By Tasneem Adams “We believe that the bullet that doesn’t kill you, will make you stronger. If you want to be a journalist you have to remember that your camera is your weapon. It’s stronger than a weapon as it tells the truth!” You’d be woefully mistaken by thinking this[…]
Some 4000 protesters streamed through the streets of the Cape Town CBD, all chanting calls for the liberation of al-Aqsa Masjid. Beginning in Keizersgracht Street, people donned in shades of red, black, white and green began the traditional route of Cape protests, ending at the gates of Parliament, where a[…]
By Zaakiyah Gabier Local Palestinian solidarity organizations have lauded the African National Congress (ANC) recommendation to downgrade the South African Embassy in Israel due to the ongoing conflict with Palestine, calling it a bold step that is “more than just rhetoric”. At its 5th national policy conference this week, ANC[…]
US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner arrived in Israel Wednesday morning, where he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, marking the beginning of Kushner’s so-called Middle East peace efforts. Kushner, a real estate developer with little experience in international or Middle Eastern diplomacy, was also[…]
Activists in the UK have said they fear one of the largest Palestinian cultural events in Europe is at risk of being censored by the government. Officials have given event organisers Friends of Al Aqsa (FOA) until Monday to respond to a letter warning that the two-day Palestine Expo 2017[…]
By Susan Abulhawa When I was a little girl, like many women of my generation who grew up watching American television shows (even if they were dubbed in Arabic), I used to twirl and twirl, trying to attain super powers like Wonder Woman. I would twitch my nose to magically[…]
After 40 grueling days of surviving on only salt water, some 1500 Palestinian Political Prisoners have suspended their hunger strike. Led by Fatah leader and fellow political prisoner, Marwan Barghouti, prisoners within in Israeli detention centres began the “Freedom and Dignity” hunger strike in a bid to access their basic rights,[…]
As some 1,300 Palestinian entered the 32nd day of a mass hunger strike in Israeli prisons on Thursday, Palestinian officials have expressed concern over the deteriorating health conditions of the hunger strikers, saying that the situation for Palestinian prisoners and their families has become “unbearable.” The media committee formed to[…]
OPINION by Marthie Momberg Why do civilians campaign publicly on the relentless matter of Israeli oppression of all Palestinians? Is it not a waste of time, an “irresolvable deadlock”, and a “disastrously confused situation”? Why willingly expose oneself to violence in its many forms? Why be involved in this struggle[…]
OPINION by Ibrahim Vawda As Palestinian refugees and internally displaced persons (approximately 66% of Palestinian population worldwide) enter the 70th year of forced displacement from, and within, their ancestral homeland, Israel continues to create intolerable living conditions which further swell the number of displaced Palestinians. This ongoing Nakba (‘catastrophe’) is[…]
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