Originally posted on theaggressivepedestrian:
(A version of this piece was featured on Mondoweiss) In the latest edition of “Axis of Evil” politics, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu argued to the United Nations that “Hamas is ISIS, ISIS is Hamas,” and that they are following the path blazed by Iran 35 years ago. The Prime Minister…
Growing old in Gaza has another meaning… It means survival. It means you have lived through more death, destruction and terror than anybody else around you. It means living with memories that burn your soul and sear your heart. It means having endured loss, grief, sorrow. It means age withers your hope. It means dreaming…
Note from Sharmine Narwani ~ “This is an article I started researching when I first visited Yarmouk camp outside Damascus in 2012 – back when it was an ‘oasis of calm.’ Much has changed since then, but today, this much is clear: Palestinians didn’t jump into the fray in Syria. They were dragged into it…
Originally posted on In Gaza:
Abdul Rahman Abu Oida, pastels, by Ahmad Barqawi ? By Eva Bartlett, Nov 4, 2014, Crescent International A teen who loved strawberries, adored children far more…A paraplegic young man with soulful eyes, deaf ears and unfulfilled dreams of being a father…A martyr. This is the story of Broken Sparrow,…
Every child in Gaza has a story of one war, many have stories from three wars. As I look through the images that poured out of the last Israeli onslaught on the besieged enclave called Gaza I read the suffering hidden deep in every child’s eyes, the sadness behind the beaming smiles that would break…
The Wall Will Fall 