The Israeli genocide in Gaza is the product of long building “trends … political and social brutalization, the institutionalization of fascism and the systematic erosion of restraint, respectful language and the boundaries of what’s permitted and forbidden. Cruelty, violence and revenge stopped being seen as a deviation and became …...
On Friday, January 23 in Montreal, I attended what was presented as a debate on Iran (organised by the Montreal based NGO Alternatives) and on how to express solidarity with […]
The problem is that Gaza is not being dealt with as a place where people are being killed and starved, and being pretty much cornered in every way possible by the acts that the Israeli military is conducting on the ground. The danger stems from the fact that Gaza is...
Unknown at the time, Jeffrey Epstein gave feedback on talking points to discredit Mearsheimer and Walt, and used his extensive social network to circulate allegations of anti-semitism against the two scholars. Details of Epstein’s role in the backlash to the “Israel Lobby” paper come from a trove of emails obtained...
This December, a powerful new single titled Lullaby emerged not simply as a piece of music, but as a cultural and political intervention, one rooted in Palestinian history and directed toward tangible humanitarian support for Gaza.Released as part of the Together For Palestine initiative, the song reimagines a well-known Palestinian...
I write this article during the Thanksgiving weekend in the first phase of an unstable ceasefire. This initial step of this ceasefire included the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas, in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinians who have been detained in Israeli prisons, some held before October 7,...
Confining two and half million people to a tiny area (while cynically and cruelly advising them to “leave”), cutting off all food, water, and electricity, declaring that all Gazans are Hamas, thus making even children legitimate targets, carpet bombing for days to “soften” the terrain, and then, tonight as I...
Israel’s advertising bureau, which reports to the prime minister’s office has embarked on a mass advertising and public messaging effort to conceal the hunger crisis in Gaza. It includes a high-dollar spending spree on paid advertising, yielding tens of millions for Google, YouTube, X, Meta, and other tech platforms.
Community accounts circulating with the image name two of the men that were killed as: Haj Nadi Marouf and Haj Ali Marouf — “Haj” is a respectful honorific used for elder men and for those who have performed the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. The family says the two were taken from their home in Beit Lahiya,...