Tag: thinking about fascism

‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’ as Israeli settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory

‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’ as settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territoryHerders report violence driving them from their homes in accelerating, aggressive and highly effective campaign The tiny settlement overlooking the Bedouin village of Ein Rashash is named “Angels of Peace”, but, says Sliman al-Zawahri, its residents have visited only violence, fear… Read More ‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’ as Israeli settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory

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Professor Rita Giacaman on The Psychosocial Health of Palestinian Youth: Occupation and Resistance (2018)

In this presentation on ‘The Psychosocial Health of Palestinian Youth: Occupation and Resistance’, Professor Rita Giacaman addresses the impact on wellbeing on young Palestinians as a result of prolonged military occupation. In exploring this issue, Professor Giacaman also considers the positive steps Palestinian youth take to resist the oppressive conditions they face. Decades of studying… Read More Professor Rita Giacaman on The Psychosocial Health of Palestinian Youth: Occupation and Resistance (2018)

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United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Adopted by Resolution 260 (III) A of the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948 Article 1: The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish. Article 2: In the present Convention, genocide… Read More United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

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The West is the best; or this way to the genocide, ladies and gentlemen

The Israeli army, before the current assault, had killed 7,779 Palestinians in Gaza since 2000 including 1,741 children and 572 women, according to the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem. This figure does not include Gazans who died due to drinking contaminated water or being denied access to medical treatment. Nor does it include the rising… Read More The West is the best; or this way to the genocide, ladies and gentlemen

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Angry old men set the Middle East ablaze. The young will pay the price

Incompetent and discredited leaders, in thrall to worn-out ideologies, have brought Israel and Gaza to this catastrophe Simon Tisdall ld men start wars. Young men and women fight them. It’s a phenomenon that has broadly held true throughout history. Now, once again, in today’s violence-racked Middle East, the aggressive blundering of angry old men rains… Read More Angry old men set the Middle East ablaze. The young will pay the price

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I remember the times when Palestinians dared to hope for peace. How did it come to this?

The Oslo Accords, signed in 1993, stipulated that the Gaza Strip and the West Bank should constitute “a single territorial unit”. And yet almost immediately after signing the agreement, Israel pursued a policy of severing ties between the West Bank and Gaza, and each from Israel, by making travel to and from the Gaza Strip increasingly difficult for… Read More I remember the times when Palestinians dared to hope for peace. How did it come to this?

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The double standard with Israel and Palestine leaves us in moral darkness

To be considered a political being you must at the very least be considered a human being. Who gets to count as human? “I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly,”… Read More The double standard with Israel and Palestine leaves us in moral darkness

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