โThe [recent] Advisory Opinion by the International Court of Justice,โ Archbishop Justin Welby writes, โmakes definitively clear that Israelโs presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is unlawful and needs to end as rapidly as possible."
The ICJโs ruling that international law protects the rights of Palestinians, and they need not negotiate with their oppressors for those rights, dealt a definitive blow to decades of Western efforts to situate Israel outside the reach of the law.
The PLO, ANC, IRA, Algerian resistance, and other liberation movements committed atrocities against civilians and were labeled terrorist organizations. But they were eventually invited into the political process. The same must happen with Hamas.
As we, the militants of Hindโs Hall, continue our fight for Palestine, we draw inspiration not only from the Palestinian resistance but from every struggle for liberation across the globe, including the student protesters of Bangladesh.
Liberal Zionists are trying to rehabilitate Israel's image among young American Jews after the Gaza genocide by appealing for "nuance" and sending them to indoctrination camps. But these attempts ring more hollow than ever.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrichโs plan to annex the West Bank would see over 60% of the territory becoming a part of Israel. But Palestinian experts say it is โalready happening.โ
Holocaust survivors say using the Holocaust to justify genocide in Gaza and repress student protest on college campuses is an insult to the Holocaust's memory.
Polio had been eradicated in the Gaza Strip but was detected this past week. While it is unclear how it has suddenly reappeared it is beyond doubt how itโs spreading: Israel's systematic destruction of Gaza's health infrastructure.
Benjamin Netanyahu will use his upcoming speech to a joint session of Congress to consolidate political support for the genocide in Gaza from both Republicans and Democrats. The leadership of both parties appear happy to oblige.
Israel's inability to solve the Palestinian issue except through apartheid and massacres has fostered a fascistic and racist political culture in the country. But this truth must be kept from Americans, because it would discredit Zionism and put politicians at odds with the Israel lobby.
Saree Makdisi's "Tolerance Is a Wasteland: Palestine and the Culture of Denial" shows just what a sham Israeli liberalism always was and continues to be.
Spain, Ireland, and Norway recently made headlines for recognizing the State of Palestine. But the only effective policy for any state recognizing Palestine is also the diplomatic and economic isolation of Israel. There is no other way.
This genocidal war brings with it the systematic destruction of all of Gaza's health system. This has created a new category of people who die from preventable illnesses due to a systematic lack of access to medical care.
We need an alternative approach to understanding Palestine that situates it within the wider region and the Middle Eastโs central place in our fossil fuel-centered world.
The unfolding genocide in Gaza is the latest chapter in Israelโs attempt to remove Palestinians from their land. All those calling for a ceasefire should join in the longer-term efforts to dismantle Israeli apartheid.
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