Arab uprisings

Pointing to Syria to divert attention from Israel's crimes

Jamil Sbitan
Boston
20 April 2012
The Israeli government and its supporters now feel justified in exploiting the Syrian people’s suffering and resistance in order to further their own political agenda, depicting Israel as a “vibrant democracy” in comparison to Syria.

Women at the heart of struggle

Roqayah Chamseddine
8 March 2012
Women have been at the heart of liberation struggles in the Middle East and North Africa, contrary to Orientalist misrepresentations.

Never mind Johnny Rotten, real punks boycott Israel

Alexander Billet
Chicago
20 February 2012
Working with the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, Punks Against Apartheid follows a firm tradition of anti-racism within the punk movement.

Israel lobby's machinations on Iran probed in new book

Rod Such
21 February 2012
Trita Parsi’s A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran is an exhaustive account of what happened to Obama’s campaign pledge towards Iran, particularly after the Israeli government and its lobby in the United States challenged the very notion of diplomacy.

Who says Palestinian resistance is dead?

Nour Joudah
3 February 2012
The Arab uprisings are serving Palestinian youth in much the same way solidarity with Palestinian intifadas historically served activists in other Arab countries.

BDS proposal wins big at Occupy Oakland

A resolution to support the BDS movement was passed in a near-unanimous vote at Occupy Oakland’s general assembly on Wednesday evening.

Former prisoner, PFLP leader: hunger strike "made revolution in the prisons"

Ben Lorber
Hebron
7 December 2011
Abdel-Alim Da’na, a leader of the PFLP and a professor at Palestine Polytechnic University in Hebron, speaks to Ben Lorber about his experience in Israel’s prisons.

Netanyahu shattering the myth of Israeli democracy

Jonathan Cook
Nazareth
3 December 2011
It takes some chutzpah — or, at least, epic self-delusion — for Israel’s prime minister to be lecturing the Arab world on liberalism and democracy at this moment.

Time for people power to open Rafah crossing

Haidar Eid
15 September 2011
No misinterpretation of international law can override Palestinians’ right to free movement in and out of Egypt.

In Tel Aviv, an Arab Spring that ignores the Arabs

Greg Burris
14 September 2011
How do the ongoing protests in Tel Aviv relate to the larger regional turmoil? What do the protests say about the current state of Zionism, and what do they mean for the occupation of Palestine?

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