Category: Current Op-Ed

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

Category: Current Op-Ed

Dog in Gaza and the conditioning of the Western mind

August 18, 2025 at 2:01 pm Hamed Ashour and his German Shepherd dog in Gaza [Hamed Ashour/Facebook] by Jamal Kanj jamalkk Over a week ago, a friend sent me a link about Hamed Ashour and his German Shepherd dog in Gaza, suggesting I might be interested in writing about it.

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Forgive them not, Gaza …

July 28, 2025 at 12:42 pm Protesters make noise banging pots and pans during a demonstration outside Downing Street to highlighting Palestinians being killed whilst queuing for aid in Gaza on July 25, 2025 in London, United Kingdom. [Ray Tang – Anadolu Agency] by Jamal Kanj jamalkk Last April, I

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From Auschwitz to Gaza’s ‘Humanitarian City’

July 21, 2025 at 1:40 pm Palestinians carry aid acquired at the Zikim crossing back to their families in near Sudaniyyah in Northern Gaza on July 20, 2025. [Dawoud Abo Alkas – Anadolu Agency] by Jamal Kanj jamalkk The genocide in Gaza and Israel’s unrestrained colonial and imperial arrogance have

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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.