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Reaping What We Have Sown in Gaza

Those who turned Gaza into an internment camp for 1.8 million people should not be surprised when they tunnel underneath the earth. I’ve already raised the white flag. I’ve stopped … Continue reading

July 21, 2014 · Leave a comment

Video: Palestinian Children Killed in Airstrike

More atrocities: four children killed by Israeli airstrike. Graphic images.

July 20, 2014 · Leave a comment

Cursed Empire: Israel’s Occupied Territories

The purpose of Israel’s current offensive in the Gaza Strip is to protect the status quo – with itself in control of the illegally occupied Palestinian territories. In 2005, it … Continue reading

July 20, 2014 · Leave a comment

Running Orders

In July 2014, before the Israeli military would fire at a structure in Gaza, they would send a warning “bomb” to let the Palestinian residents know they had less than … Continue reading

July 17, 2014 · Leave a comment

Naomi Shihab Nye: Two Poems

  To Israel Are you sleeping well? What do you tell your children, studying history? It was so evil, that people could herd us and hurt us, steal our homes … Continue reading

July 17, 2014 · 2 Comments

Rafeef Ziadah: “We Teach Life, Sir.”

Rafeef Ziadah is a Canadian-Palestinian spoken word artist and activist. Her debut CD Hadeel is dedicated to Palestinian youth, who still fly kites in the face of F16 bombers, who … Continue reading

July 15, 2014 · Leave a comment

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