Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

Not Hamas-Israeli Conflict: The Palestinian Cause Belongs to the World

by Ramzy Baroud, published on Countercurrents, October 17, 2023 At one time, the ‘Arab-Israeli Conflict’ was Arab and Israeli. Over the course of many years, however, it was rebranded. The media is now telling us it is a ‘Hamas-Israeli conflict’. But what went wrong? Israel simply became too powerful. The supposedly astounding Israeli victories over the years against Arab armies[…]

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Frequently Asked Questions, Answers, and Documentation on Gaza

An evolving document compiled by young Palestinian media activists, published on OnGaza.org, as of October 18, 2023 (Recommended by Mazin Qumseyah) 1. What is the background on Israel/Palestine? Israel was built on top of Palestine through the ethnic cleansing of the native Palestinians, a long-standing Zionist policy that resulted in 8 million Palestinians becoming refugees or displaced people and the[…]

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The Struggle for Palestine is the Struggle of Working People World Wide

by Shiraz Durrani, published on Countercurrents, October 14, 2023 The attacks by ‘Israel’ on the people and the country of Palestine have increased in intensity in the last month.  Palestinian resistance has once again forced the attention of the world on the plight of a people facing another massacre and a country being destroyed.  At the same time, the Zionist[…]

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The Black Alliance for Peace Condemns the Murderous Assault on Occupied Palestine

Statement by The Black Alliance for Peace, October 11, 2023 We say that a colonized people have a right to resist occupation and fight for self-determination by any means necessary! The Black Alliance for Peace stands in solidarity with the people of Gaza and all Palestinians under occupation in the racist, apartheid settler state of Israel. We recognize the right[…]

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A Political History of Zionism and Palestine

by Charles Pierce, published on Dissident Voice, October 10, 2023 1. Doctrine. Zionism was devised by some middle-class Jewish Europeans (most prominently Lev Pinsker and Theodore Herzl) as one response to horrendous late 19th century anti-Jewish persecutions in Europe. Like many of their contemporaries among nationalistic privileged-class European intellectuals and like the Nazis who came later, the Zionists conceived of[…]

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Israel Mounts All-out Offensive against Palestinians in Jenin

UNAC Statement on Israeli Assault on Jenin More than 1000 Israeli soldiers invaded the occupied West Bank city of Jenin including the crowed Jenin refugee camp.  The invasion force included Apache attack helicopters, drones, and bulldozers along with the ground forces.  It has been described as the worst Israeli attack on Palestinians in decades.  As people poured out of the[…]

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Israel’s Rampage in Jenin Changes Nothing

by Maureen Clare Murphy, published on Electronic Intifada, July 6, 2023 Israel withdrew its troops from Jenin refugee camp early Wednesday after a two-day offensive – the largest in the occupied West Bank in two decades. At least 13 Palestinians, including four children, were killed during the incursion. An Israeli soldier from an elite unit who resided in Beit El[…]

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Israel’s Colonial Grip on Palestinian Identity

by Amjad Alqasis, published on Mondoweiss, June 27, 2023 Millions of Palestinians worldwide live in forced diaspora and are cut off from their homeland by Israel’s colonial practices and policies. The Zionist movement — and later, Israel — has forcibly displaced more than half of the Palestinian population and in turn has created numerous laws, regulations, and military orders such[…]

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Israel’s Upheaval is Palestine’s Opportunity

by Haim Bresheeth-Žabner, published on The Electronic Intifada, June 4, 2023 How are we to understand the incredible events in Israel since January 2023? On the one hand, there is the amazing invention and deep commitment of the hundreds of thousands who come out weekly to protest proposed judicial reforms – with their witty hand-painted posters, their music and their[…]

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I saw Israel’s ‘Final Solution to the Palestinian Problem’ in Lebanon 41 Years ago, and I See it Again Today

by Rev. Dr. Don Wagner, published on Mondoweiss, June 13, 2023 Forty-one years ago, I was in Lebanon leading a group of ten U.S. relief and development directors hoping to introduce them to the extensive needs of impoverished Lebanese and Palestinian refugees.  On June 4, 1982, around 3:00 p.m., we were on our way to the crowded Fakhani district of[…]

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