Dismantling Myths on Israel-Palestine
Myth: This is a conflict between Israel and Hamas.
End Impunity and Open Investigation on Palestine
The occupation of the Palestinian territory may be one of the most well-documented situations,... with...experts alleging that violations of international humanitarian and human rights law have occurred.
Gazans Were “Grass to Be Mowed” Again, But Their Roots Remain Strong
In tragedy, Palestinians’ will to live is not defeated: Instead, the roots of Palestinian identity grow stronger.
Focus: Gaza | Keeping Hope Alive for All Gaza’s Children: Dr. Mona Qasim El-Farra } WAMM Newsletter
On a Sunday afternoon in November, Dr. Mona El-Farra spoke with an audience in Minneapolis via Skype from Manchester, England,
Focus: Gaza | Keeping Hope Alive for All Gaza’s Children: Dr. Mona Qasim El-Farra } WAMM Newsletter
On a Sunday afternoon in November, Dr. Mona El-Farra spoke with an audience in Minneapolis via Skype from Manchester, England,
Decades-Long Israeli Military Occupation Drives Palestinian Revenge Attacks (Video)
I think that this is what this attack has shown, is that while most of the political and militant leadership of the Palestinians has been assassinated in the last century, or is imprisoned, even though there isn't a way for Palestinians to actually unite because they're divided in bantustans all over the West Bank, in Gaza, and all over Israel, even though they are separated by a complex matrix of control of IDs and live under extreme discrimination inside of Israel, they will still continue to resist until they have freedom.
Video: Chris Hedges, Max Blumenthal | Days of Revolt: The 51 Day War
Blumenthal: So the Dahiya doctrine aims to, by attacking civilians, aims to demoralize the civilian population until they assent to the West Bank model. And the people in the Gaza Strip are incredibly resilient. They almost unanimously support resisting the occupation.
Peter Hart: How to Decode the New York Times
The New York Times muddies the waters about the deaths of the three Israeli teens that started the recent attacks on Gaza by Palestine...By Peter Hart FAIR.org September 5, 2014 Israel blamed Hamas for the deaths of three Israeli teens–and started a war over it. Now Israeli legal documents "depict the plot as more More
Chris Hedges: How the Brutalized Become Brutal
"Our terror is delivered to the wretched of the earth with industrial weapons. It is, to us, invisible. We do not stand over the decapitated and eviscerated bodies left behind on city and village streets by our missiles, drones and fighter jets. We do not listen to the wails and shrieks of parents embracing the More
Chris Marsden: Evidence of Israeli war crimes mounts as Gaza cease-fire continues
Israel’s truce with Hamas held for a second day Friday, as talks continued between the government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and all three main Palestinian factions—including Fatah and Islamic Jihad. By Chris Marsden wsws.org 16 August 2014 The talks, mediated by Egypt, have produced statements from all three Palestinian groups claiming that a breakthrough More
Noam Chomsky: The Nightmare in Gaza
"There is no place in the prison of Gaza safe from Israeli sadism." By Noam Chomsky AlterNet 09 August 14 ReaderSupportedNews.org Amid all the horrors unfolding in the latest Israeli offensive in Gaza, Israel’s goal is simple: quiet-for-quiet, a return to the norm. For the West Bank, the norm is that Israel continues its illegal More
▶Truthdigger of the Week: Navi Pillay
"...the voice of the victim everywhere" The lawmakers criticizing Pillay for attempting to do her job represent a government entangled with the interests of multinational business, including and especially purveyors of Middle Eastern oil. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay visits South Sudan in April. AP/UNMISS By Alexander Reed Kelly truthdig.com August More