What do the NHL, Israel, and the Six-Day War have in common?
June 5, 1967 — a very important day for hockey fans. And for people who know their history. Today’s most…
History
How Israeli law turned Palestinians into ‘infiltrators’
We investigate Israel’s complex legal framework to criminalize Palestinian property owners for the purpose of land annexation.
Quote reveals racist criteria guiding Israeli settlement policy
Having just recently begun my first ever text by Edward Said (forgive me — I’ll explain in a later post),…
Photo of the Week: The First Intifada turns 27
Photo credit: Jeffrey L. Rotman
Date taken: March 1, 1988
Location: ‘Anata, West Bank, Palestine
Algerian star dedicates World Cup success to the Arab world, ‘especially to Palestine’
Moments after Algeria advanced to the knockout stage of the 2014 World Cup, attacking midfielder Sofiane Feghouli tweeted the following…
Photo of the Week: An important pre-Nakba demonstration in Jaffa
Photo credit: Unknown Date taken: 1929 Location: Jaffa, Palestine Palestinian men gather in Jaffa’s city center in 1929 to demonstrate against the…
Photo of the Week: Bloody tolls of the Six-Day War
Photo credit: Unknown Date taken: June 1967 Location: Jerusalem, West Bank, Palestine Blood leaks down a road from the body of a…
This is what a map of a village looks like moments before it’s ethnically cleansed
On this day in 1948, an advancing Israeli military marched into Umm Al-Zinat and forcefully depopulated the village at gunpoint. The…
The Nakba equipped me with a spirit born of catastrophe but destined for triumph
Guest contribution by Deanna Othman May 15 marks the 66th anniversary of al-Nakba or “The Catastrophe,” the day that led…
Gendering al-Nakba
Guest contribution by Bayan Abusneineh May 15, 2014 marks the 66th year of al-Nakba, the Arabic word for catastrophe. Palestinians are united around…
