Submitted by Linah Alsaafin on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 17:54
In an act meant to replicate what the youth-led Chicago Movement for Palestinian Rights did to commemorate the massacre on Gaza three years ago, the village of Nabi Saleh was once again meant with brutal suppression.
Submitted by Linah Alsaafin on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 01:43
Linah Alsaafin compiles documentation and witness testimony showing the brute force used by Israeli soldiers against protesters following Mustafa Tamimi’s funeral yesterday in Nabi Saleh, occupied West Bank.
Submitted by Linah Alsaafin on Mon, 11/14/2011 - 20:41
It is now less than 24 hours before the brave Freedom Riders of the 21st century attempt to break the mold of oppression, indignity and intolerable suffering in order to lead a path of long lasting justice, freedom, and equality.
Submitted by Linah Alsaafin on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 19:45
The Palestinian Freedom Rides will highlight the apartheid laws of Israel which govern the Palestinians, the same laws that Judge Richard Goldstone so readily dismissed in his latest op-ed for the New York Times.
Submitted by Linah Alsaafin on Tue, 10/18/2011 - 01:32
A letter from Fatah reveals its plan, complete with ten main points, on how to undermine the recent prisoner deal arrived at by Hamas and Israel, and how to cunningly brandish it as a failure.
Submitted by Linah Alsaafin on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 23:11
I’ve struggled with writing about the hunger striking Palestinian prisoners. How to blend in the personal, the observations, the analysis, the facts, and the flowery writ all in one cohesive go? My scrambled thoughts below.
Submitted by Linah Alsaafin on Sun, 09/25/2011 - 23:09
Mahmoud Abbas was never popular with the Palestinian people. Yet his “stalwart” UN speech moved many to accept the UN bid for Palestine statehood if not purely for the initiative, then for the internationalization of the conflict as a springboard toward a so-called just solution.
Submitted by Linah Alsaafin on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 23:17
A group of Palestinian youth activists in response to the PA’s UN bid came up with a satirical video titled “Blue Chair”. The video highlights the fact that supporters of statehood have become obsessed with “magical” chairs rather than basic human rights.
