“Standing in Solidarity”

In record time, filmmaker, social activist, journalist, all-around-badass Hena Ashraf produces a video exhibiting the scores of cross-cultural support by New Yorkers for the Egyptian people’s pro-democracy protests. #nycsolidarity #jan25

The Israeli Inquisitions & Another BDS Victory

Israel continues its assault on Palestinian human rights and equality activists… Most recently arresting Ameer Makhoul and Omar Sayid, two leaders of the Palestinian community within Israel.

Great Conspiracies of the BDS Movement

The IAW debate on Al-Jazeera pointed to accusation of an anti-Semitic plot as a conspiracy theory hurled at the ethnically, religiously, and generationally diverse group of broke solidarity activists who came together to organize the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel) movement with the goal of achieving equal rights for the Palestinians people. According to [...]

Stop Saying “Free Gaza”

Gaza is not a different country than Palestine; its plight is not isolated from that of the West Bank, Palestinian-Israelis, or Palestinian refugees in the Diaspora. So stop changing your banners and placards from “Free Palestine” and “End Apartheid” to “Free Gaza.”

Palestinians and their supporters alike have fallen in a simple trap set in the sideshow of Israel’s Attack on Gaza earlier this year. Israel has consistently tried to separate segments of the Palestinian society and find ways to foster distrust among them.

Along with hindering ways for different Palestinian communities to communicate with each other, Israel forced discrepancies and unevenness in living standards,

Protest Violence in Sweden Over Davis Cup

Sporting events continue to be sites for Palestinian solidarity protesters. The array of expression is wide, from the banning an Israeli tennis player in Dubai, to riots at basketball games in Turkey and Spain, and shows of support by footballers. Palestinians even pursue their own sports despite the Israeli occupation. The recent protests in Sweden [...]

Thanking Those Who Offer Support in the Face of Dogged Harassment

This is a reminder that the situation in Gaza is a humanitarian crisis.  I often ask myself, if I were not Arab, raised in a household that offered counterhegemonic back talk in an a frustrated response to biased, unilateral reporting, I wonder if I would be in a position to sympathize with the Palestinian plight [...]