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Palestine Letter: To report from Palestine is to work with ongoing collective trauma
Source: Mondoweiss
Published June 26, 2024
To be a Palestinian journalist is to constantly engage in the trauma of our people. It is difficult but essential work because telling our story is necessary to prevent our destruction.
Read MoreThe Collapse of Zionism
Source: Sidecar, the New Left Review blog
https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/the-collapse-of-zionism
By ILAN PAPPÉ
21 JUNE 2024 - POLITICS
Read MoreWhy Netanyahu’s US politicking will fail
Source: Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2545666
Published July 8, 2024
Read MoreFor activists Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah, reviving a joint peace effort that learns from past obstacles is ‘the biggest antidote to extremism.’
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians
https://jfjfp.com/can-this-conference-inspire-a-new-israeli-palestinian-peace-movement/
Oren Ziv writes in +972 on 29 June 2024:
Read MoreThe unbelievable stories about the children of Gaza
Source: Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/unbelievable-stories-about-children-gaza
By Vijay Prashad
Published July 4, 2024
The violence that the children of Gaza experience has become a daily affair. But this kind of violence can never be mundane
Read MoreIsrael is falling apart, and American leaders are in denial
Source: Mondoweiss
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/07/israel-is-falling-apart-and-american-leaders-are-in-denial/
By Philip Weiss
Published July 15, 2024
Israel’s inability to solve the Palestinian issue except by apartheid and massacres has fostered a fascistic and racist political culture in the country. But this truth must be kept from Americans.
Read MoreStifled voices: Israel's Arab citizens battle repression to speak out against war on Gaza
Source: Middle East Monitor
Published July 12, 2024
Read MoreOpinion | How Many Dead Children in Gaza Is Mohammed Deif Worth?
Source: Haaretz
By Gideon Levy
Published July 13, 2024
Read MoreTop UN court breaks silence on Israeli occupation
Source: Mehr News Agency
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/218165/Top-UN-court-breaks-silence-on-Israeli-occupation
By Tohid Mahmoudpour
Published July 23, 2024
Read MorePalestine Letter: The sorrow after the massacre
Source: Mondoweiss
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/07/palestine-letter-the-sorrow-after-the-massacre/
By Tareq S. Hajjaj
Published July 17, 2024
A person may feel great sadness following the Gaza war on television and social media, but experiencing the genocide firsthand, researching it, knowing its victims, and listening to their stories, is something else entirely.
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