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Colonialism

On Authentic People’s History and the Palestinian Experience: Beyond Colonial Narratives
By Ramzy Baroud There are several common misunderstandings about people’s history that need to be addressed. These misconceptions often stem from the way this form of research is applied, especially in newer contexts. My […]

From Turtle Island to Palestine: On the Forced Transfer of Indigenous People from Their Land
By Benay Blend Trump’s proposal to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza echoes historical settler-colonial tactics, but Palestinian resistance—like Indigenous struggles worldwide—continues to defy erasure. On February 1, 2025, President Donald indicated that he had spoken […]

From the US to Israel: Examining Birthright on Both Sides of the Same Coin
By Karan Singh Both countries are indistinguishable when it comes to unashamedly protecting the fruits of annexation. Soon after taking office for the second time in late January, President Donald Trump signed an executive action […]

Israel’s Systematic Destruction of Cultural Heritage to Erase Arab Identity – Analysis
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Dr. Ammar Ali Hassan is a writer and researcher specializing in political sociology. In his article, published on Al-Jazeera, he discusses how Israel’s destruction of archaeological sites in Palestine, Lebanon, […]

Beyond the Logic of Dehumanization – Those for Whom We Weep Will Win the War
By Ronnie Kasrils Zionism is not dead, but it is certainly dying. The cost will be devastatingly high, high beyond measure, but those for whom we weep will win the war. In Gaza, six children […]

The Long History of Palestine – How Palestinians See Their Future and Their Past
By Ramzy Baroud If the oppressed, the natives of the land, are not fully vanquished or decimated, they are likely to rise, fight and win back their freedom. Oddly, it was Israeli historian Benny […]

Kashmir ‘Black Day’ – A Reminder that Freedom for Struggle Continues
By Iqbal Jassat Annually since 1947, October 27 is commemorated as one of the darkest days for the people of Kashmir. It was following the long freedom struggle from British colonial rule which resulted in […]

From Turtle Island to Palestine: Indigenous People’s Day and Palestine Solidarity
By Benay Blend Both Israel and North America share similar rhetoric that justifies their origins. Infused with biblical references to “salvation, redemption, and destiny,” settlers in both countries believed that they had reached the Promised […]

Ignore Race and Religion – It’s Political, Not Ethnic
By Blake Alcott Colonized have been fighting colonizers for millennia. Not because the colonizers were Christian Crusaders or Moslem Tatars, or Buddhists, or French, Belgian, British or German, but rather because of what colonizing is: […]

Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire – Book Review
By Jim Miles Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire. Caroline Elkins. Vantage Books/Penguin Random House, New York, 2022. This is an amazing history, one that should be on the list of every […]

Urinating on Prisoners: How Palestinian Pride Canceled Israel’s ‘Politics of Humiliation’
By Ramzy Baroud Throughout its history – violent birth and equally violent existence – Israel has purposely humiliated Palestinians as an expression of its disproportionately greater military power over a hapless, confined and mostly […]

Israel Has Signed Its Death Sentence – Pulitzer Prize Winner
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The roots of Israel’s death sentence, however, are not limited to the post-October 7 events, according to American journalist and Pulitzer Prize Winner Chris Hedges. Israel, like any other colonial […]

‘Israel is Destined to Fail’ – Top Israeli Historian Writes in Palestine Chronicle
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israel is a failed project and it is destined to fail, despite the huge human cost paid by Palestinians, Israeli historian Ilan Pappé recently wrote in The Palestine Chronicle. According […]

A Wall and a Watchtower: Why is Israel Failing? – ILAN PAPPE
By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle It all began with Homa and Migdal – literally, a wall and a watchtower. It is quite possible that the early thinkers and leaders of the Zionist […]

Ours is an Indigenous Struggle: How Gaza United the World
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo The consequences of this war will certainly be felt for many years to come, not only in Palestine or even the Middle East, but worldwide as well. For decades, […]

