On Land Day in Gaza: Limbs Lost but Not Hope
Despite being shot and no longer being able to walk, Mohammed Elakhras, 33, sits on the front row of a football stadium to watch a local game between the Rafah and Gaza teams.
“Is It Our Turn to Die?”: Being a Mother in Gaza
n the morning of May 10, 2021, I rolled out of bed and headed to Capital Mall, Gaza’s only shopping mall.
No Chocolate, No Laptops, No Clothes for Gaza
But what I didn't expect to read is that Israel is preventing chocolate from entering the Gaza Strip.
Adding Fuel to Fire: The Politics of Power Outages in Gaza
n late June 2006, and soon after Palestinian factions captured the Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit in an attack against an Israeli military outpost southeast of Gaza, Israel started a destructive military operation in the coastal enclave to bring its solider back.
“I Don’t Want to Be a Mother in Gaza”: Diaries of a War Survivor
hatever I write will not match in the slightest the horror my family and I felt on May 16, 2021 in Gaza.
Gaza War Diaries: Survivor Number Five
in Gaza, Monday, May 18, 2021.
Overcrowded and Under Siege: Worrying Pandemic Scenarios in Gaza
he Gaza Strip, a 45-mile coastal enclave that is home to more than 2.
A Palestinian Memory: Israel’s Offensive on Gaza 12 Years Later
Palestinians in Gaza are used to hearing sounds of explosions as they became part of their daily life routines - just like growing up under siege and occupation.
Debunking Israeli Myths about the Nakba: Denial Does Not Overwrite History
” On the contrary, the Nakba is ongoing to this day with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip literally caged by Israeli walls and navy ships suffocating them, and Israeli forces counting the number of calories Palestinians can consume.
Shireen Abu Akleh: Why Israeli Snipers Killed Prominent Aljazeera Journalist
Abu Akleh was also known for her coverage of the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005, gaining popularity beyond Palestine across the years.
My Daughter Asks, “Will There Be Another Israeli War during Eid?”
Israel seems to have taken up a new hobby in Gaza: starting wars during Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr.
“I Kept Three Copies of My Novels Lest They Get Confiscated”: An Interview with Freed Palestinian Prisoner Esmat Mansour
At the beginning of their hunger strikes and with the start of Israel’s military occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in 1967, the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) banned prisoners from having access to books and newspapers.
Selective Solidarity with War Victims: Ukrainian and Palestinian Refugees
Read: “I Don’t Want to Be a Mother in Gaza”: Diaries of a War SurvivorIn Palestine, too, which has the longest unsettled refugee crisis in recent history, there are many ironies and parallels that could be drawn with the refugee crisis in Ukraine.
Russia’s War in Ukraine and the Global Struggle for Power
invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008, the unlawful withdrawal of the United States from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, and Israel's bombing of Gaza, can be analyzed as decisive in shaping Putin's Ukraine policy.
Turkey and Israel: A Marriage of Convenience and Necessity?
Plus, the right-wing components of the Israeli government, and the aggressive and provocative policies towards Al-Aqsa Mosque, East Jerusalem, and Gaza might put the Turkey-Israel normalization in jeopardy in the future.
Israel Will Not Grant Palestinians a State: What Should the PLO Do?
What we have today on the ground is a Palestinian entity, which does not represent all Palestinians, both in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and which has practically swallowed up the PLO, its own umbrella organization.
Stealing Innocence: The Theft of Refugee Children in Sweden
Sweden’s policy on seizing refugee children is illegal, immoral, and untenable.
JNF Greenwashing as a Means to Hide Ethnic Cleansing in Palestine
Read: “Is It Our Turn to Die?”: Being a Mother in GazaMeanwhile, Israeli settlers continue their unbated campaign of uprooting Palestinian olive trees because these tree reminds them of the Palestinian existence.
Apartheid Reports Brand Israel as Criminal Enterprise
The timing of the Amnesty International report is important, coming after the hostilities between Israel and Gaza of May 2021.
World Cup in Qatar: Sports Diplomacy as a Soft Power Instrument
The Algerian coach gifted the championship trophy to the people of the besieged Gaza Strip.
