Israel’s Weaponization of Sexual Violence to Uproot Palestinians and Deter All Who Resist Since October 7, 2023, Israel has escalated its use of sexual violence against Palestinians. Rape, forced nudity, sexual humiliation, sexual torture, and genital violence — in detention, at checkpoints, and during home raids — are forms of a systematic policy Israel pursues […]
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The Nakba Never Ended
In the occupied West Bank, Israel is uprooting the Palestinian Ka’abneh Bedouin from their land — community after community. An Outpost 50 Meters Away Since the third of May, settlers have intensified their daily attacks, day and night, on the families of the Arab Abu Faza’a al-Ka’abneh community, east of al-Taybeh, east of Ramallah. The […]
Sileh al-Harithiya: The Return of the Settlers
Sileh al-Harithiya: The Return of the Settlers 20 years after withdrawing its settlers from Jenin district, Israel’s colonial project also targets this area. Sileh al-Harithiya: Land Theft Begins with Bulldozers On May 1st, the people of Sileh al-Harithiya, west of Jenin, woke up to Israeli bulldozers tearing through their lands to open a new colonial […]
Ongoing Nakba, Ongoing Return
How Have the Marches of Return Resisted the Ongoing Nakba? Every year on May 15, Palestinians mark Nakba Day. The Nakba (Arabic: catastrophe) marks the start of the mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948 to create the state of Israel as a settler colonial project on Palestinian land. The Nakba is not a memory […]
The Epistemicide of the Palestinians
Targeting Palestinian children is necessary for Israeli settler colonialism On April 12, Israeli settler militias erected an iron fence, blocking a road used by students from Khirbet Umm al-Khair, south of Hebron (Masafer Yatta), to reach their school. For over 40 years, students have walked this mountain route to school. Israel is preventing at least […]
Land Day Under Ethnic Cleansing
Silwan: A Living Example of Ongoing Judaization Hug meAnd hold me tightOr devour meTo suffer no more.I love theeso take me.Make me rich.Make me dirt.Gone are the days of serenity.Guns are the words of humanity.I have no food but a thorn,No sport but a sigh.For a soldier needs to feel high.O, Earth,If in life I […]
Israel’s Lockdown on Palestinians (Fourth Edition)
Israel’s ‘state of emergency’ continues its colonial structure of repression and dispossession Israeli settler militias’ attacks intensified significantly, with the support of the occupation army, since the publication of our last edition on what is happening on the ground in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. This edition will cover the latest updates between March […]
Israel’s Lockdown on Palestinians (Third Edition)
Israel’s ‘state of emergency’ continues its colonial structure of repression and dispossession Israeli settler militias and forces killed 6 Palestinians during the first week of Israel’s illegal attack on Iran. The settlers are increasingly using a shoot-to-kill practice against Palestinians. Israel’s policies of violence it has long used since its inception have intensified and expanded […]
Israel’s Lockdown on Palestinians (Second Edition)
Israel’s ‘state of emergency’ continues its colonial structure of repression and dispossession Shortly after Israel illegally attacked Iran, initiating US-Israeli military aggression and provoking regional war, Israel imposed a total military closure on the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Through this move, Israel continues its longstanding annexation and ethnic cleansing efforts, which the Israel […]
From Palestine to Cuba: One struggle for freedom, justice and self-determination
For 67 years, the Palestinian and the Cuban peoples have been united in solidarity. The same year the revolution in Cuba won, Che Guevara visited Gaza. Since then, we have been two peoples that supported and inspired each other. Today is the time for Palestinian solidarity with Cuba to rise. Below are two sites that […]