by John Pilger 11 September 2014 “There is a taboo,” said the visionary Edward Said, “on telling the truth about Palestine and the great destructive force behind Israel. Only when this truth is out can any of us be free.” For many people, the truth is out now. At last, they know. Those once intimidated…

“As the early rumbles of thunder reverberate up the valley in France, I am transported back to a day just after ceasefire in Gaza, last November. The second ceasefire finally held after the previous nights opening of the doors to Hell by the Israeli forces. A bombardment so intense from sea and air, an Israel,…

“This day, one year ago we were talking with the Abu Dagga family and the doctors who tried desperately to save Hamid’s precious life but the shrapnel had grazed his tiny heart making their job impossible. We were trying to absorb the futility of his death, the brutality and speed of Israel’s attack when we…

203 Mosques were targeted in Gaza, 73 destroyed completely but the people will never kneel before Israel. Israel is not only hitting the essential infrastructure of Gaza, targeting ambulances, hospitals, disabled centres, water supply, civilian houses they are trying to rip out the heart of Gaza by targeting over 10 mosques over the last 7…

The massacre in Rafah overwhelmed the local hospitals many of which had been forced to close after shelling rendered them unsafe. Bodies crammed into the morgues in August heat..spilled out into the corridors of the hospital and were being stored in any refrigerated unit that was still working after electricity has been cut to the…

Let me briefly explain life under occupation in France..not only in WW2 but at many other times when our own sleepy little town of Le Dorat was under attack. Below the ground of this town is a honeycomb system of tunnels and secret passageways dating back to medieval times. These tunnels were originally used by…

I am no politician but what is so hard about allowing people to have their human rights and freedom to walk in the streets of their city without fear of being flattened by a drone missile or a bomb. This constant ceasefire limbo is simply another form of torture. Last nights vacillation up to the…

I met Hamdan in 2012 at the Al Amal Institute for Orphans. He crept into my heart and has stayed there ever since with his shy smile and his cloak of sadness. I look at the sun touching his eyes in this photo and I know I would do anything in my power to save…

As the airstrikes continue unabated across the Gaza Strip, adjectives to describe this culling of human lives drain from my mind. I am wordless in a sea of blood and lost in a fog of dying breaths. When you see an image like this, the monstrous missile strewn like some dead animal in the room…