Stunned Palestinians found their home city unrecognizable Monday as they filtered in to salvage what they could from the vast destruction left … More
Category: Palestine
United Arab Republic (1958-61) – Egypt, Gaza Strip, Syria
The United Arab Republic (UAR; Arabic: الجمهورية العربية المتحدة, romanized: al-Jumhūriyya al-ʿArabiyya al-Muttaḥida) was a sovereign state in the Middle East from 1958 until 1961. It was initially … More
1949 Armistice Agreements
The 1949 Armistice Agreements were signed between Israel and Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria. They formally ended the hostilities of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and also demarcated the Green Line, which separated Arab-controlled … More
All-Palestine (Ḥukūmat ‘Umūm Filasṭīn) 22 September 1948 – Israel 17 May 1948
The All-Palestine Government (Arabic: حكومة عموم فلسطين, Ḥukūmat ‘Umūm Filasṭīn) was established on 22 September 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, to govern the Egyptian-controlled … More
Anatomy of a Genocide
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese* … More
Treaty of London (1946)
The Treaty of London was signed between the United Kingdom and the Emirate of Trans-Jordan on 22 March 1946 and came into force on 17 June … More
King Hussein’s federation plan
A political program was proposed by King Hussein of Jordan during a speech to Parliament on March 15, 1972 that aimed to establish a … More
Occupation of the Gaza Strip by the United Arab Republic
The 1949 Armistice Agreements, which ended the 1948 Arab–Israeli War by delineating the Green Line as the legal boundary between Israel and the Arab countries, left the Kingdom of … More
Jordanian annexation of the West Bank
The Jordanian administration of the West Bank officially began on April 24, 1950, and ended with the decision to sever ties on … More
Military occupation
Military occupation, also known as belligerent occupation or simply occupation, is the temporary military control by a ruling power over a territory that … More
Philistine (Hebrew: Pəlīštīm) Palestine
The English term Philistine comes from Old French Philistin; from Classical Latin Philistinus; from Late Greek Philistinoi; ultimately from Hebrew Pəlištī (פְּלִשְׁתִּי; plural Pəlištīm, פְּלִשְׁתִּים), meaning ‘people of Pəlešeṯ (פְּלֶשֶׁת)’; and there are cognates in Akkadian Palastu and Egyptian Palusata; the term Palestine has the … More
‘Madness’: Netanyahu’s handling of US relations under scrutiny after UN vote
The Israeli prime minister’s handling of relations with the Biden administration, which led the US on Monday to decline to … More
US pushes full-court press to stop Israel operations in Rafah
The Biden administration is desperately trying to convince Israel not to carry out a full-scale military operation in Rafah, the southern city in Gaza where more … More
Thousands will now die of starvation and disease in Gaza
That Israel’s destruction of essential infrastructure, siege, and obstruction of aid efforts in the Gaza Strip are causing severe hunger and … More
The Tragic Absurdity of Biden’s Gaza Policies
Since Israel’s campaign of death began, President Joe Biden has perfected the art of cognitive dissonance, planting story after story about his … More
Rachel Corrie Gave Her Life for Palestine
We mark the 21st anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old U.S. peace activist who was crushed to … More
Rank colonization is still repeating itself
A few evenings ago I watched the 2018 film, Black 47. It tells of the Irish Famine through the story of … More
Architects of the Disastrous Iraq War Want a Do-Over in Gaza
In an echo of Washington’s disastrous de-Baathification campaign in occupied Iraq, a new report puts special stress on “deradicalization” efforts … More
Vladimir Jabotinsky: “Zionism is a colonization adventure”
Zionism and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict have been described as a form of settler colonialism. Patrick Wolfe, an influential theorist of settler colonial studies, considered Israel … More
when did it become illegal to stand up for peace?
Last weekend, Ally was kicked out of a family Shabbat dinner. Ally is 21 years old and from New York. … More
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