With the world's attention on the Academy Awards last night, filmmakers Yuval Abraham, an Israeli, and Basel Adra, a Palestinian, won the award for Best Documentary for their film, No Other Land. Links to two blog posts I've previously written about this film can be found below.
Category: genocide
Israel-Hamas ceasefire phase 2
Hamas has said it won’t release the remaining captives without a lasting ceasefire and full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Netanyahu, with the full backing of the Trump administration, says he’s committed to destroying Hamas’ military and governing capacities and returning all hostages, goals widely seen as mutually exclusive.
Climate Justice Alliance anti-war stance
Since our founding, CJA has been really clear in our position opposing war, racism, and colonialism. Climate justice work is going to mean we are anti-war at heart. Climate Justice Alliance
US Imperialism
If you still haven't said sh*t about the genocide know your grandkids one day are gonna ask you, "Why?" Macklemore
Recent Quaker statements on Gaza
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) continue to voice Quaker concerns, especially in these traumatic times.
Not under any circumstances
Recent remarks by President Trump regarding Palestinians are difficult to hear. They are a public display of empire and colonialism. And a stunning disregard for the Palestinian people, and the desires of the Arab nations in the region.
On being censored
"How many Palestinian women and children have to be killed in the occupied West Bank before anyone in the US or UK gives a damn?" Mehdi Hasan
A Message for the Bowdoin Encampment from Birzeit University in the West Bank
Greetings Everyone. This is a short note from Birzeit University, here in occupied Palestine to your wonderful and beautiful encampment. We woke up this morning to find the news of your encampment and we've been following the news of the solidarity referendum at Bowdoin and the Students for Justice in Palestine.
Bowdoin student solidarity camp
The first student pro-Palestinian solidarity encampment under the Trump administration has begun in the past few days. I've been wondering when these solidarity encampments would appear again. In many ways the Trump administration has resulted in such actions carrying significantly greater risks.
Ongoing Nakba
The most important long-term implications of the Nakba for the Palestinian people were the loss of their homeland, the fragmentation and marginalization of their national community, and their transformation into a stateless people.