zaterdag 22 mei 2021

News & Opinion About Palestine

News & Opinion About Palestine, Israel & the United States

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Coexistence in Israel's 'mixed cities' was always an illusion

Residents of Jaffa protesting on May 15, 2021. (Photo: AP Photo/Heidi Levine)

Over the past three decades, Israel’s main effort to “Judaize” the “mixed cities” inside Israel has been waged through a war of attrition. This has included moving religious settlers into Palestinian communities, as well as using tourism and archeological preservation to take over land. The coexistence model in Israel's “mixed cities” was always an illusion, and one that the recent protests finally served to smash.

Palestinians return to their houses which were destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, after a ceasefire brokered by Egypt between Israel and Hamas, on May 21, 2021. (Photo: Ashraf Amra/APA Images)

Israeli attacks on Gaza decimated the health sector, which included destroying doctors' ability to confront COVID-19.

Israel's air strikes targeted entire families in Gaza -- but U.S. media won't pursue the story

Amira Hass's charge in Haaretz that Israeli military, as part of its air assault on Gaza, “is wiping out entire Palestinian families on purpose," cries out for followup by American journalists. So far, no mainstream U.S. media outlet has followed up on her report. Their failure is journalistic malpractice.

Progressives saved Ed Markey's career, now they're demanding the Senator stand up for Palestine

Ed Markey is facing stiff criticism from supporters on his pro-Israel positions. Activists say it reflects the shifting politics on Palestine in the Democratic Party.

Director Raoul Peck and Eddie Arnold in “Exterminate All the Brutes.” Photo by Velvet Film/David Koskas/Courtesy HBO

Raoul Peck’s “Exterminate All the Brutes” is an awe-inspiring cultural, literary, historical, political and geographic smorgasbord. But to what end?

Palestinians gather around rubble following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 20, 2021. (Photo: Abed Deeb/APA Images)

The United States has played a vital role in the decades-long catastrophe that has engulfed Palestine. U.S. leaders must now confront their country’s and, in many cases, their own personal complicity in this catastrophe.

Return to al-Wahda street: Palestinians in Gaza mourn lives and dreams lost in latest Israeli offensive

On Friday morning, as the dust settled and a sense of calm blanketed the streets of Gaza City, which just hours prior were filled with thousands of people celebrating the ceasefire, Mahmoud al-Qawlaq mustered the courage to return to his neighborhood. “When I stand here and look at what’s in front of me, all I see is loss,” al-Qawlaq tells Mondoweiss. “The loss of my family members, my loved ones, my home, and the loss of my dreams.”