PALESTINIAN REFLECTIONS ON ANTI-ZIONISM
The first Jewish anti-Zionist Congress took place in Vienna in mid-June of this year. I had wanted to write before about this historic moment, but it has taken me this long to digest and mull over…
A Land Without a People…
Palestine is a land without a people,” so preached friends and foes in Europe in the early decades of the nineteenth century. The corollary to their statement was: “For a people without a land.” That…
The Right of Return is still the issue
Israel has never understood Palestinian resilience. We survived the Gaza Genocide, like catastrophes before it, through the call to Return home, the fuel for Palestinian survival. For Palestinians,…
Interview: “Not A Far-Off Goal” — Palestinian Scholar Salman Abu-Sitta on the Right of Return
Dr. Salman H. Abu-Sitta, a Palestinian academic, is renowned for his extensive work documenting Palestine’s land and people, as well as developing a practical return plan for Palestinian refugees. He…
Building Future Palestine Competition
On 13 Sept 2024, the awards were announced in London for the 8th year Competition for the reconstruction of destroyed Palestinian villages by Israel in 1948. This is in fulfillment of UN resolution…
The Right of Return to Free Palestine
76 years later, Palestinian return to the homes and lands we were expelled from in 1948 is feasible and, of course, legal. To Palestinians, it is also sacred and inevitable.
The right to return is sacred to us
FROM: MIDDLE EAST , JW SUPPLEMENT FROM MAY 15, 2024 “The right to return is sacred to us” About the historic Nakba and October 7th. A conversation with Salman Abu Sitta By Jamal Iqrith
The barbarians are back
Almost one thousand years ago, Pope Urban II exhorted European kings to wage a Crusaders war on the Holy Land. This past week has shown evidence that the Crusader's war is still very much alive.
RETURN PLAN 2023
Delivered at Palestine Writes PalFest, Thanks to Palestine Writes and the indefatigable Susan Abulhawa and team. Thanks are also to the moderator Diana Buttu, the legal voice of Palestine. Looking at…
Zionism is an Ashkenazi thing
In "Three Worlds: Memoir of an Arab Jew," Avi Shlaim declares his identity clearly as an Arab Jew — an Arab by culture, history, and geography and a Jew by faith. His identity was destroyed by…