Malcolm X meets the freedom fighters of Palestine
4 January 2016
Two new books examine the connections between Black activism in the US and the struggle for Palestine’s freedom. Read more about Malcolm X meets the freedom fighters of Palestine
Palestine Liberation Organization
We cannot liberate Palestine with colonized minds
20 April 2015
The Oslo accords have reinforced Israel’s apartheid system. Read more about We cannot liberate Palestine with colonized minds
Israel's conspiracy to invade Nasser's Egypt
28 January 2015
A new edition of Avi Shlaim’s book on the 1956 invasion of Egypt is solid, but not much has been updated. Read more about Israel's conspiracy to invade Nasser's Egypt
Hopes for Fatah-Hamas reconciliation grow, despite ongoing repression
Gaza Strip 21 January 2014
Mothers who lost sons in Fatah-Hamas clashes still hope rift can be mended. Read more about Hopes for Fatah-Hamas reconciliation grow, despite ongoing repression
Five Pillars of Islam inspire humanitarian message in new bilingual poetry collection
1 May 2013
Iyad Hayatleh, a Palestinian poet raised in Damascus and now living in Britain, teamed up with Scottish literary figure Tessa Ransford. Read more about Five Pillars of Islam inspire humanitarian message in new bilingual poetry collection
Book review: Rashid Khalidi shows how US got hired as Israel's lawyer
7 April 2013
American diplomats were so eager to please Israel that they became “more royalist than the King.” Read more about Book review: Rashid Khalidi shows how US got hired as Israel's lawyer
Emerging from an “age of defeat”: interview with poet Ghassan Zaqtan
Edinburgh 7 December 2012
Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in the 1980s shattered Palestinian dreams. Read more about Emerging from an “age of defeat”: interview with poet Ghassan Zaqtan
Israel "more inhuman" than apartheid South Africa, ANC conference told
Geneva 9 November 2012
The recent ANC conference was a tribute to anti-apartheid leader Oliver Tambo combined with a call to boycott Israel. Read more about Israel "more inhuman" than apartheid South Africa, ANC conference told
“They shot my father in the head”: interview with survivor of Sabra and Shatila massacre
Sabra-Shatila camp 19 September 2012
A survivor of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon recounts the three days of horror in Beirut refugee camps. Read more about “They shot my father in the head”: interview with survivor of Sabra and Shatila massacre
Reclaiming the PLO: an urgent call to unite all Palestinians
Nablus 14 July 2012
A landmark initiative directed toward all Palestinians — in Palestine and in exile — to participate in a civic voter registration drive is intended to reclaim the Palestine Liberation Organization. Read more about Reclaiming the PLO: an urgent call to unite all Palestinians