Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
AGAINST THE CURRENT editors Dianne Feeley and David Finkel spoke with professor Rabab Abdulhadi about her recent experiences and observations on the Palestinian struggle. Dr. Abdulhadi is the founder and director of the AMED (Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas) Studies program at San (...)
The degenerative spiral in the so-called Israel-Palestine “conflict” is nowhere near reaching the bottom yet. Even to begin understanding it requires, first, demystifying terms like “conflict,” “cycle of violence” and related phrases that disguise the realities of daily killings — and violations of (...)
The newly elected extremist far-right government of Israel is the logical result of decades of unchecked occupation, colonisation, and ethno-nationalism, writes Joseph Daher, and any struggle for democracy must centre Palestinian liberation.
As in every Israeli election for the past 20 years, (...)
2022 has been the deadliest year for Palestinians living under Israeli occupation in decades. In the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem specifically, this year marked the highest number of killings of Palestinians in the territories since the UN began recording fatalities in 2005.
2022 has (...)
Last week ended with a bitter taste for Brazilian football fans. After an irregular campaign, the team went home early, leaving the dream of the hexa (Brazilian Championship) lost on penalties to Croatia. Also last week, the Lula government announced the first names of its ministry, with no (...)
ISRAEL IS UNDOUBTEDLY a unique creature in the family of states: its borders are not defined and it lacks a constitution. It crowns itself a Jewish state, but the question of who counts as a Jew has no consensual answer. According to the Nation-state Law, it is not the ” state of all its (...)
The troubling results of the recent elections to the Knesset (the Israeli parliament), held on November 1st, generated interest around the world for their possible repercussions on the situation in the Middle East and the danger they pose to the cause of Palestinian freedom. Benjamin Netanyau, (...)
Sixty years after co-founding the radical leftist group Matzpen, Moshé Machover reflects on the organization’s enduring legacy, the internal splits that led to its demise, and its lessons for today’s anti-Zionist left.
Moshé Machover is anxious to set the record straight. “There’s been a lot of (...)
Palestinian opposition to the PA’s security coordination with Israel has risen to a level of intensity unseen since the Second Intifada.
On September 20th, Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces arrested Musab Shtayyeh and Ameed Tbaileh, who were reportedly members of Hamas. The PA, which (...)
In an open letter, political analyst Asad Ghanem urges the Ukrainian president to stop employing double standards and to support the Palestinian struggle
Dear Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
Your recent speech before the Israeli Knesset was a disgrace when it comes to global struggles (...)
Among the “Western” nations, Israel’s voice is not heard on the Ukrainian crisis. And the leaders of this country do not want to oppose head-on Vladimir Putin to whom they are linked by strategic and economic interests. At the risk of angering the American ally.
Since the beginning of Russia’s (...)
Both Russia and Israel justify their invasions under the auspices of ’self-defence’, and in both cases, that is untrue
he shockwaves from the Russia-Ukraine war quickly reached Israel, revealing some embarrassing truths and challenging Israelis to see their country as it actually is - so very (...)
Conducting research on Israeli nuclear weapons has historically been very challenging, not least because Israel purposely does not acknowledge its own possession of nuclear weapons. Moreover, Western governments normally do not include Israel in their descriptions of nuclear-armed states. (...)
What would you say if the notorious racist and anti-semite prime minister of Hungary Victor Orban accused Einstein of … anti-semitism? And Hanna Arendt as well? Together with the most iconic author of Holocaust literature Primo Levi? Unimaginable and unrealistic? Not at all. On the contrary, (...)
Thomas Friedman’s recent column in the New York Times reflecting on Israel’s 11-day destruction of Gaza is a showcase for the delusions of liberal Zionism: a constellation of thought that has never looked so threadbare.
It seems that every liberal newspaper needs a Thomas Friedman – the UK’s (...)
In the fourth day of the cease-fire in Gaza, Israel continues its drive against Palestinians in the West Bank and in “green line” Israel.
On the first day of the cease-fire Israeli settlers, backed by Israeli security forces, stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem and attacked (...)
After negotiations mediated by Egypt and Qatar, a ceasefire was established between Israel and the Gaza Strip on 21 May. While it is obviously welcome that the people of Gaza are no longer under bombardment, nothing is settled, and Palestinians can be expected to continue to mobilise for their (...)
Palestinian Americans’ support for the resistance to Israeli occupation is growing, as support from other groups such as the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has inspired them to stand up.
Many Jews have joined protests, including supporters of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP). The JVP supports (...)
Palestinian leader Mustafa Barghouti talks to Jacobin about why the mass demonstrations of recent weeks are just the beginning of a renewed movement to free Palestine.
Dr Mustafa Barghouti is the secretary general and cofounder of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI), and founder and (...)
On the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba (‘Catastrophe’), Sarah Peterson reviews the tortured history of modern Palestine.
Nakba followed the UN partition of Palestine on 29 November 1947, the war of 1947-9, the withdrawal of British troops on 14 May 1948, and the declaration of the state of Israel (...)
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