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Palestinian Prisoner's Day: How I survived a decade in Israeli prison
Source: Middle East Eye
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-eid-christmas-helped-me-survive-decade-israeli-prison
Published April 16, 2023
A Palestinian activist and former political prisoner recounts his time in an Israeli prison where he formed a community among his fellow prisoners
Read MoreQuest for Religious War: How Israel is Unifying Arabs and Muslims around Palestine
Source: Palestine Chronicle
By Ramzy Baroud
Published April 12, 2023
Read MoreDonbass soldier Andrey Korobov-Latyntsev: Here's my chilling warning about where the Russia-Ukraine conflict can lead
Source: RT
https://www.rt.com/russia/574531-the-philosophy-of-violence-and-war/
By Andrey Korobov-Latintsev, an officer of the People’s Militia of the Donetsk People’s Republic
Published April 14, 2023
An academic turned fighter believes those who think the fighting can be contained are misguided
Read MoreLavrov at UN: Russian foreign minister outlines Western minority's place in a multilateral world
Source: RT
https://www.rt.com/russia/575281-lavrov-un-security-council/
By RT staff
Published April 24, 2023
The Ukraine conflict is about the future of global order, the senior diplomat told the UN Security Council
Read MoreBREAKDOWN: What is known about the status of Ukraine’s much-hyped ‘counteroffensive’ against Russia?
Source: RT
https://www.rt.com/russia/575300-what-is-known-about-counteroffensive/
By RT staff
Published April 25, 2023
The West has pumped Kiev with modern armaments and trained tens of thousands of its troops
Read MorePalestinians outraged as Ursula von der Leyen invokes Zionist myths to wish Israel on its 75th foundation day
Source: Peoples Dispatch
By Peoples Dispatch staff
Published April 28, 2023
European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen’ statement referred to Israel as the promised land and equated its creation with freedom. The Palestinian Authority and activists across the world termed the statement racist and a defense of colonialism and apartheid
Read MoreHypocritical Outrage: What’s Wrong with Burning the Flag of an Apartheid State?
Source: Palestine Chronicle
By Yves Engler
Published May 1, 2023
Read MoreWhy I won't be celebrating Israel's 75th anniversary (Opinion)
Source; Houston Chronicle
By Michael S. Kardoush
Published April 26, 2023
Read MoreWhy I'm Saying No to the IDF as a 17-Year-Old
Source: Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/refusing-to-serve-in-the-idf
By Fred Hidvegi
Published April 27, 2023
As my birthday approaches, I grow more and more anxious because a professional organization of trained terrorists that calls itself an army wants me to be one of them. And if I say no, a prison sentence will be the result.
Read MoreIsrael’s fault lines and the loss of a Jewish humanity
Source: Mondoweiss
https://mondoweiss.net/2023/05/israels-fault-lines-and-the-loss-of-a-jewish-humanity/
Published May 3, 2023
Thomas Friedman’s condemnation of Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul is based on the false premise that the Israeli judicial system protects democracy. It never has for the millions of Palestinians under colonial rule.
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