Do You Condemn Israel?

Consortium News It has become customary for Arabs invited on Western TV news programs to be asked, off the bat, to condemn this or that act that Israel classifies as terrorism.   When I came to the U.S. in 1983, this was already standard practice.  But back then, the Palestinian “terrorists” were secular: so the media…

Mutiny at the BBC – ‘gravest possible concerns’ over Palestine coverage

BBC daubed in red paint by protestors in solidarity with Palestinians JADALIYYA – In Israel’s current genocidal war on Gaza, with almost ten thousand Palestinians dead and counting, it is no surprise that truth has also been a casualty. The violence in Palestine, perpetrated by Israel with increasing ferocity since Hamas attacks on Israeli targets on 7 October 2023,…

GAZA: Where is Hezbollah?

Jabalia camp in Gaza which is being levelled by Israeli bombs leaving hundreds dead more buried under rubble Written by Sayed Hasan Following the spectacular “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation launched by the Palestinian resistance in Gaza, the army of occupation has inflicted an unprecedented level of massacre and destruction on its defenseless civilian population, trapped in…

When Western philosophers deny Palestinians’ right to politics

Mondoweiss – This open letter was written by a Palestinian cultural critic, writer, and artist who has chosen to publish anonymously for fear of reprisal by the Israeli regime, which has subjected Palestinian voices to a brutal crackdown and arrest campaign since October 7. A letter to the most dangerous philosopher in the West Dear Slavoj Žižek,…