The everyday violence of life in occupied Palestine
Since the Nakba, institutional violence by Israel against Palestinians has worked alongside paramilitary and military violence to advance the Zionist fantasy of a “Jewish state” across all of Historic Palestine
Activists demand better scrutiny of Israeli occupation’s impact on health of Palestinians
The recently concluded 76th World Health Assembly discussed health conditions in Palestine, which are continuously deteriorating because of the Israeli occupation. Activists suggested that WHO should utilize its documentation of attacks against civilians, healthcare facilities, and humanitarian actors to make serious referrals to the International Criminal Court
Palestinian history doesn’t start with the Nakba
Palestinians and Arabs have been active agents of resistance against colonialism and imperialism since before the Nakba, and the legacy of this anti-colonial resistance lives on today.
Palestinians outraged as Ursula von der Leyen invokes Zionist myths to wish Israel on its 75th foundation day
European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen’ statement referred to Israel as the promised land and equated its creation with freedom. The Palestinian Authority and activists across the world termed the statement racist and a defense of colonialism and apartheid
Across the world, progressive sections observe Nakba
According to UN agencies, there are 6,293,390 Palestinian refugees in the Arab world alone which includes refugees living in occupied Gaza and West Bank.
The Nakba never ended, and Palestinian resistance hasn’t either
Palestinians continue to resist the continued attempts to displace, dispossess, and expel them from their native land by the Israeli state
Palestinians stage protests, Guatemala’s president objects to family bill and other stories
Today we look at protests by Palestinians against illegal demolitions by Israel, the Protection of Life and Family law in Guatemala, and more
Around 800 Palestinian homes are facing the threat of demolition by the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem which plans to replace them with 500 new illegal settlement units and a shopping mall
Israel’s Supreme Court delays ruling on Sheikh Jarrah forced evictions case
The court offered the Palestinians a compromise deal as per which Palestinians could live in their homes for the next three generations in exchange for accepting Jewish ownership of the land and paying token rent
Sheikh Jarrah families refuse deal with settlers, court defers ruling and other stories
Today we look at the Israeli Supreme Court hearing on the case of 4 families from Sheikh Jarrah, a referendum held in Mexico to decide if former presidents should be investigated, and more
- US elected officials and labor leaders join international call to take Cuba off US’s State Sponsors of Terrorism list
- Venezuela passes a law targeting those who support sanctions on Venezuela
- Pakistan launches fresh attempts to suppress main opposition party
- People across US mobilize in solidarity with South Koreans calling for resignation of President Yoon
- Pakistan’s community health workers form first national union
