Palestine
A line of people formed around the block in front of Brooklyn College last Thursday evening. Dozens of police officers scrutinized the overflow crowd entering the school’s student center for weapons.More
It took three vehicles to get to Jenin. The first and last were shared taxis that played pop music the whole way; the one in the middle was a bus driven by a handsome and solemn man with a big, religious beard, whose television played music videos memorializing martyrs.More
Last Thursday around 300 Palestinians gathered in Ramallah to prepare for a direct action in a location known only to a few key organizers but that would soon be seen in media around the world.More
On January 22, Israel will hold its parliamentary elections to elect its prime minister and the parties that will make up the 120-seat Knesset.More
As dozens of activists poured out of their buses, voices from the top of the hill shouted down at them in Arabic.More
Toma Sik once said that you can get all you need from a book by reading the first and last chapters.More
After the overwhelming “yes” vote on Mahmoud Abbas’ bid for Palestinian non-member observer state status at the United Nations on November 29, a friend in Canada wrote to me wondering if I would go and dance in the street in Tel Aviv.More
Yesterday, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire following seven days of violence, including a large-scale Israeli assault on Gaza. Over the course of eight days, there were 157 Palestinian deaths and more than 1,000 injuries.More
I spent Thursday afternoon in Ashkelon, Israel, just a few kilometers from the border with Gaza. It’s a city that has lived under the threat of rocket attacks for many years.More
“With your work you can inspire movements,” said Carlos Latuff, the Brazilian cartoonist whose illustrations have transcended borders by telling stories of resistance and injustices.More
