Jew who ran Human Rights Watch for 29 years, and all because they

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No monopoly on grief: How antisemitism is used to normalize Israeli racism

Imagine in post-apartheid South Africa if Black people practiced racism against the white, and then African American rights groups defended those policies under the pretext of slavery and past oppression of Africans. There’s no need to imagine… that is exactly what major Jewish rights organizations, such as the “Anti-Defamation League”

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When Europeans became Semites

Inarguably, anti-Jewish racism was intrinsically a Western phenomenon, whereas other cultures did not experience it quite the same way. Western anti-Jewish racism could be attributed to religion, rejection of Christ, and crucifixion, evolving throughout history into various forms of hatred toward Jews in particular, as well as against non-Christians in

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New Israeli Government: Far-right or Racist?

Hanukkah 2022 would be remembered as the holiday when Israeli voters snuffed the Menorah candles and welcomed darkness by electing a new government. “Tel Aviv” mayor, Ron Huldai, characterized it as being a shift “from a (Jewish) democracy to a theocracy.” Benjamin Netanyahu, indicted on bribery and fraud, coalesced with

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New Israeli government: Far-right or Racist?

December 30, 2022 at 1:24 pm Israeli new speaker of the Knesset (parliament) Amir Ohana (L) receives his gavel as the new government is sworn in at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on December 29, 2022. [Israeli Parliament (Knesset) – Anadolu Agency] by Jamal Kanj jamalkk Hanukkah 2022 will be

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Tale of Two Murdered Journalists: Epitome of Western Hypocrisy

Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, was slain in his country’s consulate to silence his voice. Palestinian-American journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, was murdered in the streets of Palestine to stop her from reporting on the Israeli occupation. Two accounts where the worth of each victim is predetermined by a culture of confirmation

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Biden’s Middle East visit, and ‘Israel’s’ new shopping list

President Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle culminates months of diplomatic and military meetings between American and Israeli officials preparing “Israel’s Shopping List” for Biden’s trip. In parallel, the administration sent several envoys to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia negotiating quietly the political price the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohamed bin

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Jamal Kanj

Jamal Kanj (jamalkanj.com) is the author of Children of Catastrophe: Journey from a Palestinian Refugee Camp to America, and other books. He writes frequently on Arab world issues for various national and international publications.