Romana Rubeo

Romana Rubeo is an Italian writer and the managing editor of The Palestine Chronicle. Her articles appeared in many online newspapers and academic journals. She holds a Master’s Degree in Foreign Languages and Literature, and specializes in audio-visual and journalism translation.

When the Torturer is the Savior: Can BRICS Help Us Escape the West’s Hegemony and Contradictions?

At the zenith of the mass protests in Egypt on January 25, 2011, Twitter, Facebook and other Western-based social media platforms appeared to be the most essential tools for the Egyptian Revolution. Though some observers later contested the use of the terms ‘Twitter Revolution’ or ‘Social Media Revolution,’ one cannot deny the centrality of these […]

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BRICS Summit Feature photo

At the zenith of the mass protests in Egypt on January 25, 2011, Twitter, Facebook and other Western-based social media platforms appeared to be the most essential tools for the Egyptian Revolution. Though some observers later contested the use of the terms ‘Twitter Revolution’ or ‘Social Media Revolution,’ one cannot deny the centrality of

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Los palestinos no son mentirosos: Enfrentando la violencia de la deslegitimación de los medios

55 periodistas han sido asesinados y cientos más heridos o detenidos por Israel desde el año 2000. Sin embargo, para muchos palestinos, el daño físico que enfrentan palidece en comparación con la constante deslegitimación de su trabajo por parte de los medios.

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Palestinian journalists Feature photo

On January 19, during one of its raids in the Occupied West Bank, the Israeli military arrested a Palestinian journalist, Abdul Muhsen Shalaldeh, near Al-Khalil (Hebron). This is just the latest of a staggering number of violations against Palestinian journalists and freedom of expression. A few days earlier, the head of the Palestinian

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La 'amenaza principal': hora de hablar de la lucha de clases palestina

La naturaleza del colonialismo de colonos de Israel no ha cambiado desde su inicio. Sigue comprometido con la limpieza étnica y la usurpación de recursos, incluida la mano de obra palestina.

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Palestinian Labor

On Monday, October 31, Palestinians in the town of Al-Eizariya, east of Occupied East Jerusalem, observed a general strike. The strike was declared to be part of the community's mourning of 49-year-old Barakat Moussa Odeh, who was killed by Israeli forces in Jericho a day earlier. This is not an isolated case. General strikes were observed

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Chomsky sobre el apartheid israelí, los activistas famosos, el BDS y la solución de un solo estado

Chomsky cree que llamar a las políticas israelíes hacia los palestinos “apartheid” es en realidad un “regalo a Israel”, al menos, si por apartheid uno se refiere al apartheid al estilo sudafricano.

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Chomsky Israel Feature photo

This is, according to the Italian socialist Antonio Gramsci, the ‘interregnum’- the rare and seismic moment in history when great transitions occur, when empires collapse and others rise, and when new conflicts and struggles ensue. The Gramscian ‘interregnum, however, is not a smooth transition, for these profound changes often embody a

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Incursiones, arrestos y amenazas de muerte: la estrategia de Israel para silenciar a los defensores de los derechos humanos

Ahora que Israel parece haber aceptado que es poco lo que puede hacer para revertir esta marca, está acelerando sus esfuerzos coloniales, mientras se prepara para una larga lucha por delante.

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On October 21, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced the issuance of a military order designating six prominent Palestinian human rights groups as ‘terrorist organizations’. Gantz claimed that they are secretly linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a socialist political group that Israel considers, along with

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Involucrar al mundo: la 'historia fascinante' de la evolución política de Hamas

Mientras Moscú continúa consolidando su presencia en el Medio Oriente, Hamas ve una oportunidad única para romper con el aislamiento impuesto por Estados Unidos e Israel.

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Ramzy Baroud
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Hamas Feature photo

On February 4, representatives from the Palestinian Movement, Hamas, visited Moscow to inform the Russian government of the latest development on the unity talks between the Islamic Movement and its Palestinian counterparts, especially Fatah. This was not the first time that Hamas’s officials traveled to Moscow on similar missions. In fact,

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'Un cambio de juego': Ilan Pappe y Awad Abdelfattah en la Campaña Un Estado Democrático

"Es un cambio de juego que obligará a todos en la región, y en el mundo, a mirar de manera muy diferente la cuestión de Palestina". –Ilan Pappe

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One State Solution Feature photo

As the US ruling elites have fully succumbed to Israel’s political discourse on Palestine, the Israeli government of right-wing Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, may feel that it, alone, is capable of determining the future of the Palestinian people.  This conclusion is, perhaps, gleaned from Israel’s behavior in recent years and months.

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