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Sami Ramadani speaks to Samuel Grove about the dynamics of the conflict in Syria, arguing that democratic resistance to Assad's brutal regime has been eclipsed by reactionary forces, backed by Western and Gulf states The upheaval in Syria is an enormously difficult...
Recent eruptions of xenophobic violence in Israel began in Tel Aviv and have since spread to other cities in the country. Heidi-Jane Esakov discusses how the Jewish identity Zionists seek to entrench in the state has played a major role in fuelling the xenophobia....
Dr. Mads Gilbert and a team of Palestinian surgeons prepare emergency treatment at al-Shifa hospital during Israel’s invasion of Gaza in January 2009. (NORWAC) For many people around the world, Israel’s three-week attack on the Gaza Strip in late 2008 and early 2009...
On June 3, Palestinian national soccer team member Mahmoud Sarsak completed 80 days of a grueling hunger-strike. He had sustained the strike despite the fact that nearly 2,000 Palestinian inmates had called off their own 28-day hunger strike weeks ago. Although the...
The case for a single democratic secular state in historic Palestine. ISRAEL’S BRUTAL rampage in the Gaza Strip in December and January claimed the lives of more than 1,300 Palestinians, the majority of them unarmed civilians according to the Israeli human rights...
Countering the myths spread by pro-Israel ideologues The intricate, sprawling architecture of deception that shapes understanding of the Israel-Palestine conflict in America is probably unique in history. For over six decades, the U.S. Congress, successive presidents,...
As one of the activists on the Mavi Marmara, I was overjoyed at the news that Turkey had this month issued indictments against those responsible for Israel’s assault on unarmed humanitarian aid workers sailing in international waters for Gaza two years ago today. Nine...
Amid the focus on the economic hardships caused by Israel’s ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip, it has been easy for many to overlook the fact that the territory’s 1.6 million people have been kept under a cultural siege as well. This is ironic because much...
US-Israel relations are growing even rosier despite Israel’s atrocious human rights record. Guess which institution had the following to say about Israel’s human rights record in 2011: “Arab citizens of the country faced institutional and societal discrimination.”...