The Righteous Fury of the Israeli Left – Ilan Pappé
By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle There is no middle ground anymore. There is no way of supporting the liberal occupier, the progressive ethnic cleanser and the leftist genocider. It is hard to […]

Dichotomy of Oppression and Liberation: Why Colonizers Do Not Prevail
By Jamal Kanj In the dichotomy of oppression and liberation, there has never been a case throughout history where a colonizer or an occupier prevailed. Mr. President, you lied when you “saw” images of decapitated […]

On Why ‘You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train’ when the Train is Liberation
By Benay Blend Different from the heroic narrative that values individual heroism, sumud is a collective response to hardship, a stance that Zinn would have understood. In his autobiography, ‘You Can’t Be Neutral on a […]

Israeli Blindness Highlights Unlearned Lessons from History
By Mohamed El Mokhtar The enduring suffering is the result of an undeniable reality: the colonization of a territory and the sustained subjugation and dehumanization of its native population. In recent weeks we’ve noticed ad […]

Colonialism and Occupation: The Great Delusion of the Two-State Solution
By Fadi Zatari It is essential to acknowledge that, given Israel’s ideological, strategic, and historical objectives, the prospects for a practical solution remain bleak. In recent discourse, the enduring dialogue on the two-state solution has […]

‘Zionism is Racism’: The Recurring War to Extinguish Palestine
By Issa Khalaf Despite its inherent irrationality, its rage against its victims who will not lie down or die, Israeli violence is driven by the prime political-ideological-territorial-exclusivist-supremacist directive: cleanse the Palestinians from Palestine. It’s truly […]

‘War of Words’: Framing the Language of Carnage in Palestine
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam Palestinians are fighting for a future, to finally be rid of the stench of Israeli colonialism and military occupation. Language is a loaded weapon used by the powerful to incite […]

From Española to Palestine: One Struggle, Unity in Resistance
By Benay Blend The parallels with Palestine are clear. Ongoing Occupation by settler-colonial regimes but also continuous resistance mark both struggles. On September 28, 2023, a man wearing a MAGA hat (Make American Great Again, […]

Light the Road of Freedom: Women’s Voices From Gaza – Book Review
By Jim Miles Light the Road of Freedom – Women’s Voices From Gaza. Sahbaa Al-Barbari, Ed. Ghada Ageel & Barbara Bill. University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, 2021. This is the second volume in the series […]

On Zionism and Ron DeSantis: Placing Both in Context
By Benay Blend Presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis has gained national attention for directing new African American history standards adopted in 2023 by the Florida Board of Education. Henry Giroux, who currently holds the McMaster University […]

Palestinian Self-Determination Through the Lens of Lenin
By Mike Veronda Hazou We can understand some fundamental features of the Zionist settler-colonial project through Lenin’s teachings, specifically that Israel was founded and continues to exist on the basis of violating Palestinian self-determination. Vladimir […]

The Unexamined Mind is a Menace to Humanity: Who is the Real Enemy?
By Richard Forer From the perspective of a presumed Jewish identity, I once defended any and all Israeli behavior but I never defended the real Israel. What I defended were idealistic images of Israel I […]

Trails of Deception: What Palestinians and Native Americans Share
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam How can the US government criticize the racist practices of Israel, when it has never really confronted its own history of genocide and wars of extermination against the Native tribes […]

Zionist Myths: Israeli Invention of Artificial Reality
By Jamal Kanj Seventy-five years following the Nakba, I stand as the son of two “invisible” Palestinian parents who were “spirited” from their homes to make “room” for European Khazar converts. Israel is most probably […]

From Turtle Island to Palestine: How Solidarity Activists are Rejecting Divide-and-Conquer Tactics
By Benay Blend When they are met by Palestinians and their supporters who speak their own language of liberation, Zionists revert to long-held tactics of divide and conquer. In December 2021, Palestine Chronicle editor and […]