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News & opinions from a Palestinian-American
living & working in Ramallah/Al-Bireh, Palestine

Support Solar Project in Gaza Displacement Camp

In the aftermath of October 7th and the ensuing genocidal campaign by Israel, the Jabalya Refugee Camp was leveled, including R and M’s home. Here is a photo of their home after it was destroyed in April 2024.

Ungrounding by Eyal Weizman

Ungrounding establishes that architectural and territorial analysis is key to understanding the relationship between coloniser and colonised – and how Israel’s actions after 7 October escalated into violence so extreme and so far-reaching as to, Weizman argues, meet the definition of genocide.

Unshielded Childhood (B’Tselem)

Lethal, unbridled violence employed by the Israeli regime’s armed forces, including the military and settler militias, has led to an unprecedented increase in the killing of Palestinians, and particularly the killing of children and teenagers by Israeli forces.

“The essence of childhood has been destroyed” (Human Rights Council)

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel examines violations and crimes against and affecting Palestinian children, including serious physical and psychological harm by the Israeli security forces since 7 October 2023 resulting in the death of at least 20,179 and injury of 44,143 children.

Importing Occupation

Importing Occupation is a four-year investigation by Global Echo Litigation Center into how agricultural products originating in illegal Israeli settlements enter European markets, declaring
preferential tax status reserved for Israeli goods and bearing “Product of Israel” labels and invalid organic and plant health certifications, undermining EU and UK laws.

Erasing Anything Palestinian – Amnesty International

This report lays bare the scale and severity of the ethnic cleansing campaign targeting these communities, carried out in a context of apartheid and unlawful occupation and against the backdrop of an ongoing genocide in the occupied Gaza Strip.

PODCAST: How Israeli classrooms indoctrinate Jewish supremacy

Education scholar Nurit Peled-Elhanan unpacks the ways children learn to view domination as necessary and Palestinians as ‘a problem to be solved.’

The Disorder Podcast with Sam Bahour on Gaza

To discuss from a Palestinian perspective the fallout of October 7th, two years of the Gaza War, and the suffering of the Palestinians from occupation, displacement, cantonization, and bombardments, Jason is joined by Sam Bahour, a Palestinian-American entrepreneur based in Ramallah.

Louis Theroux: The Settlers (2025)

Fourteen years after his first visit and 2011 film The Ultra Zionists, Louis Theroux meets some of the growing community of religious-nationalist Israelis who have settled in the West Bank.

The Perimeter

Breaking the Silence
New Testimony Collection
Soldiers’ testimonies from the Gaza Buffer Zone 2023-2024

The Silent Overhaul: Changing the nature of Israeli control in the West Bank

The current government’s policies and actions are an apex towards realizing a strategy designed to fulfill a political vision of applying full Israeli sovereignty to the West Bank while establishing a reality of Jewish supremacy and relegating the Palestinians living in the territory to the smallest possible geographical area.

Saudi Arabia: Thank you, but no thank you!

As Saudi Arabia attempts to assume the unilateral leadership role in the Arab World, it has welcomed the Palestinian issue as a component in the negotiations because it is looking for a save-face measure in front of the Arab and Muslim worlds to normalize with Israel, which seems to be one of the conditions the Biden Administration has placed on Saudi Arabia to be able to reach a historic U.S.- Saudi Arabia deal.

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National Geographic: The Tunnels of Gaza

National Geographic  December 2012  The Tunnels of Gaza  By James Verini Photograph by Paolo Pellegrin  The tunnels of Gaza are a lifeline of the underground economy but also a death trap. For many Palestinians, they have come to symbolize...

Israeli Street Sign in West Bank

Above: An Israeli street sign placed in the occupied West Bank (near Bethlehem) on Road 375 going from El-Khader Junction with road 60 (Tunnel Road) to Ela Valley. The sign is placed just before crossing from Israel to the West Bank, near the illegal, Jewish-only...

US and Russian warships anchored near Gaza!

Serious moves and almost ignored by mainstream media: http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-sends-warships-off-coast-of-gaza-2012-11 Russian story: http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_11_24/Russian-warships-on-standby-to-evacuate-nationals-from-Gaza/ US Story:...

FORWARD: A Palestine That Israelis Can’t See

Forward Forum   A Palestine That Israelis Can't See   How Does an Unsustainable Situation Keep On Going?   By Sam Bahour   Published November 18, 2012, issue of November 23, 2012.  TO READ: http://bit.ly/XRZJ2v...

AP: Israel confirms killing Arafat deputy in 1988

Israel confirms killing Arafat deputy in 1988 By ARON HELLER | Associated Press – Thu, Nov 1, 2012 "Two of those involved in the operation that killed al-Wazir now hold high political office in Israel — Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Vice Premier Moshe Yaalon." ...

I’m Omar Saad and I will not be a soldier in your army

https://www.facebook.com/groups/434809649908445/?ref=ts&fref=ts October 27, 2012 I’m Omar Saad and I will not be a soldier in your army   Omar Saad, a young (Druze) Palestinian musician from the Galilee village of al-Mughar has received a summon to the...

NYT: In Israel, Carter Derides Netanyahu and Obama

The New York Times  October 22, 2012  In Israel, Carter Derides Netanyahu and Obama  By JODI RUDOREN  JERUSALEM — Three decades after leaving the White House, former President Jimmy Carter still functions inside the trappings of power, cruising...

Donor Aid that is more about being pAID than offering AID

Dear friends, Two important pieces on the infamous Donor Aid Industry in Palestine, the same industry footing the bill so Israel can have a nearly cost free military occupation:  Should Palestinians boycott international aid?  Aid-funded development in...

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