Deir Yassin

As Palestinians continue to be attacked, especially in Gaza, it is important to recount the history of massacres that have defined Israel’s expansionist domination of historic Palestine.

Kanafani Immortalized

“Why haven’t you knocked on the truck’s walls!” were the last words the truck driver screamed out of his lungs in the middle of the night, near the garbage disposal yard, as he stared at the three corpses he had just fished out of his truck and laid down amongst the piles of trash.

The Zionist Adventure (Part 2)

Just like any other modern country, the Zionist government filled the heads of their children with national myths.

Had it not been for prominent Jewish and Israeli historians and intellectuals, one could listen to Shimon Perez and shed tears as he explains how Israel was born out of a dream, and how the Jews turned the empty desert into a blossoming garden with rivers of honey and milk.

The Zionist Adventure (Part 1)

The simple-minded Arab, however, missed the more obvious and correct explanation; that Zionism was just another European colonial entity that just happens to be of Semitic roots (completely irrelevant), naturally in cahoots with other, like-minded European colonial regimes.

The Zionists are not, and never were, in control of superpowers. They were allies in colonialism, and both sides found mutual interests in furthering the Zionist project.

Pounce, Sourina

A few years ago, Sourina’s dental clinic had been raided by Ehuda’s gang. They subdued Sourina, handcuffed and blindfolded her before locking her up in the storage room.

Under the surface of suffering, humiliation, and hopelessness, Sourina is waiting for the stars to get aligned.

Guest Post: Death of a Cemetery

by Ehab Zahriyeh

Between Bedouin neighborhoods, Palestinian refugee camps, and old Roman ruins—if you look hard enough—one will find burial sites of Muslim leaders of the past scattered across the dry desert hills east of the Jordan Valley. From prophets to saints to warriors, their tombs and caves of over a thousand years ago remain intact and respected.

A couple of years ago, I visited about a dozen of these burial sites, and made prayers for each thanking them for their sacrifices.

If Fatah Reforms, I Will Shave My Head

As Fatah holds its first Congress in two decades in Bethlehem — with Israel’s approval and assistance — all the hype is about the party will change and re-connect with the people.

I very highly doubt the old schmucks who run it will loosen the reins of control, give way to younger leadership, or really entertain some of the proposals including opening relations with Iran or undertaking non-violent disobedience and joining the BDS movement. That would be too unlike them.

Democratizing the party? Yeah right.

Oh, New York Times – stop trying so hard to be “objective”

If the subject of Emily Jacir’s exhibition was any different, this NYT review would be all glowing with praise for an award-winner at the Guggenheim. However, here, the writer manages to disingenuously insert that Wael Zuaiter might actually have been responsible for the Munich attacks: “In the wall text that introduces the exhibition, however, there [...]

Philip Rizk Film Showing in NYC

Found this in the old INBOX. This Tuesday, Feb. 17, will be the New York-debut of Philip Rizk’s documentary This Palestinian Life at All Angel’s Church in Manhattan. Please see below for more info.This Palestinian Life shares stories of nonviolent struggle in Palestinian rural communities in the face of the Israeli occupation. Filmmaker Philip Rizk [...]

New Bi-Monthly Electronic Magazine from Haifa

Mada al-Carmel, the Arab Center for Applied Social Research in Haifa, a unique research center that is attempting to create the first intellectual institution run by and for Palestinians inside Israel and give ’48 Palestinian academics a platform and home outside Israeli universities, has just released the first issue of its online magazine, Jadal (meaning [...]