Palestine

Macabre Bleats

wounded limbs heal faster, / than a wounded conscience
1 February 2024, 12:45 PM

Palestine bow out after memorable run

Defending champions Qatar survived a scare to beat Palestine 2-1 and advance to the Asian Cup quarter-finals thanks to goals from Hassan Al-Haydos and Akram Afif at Al Bayt Stadium on Monday.
29 January 2024, 18:11 PM

A fixed strand of identity: in conversation with Amal Awad

As a Palestinian-Australian, you’ve stressed the importance of telling stories about everyday Palestinians. Why is it important to tell such stories?
24 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Palestine coach demands 'focus' for first Asian Cup win

Palestine coach Makram Daboub said his players must be "fully focused" against the United Arab Emirates at the Asian Cup on Thursday after defeat to Iran in an emotional opening game.
17 January 2024, 09:41 AM

To be treated as equals to the West, the Global South must decolonise its minds

In an over-crowded planet, the system is inherently unstable when we attempt to resolve differences via conflict and war
17 January 2024, 01:00 AM

Thousands march in Washington, London for Gaza 'day of action'

In Washington, large crowds waved Palestinian flags as the mostly young protesters -- many wearing the traditional keffiyeh -- gathered in a show of solidarity on the 99th day of the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
14 January 2024, 04:41 AM

Youth activism and the Palestinian resistance

As the vanguard for change, the fires of revolution burn hot in our blood, and these flames are only fanned by young Palestinians who are showing the world what it truly means to be a revolutionary.
10 January 2024, 12:20 PM

Living with fear and searching for hope

The year 2023 will go down in history when it comes of age, leaving behind its naive understanding of liberal humanism.
1 January 2024, 01:00 AM

A New Year’s Message to US President Joe Biden

This letter is a message on behalf of 15 million people who, despite being subjected to the worst kind of horrors taking place in recent history, still fight for freedom, peace and justice.
31 December 2023, 02:00 AM

How long before Gaza ceasefire is enforced?

It is ironic that the superpower that tries to act as the torchbearer of human rights has no qualms with bombing and displacing over two million people
15 December 2023, 04:00 AM

Beyond martyrs and victims: Who is worthy of human rights?

The brutal killings by the Israeli state that we are witnessing in Gaza is an ongoing manifestation of selective humanity.
9 December 2023, 08:31 AM

How the US is arming Israel's genocide in Gaza

US weapons, provided with visible enthusiasm to the Israeli occupation forces, are being used to commit war crimes and genocide in Gaza.
6 December 2023, 01:00 AM

The Weeknd donates $2.5 million to Gaza

“Blinding Lights” singer The Weeknd ( who now goes by his birth name, Abel Tesfaye) has been known for his contributions to humanitarian causes.
2 December 2023, 04:35 AM

Disempowering voices of propaganda: The BDS movement in books

When millions of lives are at stake and indiscriminate violations of human rights are perpetuated, there is no longer space to entertain the debate on whether the art should be separated from the artist
28 November 2023, 13:00 PM

A sweet and sour Thanksgiving

The relentless Israeli airstrikes appear to have but one mission: to bring Palestinians down to their knees.
26 November 2023, 04:00 AM

Israel silences dissent by labeling Palestinians, supporters as terrorists: Gigi Hadid

Gigi Hadid recently broke her silence on Instagram, updating a lengthy post about the "evil and disturbing" narrative being presented during the Israel-Palestine conflict.
25 November 2023, 04:44 AM

For a diaspora soccer club in Chile, 'Palestine exists'

Thousands of miles from the Middle East, in a stadium in Santiago, Chile, the nation of Palestine exists, if only for the 90 minutes of a soccer match.
24 November 2023, 17:24 PM

Celtic fined for fans displaying Palestine flags in Champions League

The flags, which numbered in the hundreds, were deemed to be "provocative messages of an offensive nature", UEFA said in a statement
22 November 2023, 14:20 PM

Will boycotting Israeli products bring peace for Palestinians?

Regardless of the tenacious systems of injustice the BDS movement works against, boycott has historically been a useful tool for advocacy and solidarity.
20 November 2023, 13:00 PM

The lost children of Gaza

There is a generation of children growing up in Gaza without family, without love, without limbs, without food, without education, without basic human rights, in unspeakable depravity, scarred by the trauma of war.
20 November 2023, 02:00 AM