The FBI had been surveilling Muslims in Southern California, home to the second-largest Muslim population in the United States, since late 2001. LEILA RAFEI In 2006, the FBI ordered an informant to pose as a […]
“It’s time for rich nations and polluters to pay up for loss and damage” sustained by the Global South due to the human-driven climate crisis, said the aid group behind a new study. JULIA CONLEY […]
‘Organized State Terrorism’: Palestinians Condemn New Israeli Surveillance Revelations. “In case there was any doubt, technology powers apartheid.” BRETT WILKINS Activists from Palestinian groups recently designated “terrorist organizations” by Israel’s government expressed outrage and resolve Monday […]
BY JOHN P. RUEHL Photograph Source: Prime Minister’s Office – GODL-India At the recent Commonwealth for Independent States (CIS) summit held on October 14 in Astana, Kazakhstan, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon expressed previously inconceivable remarks. His public admonishment of Russian […]
“There are now more than 45 million people marching towards the brink of starvation.” BRETT WILKINS Warning that more than 45 million people around the globe—but most acutely in Afghanistan, Africa, and the Middle East—are in […]
In Gaza, electricity can disappear without a moment’s notice. BY GHADA HANIA PALESTINIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN WARM GATHER AROUND A CANDLE DURING SEVERE FUEL CUTS THAT LED TO POWER SHORTAGES IN GAZA CITY ON NOVEMBER 12, 2013. […]
Palestinian human rights activists target of ‘Israeli’ spyware hack A report from Frontline Defenders reveals that six activists, who are members of the six civil society organizations recently branded “terrorist organizations” by Israel’s Defense Minister […]
As the word “apartheid” grows in popularity to describe Israeli oppression of Palestinians it is helpful to revisit another concept defined in the mid 20th century: genocide. BY CAROLINE DEBNAM A PALESTINIAN MAN PUTS A NATIONAL […]
BY PHILIP WEISS NEW YORK TIMES HEADQUARTERS It is good news that the New York Times Magazine printed a long article titled “The Unraveling of American Zionism,” by Marc Tracy, about a letter signed by 93 rabbinical students last May during the Israeli […]
Neta Golan recounts the day in 2002 when Colin Powell visited a besieged Yasser Arafat in his presidential compound in Ramallah during the Second Intifada, as international solidarity activists tried to protect the Palestinian leader […]