Viva Morocco: The Atlas Lions Are about to Roar
By Kieran Baker On a field in the middle of the Middle East, on the edge of history, Morocco will step out Wednesday evening into the embodiment of it’s true self; as the first African and […]
Commentary
Israeli Apartheid Defenders in Canada Attack Green Leader May
By Yves Engler The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs’ recent attack against Elizabeth May is farcical. Canada’s leading mouthpiece for Israel criticized the Green Party leader for saying she takes her direction from the […]
Xi’s Visit and the Future of the Middle East: China-Arab Ties are Permanent
By Ramzy Baroud The problem with most Western media’s political analyses is that they generally tend to be short-sighted and focused mostly on variables that are of direct interest to Western governments. These types […]
Farha: The Nakba Through a Screen Door
By Jamil Khader The controversy over Jordanian filmmaker Darin Sallam’s debut film, Farha (Arabic for joy), should not overshadow the artistic ways in which this film treats the traumatic horrors of the Palestinian Nakba. The […]
Detention Without Trial: A Routine Practice Targeting Palestinians
By Iqbal Jassat ‘Detention Without Trial’ defined Apartheid South Africa’s notorious jailing of political opponents without regard for human rights or due process. An unsavory act to intimidate and crush resistance by activists viewed as […]
The Political Side of the World Cup: How Palestine United the Arabs
By Ramzy Baroud We were mistaken to think that Palestine represents the central issue for all Arabs. Such language suggests that Palestine is an external subject, to be compared to other collective struggles that […]
Ethel Minor and Fatima Bernawi: Two Women, Two Countries, One Struggle
By Benay Blend Upon hearing of her death, Mawusi Ture, sister of the late Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael), lamented: “I’m saddened that I just learned in the past hour our beloved sister and comrade, Ethel […]
The ‘Begin Doctrine’: World Must Force Israel to Dismantle Its Nuclear Arsenal
By Ramzy Baroud As western countries are floating the theory that Russia could escalate its conflict with Ukraine to a nuclear war, many western governments continue to turn a blind eye to Israel’s own […]
On Deciding Who’s Kicked Out: Palestine and World Cup ‘22
By Benay Blend Since the Russia/Ukraine war began in February 22, there has been ongoing debate over whether Russia’s invasion was unprovoked. There has also been conflict over use of the term “invasion” since NATO […]
‘Holy Land Foundation 5’ are Victims of America’s Unjust Persecution of Palestinians
By Iqbal Jassat America’s destructive wars on Muslim countries launched in the wake of 9/11 under the misplaced rubric known notoriously as “War On Terror” (WoT), spawned mindless death and bloodshed on an unprecedented scale. […]
Do Not Apologize: Being Pro-Palestinian is Not a Crime
By Paul Salvatori This week Joel Harden, a Canadian member of Ontario’s provincial parliament, made this unnecessary apology: “I would like to apologize unreservedly to the Jewish community for comments I made during an […]
Xi vs Trudeau: How China is Rewriting History with the Colonial West
By Ramzy Baroud Though brief, the exchange between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia on November 16 has become a social […]
Weakening the ‘Unbreakable Bond’: This is why the FBI Investigation of Israel is Important
By Ramzy Baroud The recent decision by the United States Department of Justice to open an investigation into the killing, last May, of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is not a game-changer, but important […]
Palestine’s Sports in the Arab National Consciousness
By Issam Khalidi Even seventy-four years after the Nakba, its repercussions and effects still remain, and sympathy for the Palestinian cause continues to exist. In spite of the dire economic and political conditions in the Arab […]
Reflections from Gaza after Israel’s Elections
By Haidar Eid When my refugee students ask me about the meaning of “Orientalism,” I tell them to look at Israel. Prejudice, fantasies, and racist clichés purveyed by Zionism about Palestinians and Arabs and […]
From Leonard Peltier to The Holy Land Five: Free All Political Prisoners
