Archives for julio 2022

Cómo AIPAC está liderando los esfuerzos para desmantelar la investigación de la ONU sobre Palestina

A medida que una investigación de la ONU encuentra que la ocupación israelí en curso de Palestina es la causa principal del conflicto de décadas en la región, AIPAC, la potencia del lobby israelí, está tratando activamente de extinguirlo.

Israel UN Feature photo

This month, the United Nations’ Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel found that the ongoing Israeli occupation of Palestine is the root cause of the decades-long conflict in the region. But as the probe gets underway, the Israel lobby’s flagship organization, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee

Ahmad Manasra y el crimen de existir siendo palestino

Existe un abismo entre la realidad en Palestina y la forma en que el “establecimiento” en Washington, DC percibe esa realidad. La existencia de los palestinos en su propio país equivale a un infierno en vida.

Ahmed Manasra Feature photo

Conversations with Palestinians both young and old almost always end with them saying to me, “you [a Jewish Israeli] can say these things, but if we were to say them we would be excluded from all spaces and we would be called anti-semitic.” A young Palestinian interning in Washington, D.C. told me she felt that she needed an Israeli beside her to

Los palestinos 'no son animales en un zoológico': redefiniendo el papel de la 'víctima intelectual'

Para que la narrativa palestina sea verdaderamente relevante, los palestinos deben asumir el papel del intelectual gramsciano, como "proveedores de conciencia" y abandonar por completo el papel de "víctima intelectual".

Dedicated to the memory of Ghassan Kanafani, an iconic Palestinian leader and engaged intellectual who was assassinated by the Israeli Mossad on July 8, 1972. Years before the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, U.S. media introduced many new characters, promoting them as “experts” who helped ratchet up propaganda, ultimately allowing the U.S.

Acción Palestina persigue a la compañía de armas más grande de Israel fuera de Londres

En un golpe masivo a sus operaciones, la compañía de armas israelí Elbit Systems se vio obligada a abandonar su elegante sede en Londres, gracias a la presión sostenida de Acción Palestina.

Elbit Systems Feature photo

The MintPress podcast “The Watchdog,” hosted by British-Iraqi hip hop artist Lowkey, closely examines organizations about which it is in the public interest to know – including intelligence, lobby, and special interest groups influencing policies that infringe on free speech and target dissent. The Watchdog goes against the grain by casting a light

Cada bala tiene un nombre: Impunidad de los crímenes israelíes contra los defensores de los derechos humanos palestinos

Las vidas de los palestinos, ya sean activistas o combatientes desarmados, ya sean niños, mujeres, hombres o ancianos, solo valen el precio de la bala que lleva su nombre. Y mientras hablaremos y escribiremos sobre el próximo palestino que sea asesinado durante unos días, sus hijos quedarán huérfanos de por vida.

Palestanian human rights feature photo

When Ahed Tamimi tried to defend herself and her home from an armed Israeli officer she became an international heroine. Images of her were plastered everywhere and she was named a “Lioness.” As she candidly admits in her soon to be published memoir (co-written with Dena Takruri) she did not want, nor did she seek this fame. She just wanted to go