By Benay Blend In “Palestinians are Native Americans: Time to Correct the Language of History,” Dr. Ramzy Baroud traces the historic bonds between Palestinians and Native Americans, both participants in international Indigenous struggles across the […]
Israel’s Relentless War against the Children of Palestine
By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle “Mankind owes to the child the best it has to give.” Preamble, UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959) More than half of the population […]
United States and Israel: Election Contradiction
By Alice Rothchild The predicted Republican tsunami now turned red puddle revealed that despite gerrymandering, voter suppression, and massive amounts of right-wing billionaire money and disinformation, US voters have major qualms about a MAGA […]
Palestinians are Native Americans: Time to Correct the Language of History
By Ramzy Baroud At a recent Istanbul conference that brought many Palestinian scholars and activists together to discuss the search for a common narrative on Palestine, a Palestinian member of the audience declared at […]
PC Contributor Yves Engler: How I Was Assaulted, Again, for Disrupting Anti-Palestinian Event (VIDEO)
By Yves Engler On Sunday, Canadian activist Bill Sloan and I interrupted a Technion Canada fundraiser to challenge its support of the Israeli military and the role of government-subsidized charities in promoting Israeli apartheid. After […]
The ‘Principal Threat’: Time to Talk about the Palestinian Class Struggle
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo On Monday, October 31, Palestinians in the town of Al-Eizariya, east of Occupied East Jerusalem, observed a general strike. The strike was declared to be part of the community’s […]
The Unnecessary Challenges of Being Pro-Palestinian in a Society That is Not
By Paul Salvatori It’s hard to be a pro-Palestinian voice. I want to avoid saying “a pro-Palestinian activist” as that is too honorific a title. So I’ll stick to a “pro-Palestinian voice”, which I’m […]
How I Was Assaulted and Illegally Detained for Interrupting Anti-Palestinian Speaker (VIDEO)
By Yves Engler On Monday, I registered for a public talk with anti-Palestinian activist Hillel Neuer in Montreal, Canada. After receiving my electronic confirmation, I headed to the venue with the intention of challenging his […]
America’s Militarism Remains A Destabilizing Factor in South Africa, Occupied Palestine
By Iqbal Jassat South Africa has once again experienced America’s overarching intrusion into its domestic affairs. The frenzy generated by the US embassy’s “terror alert” raised the specter of bombs unleashed in the heart of […]
For Lula’s Victory to Matter: A Proposal for a Unified Palestinian Foreign Policy
By Ramzy Baroud Palestinians and their supporters are justified in celebrating the election victory of the leftist presidential candidate, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brazil’s runoff elections on October 30. But Lula’s victory […]
The Palestinian Body: A Pillar of Existence and Resistance
By Issam Khalidi There have been many legends depicting Palestinian resistance to the Zionist colonial expansion and occupation throughout modern Palestinian history. Heroism in Palestine was a byproduct of body resistance and bravery. It was […]
On Solidarity, Resilience, and the Path Forward for Palestinian Resistance
By Benay Blend There is a small but problematic sentiment among some internationals that Palestinians in the Diaspora should play a minor role. Underlying this belief there is the notion that Diasporic Palestinians are allegedly […]
Chasing a Mirage: How Israel Arab Parties Validate Israeli Apartheid
By Ramzy Baroud Regardless of the outcome of the latest Israeli elections, Arab parties will not reap meaningful political benefits, even if they collectively achieve their highest representation ever. The reason is not about […]
UN’s Francesca Albanese Calls for Paradigm Shift to End Israel’s Illegal Occupation of Palestine
By Iqbal Jassat Described as a “game changer”, the latest report on Palestine by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (oPT), has been welcomed as a breath of fresh air by […]
Children are Entitled to the Truth: Teaching Young People about Palestine in Canadian Schools and Beyond
By Paul Salvatori I was at a Toronto mall Saturday. I help coordinate a weekly talent show there. After one of the talented singers, a girl about 10 years old, performed the MC asked […]
