Resistance Was Ghassan Kanafani’s Only Story
Novelist Ghassan Kanafani was assassinated by Mossad agents this week over 50 years ago. Exiled as a child during the Nakba, he would never return to Palestine — except in his fiction.
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Will Elizabeth Warren Keep Her Promise to “End the Occupation”?
Once a hawkish supporter of Israel, Elizabeth Warren has recently adopted a more balanced stance. That's undoubtedly a good thing — but she’ll have to go much further to truly support Palestinian rights.
Israel Bombed My Home and Killed My Relatives. I’m Not Going to Be Silenced.
Palestinian feminist Mariam Abudaqa was on a speaking tour in France when Israel destroyed her home in Gaza. France’s government tried to expel her — but, Abudaqa tells Jacobin, she refuses to stop telling the truth about Israel’s crimes.
Israel’s Apologists Are Showing They Couldn’t Care Less About Palestinian Lives
As the war in Gaza continues, cheerleading of civilian slaughter and justification of war crimes are pervasive. But they’re not coming from the Left — they’re coming from politicians and commentators defending Israel’s vicious bombing campaign and blockade.
Israel’s Violations of International Law Are Bigger Than Netanyahu
When Netanyahu proposed a reform to allow parliament to overturn Israel’s Supreme Court, liberals feared it would lead to the end of the rule of law in Israel. But Israel has never respected the rule of law, and liberals within the country ensured this.
The Oslo Illusion
The Oslo Accords weren’t a failure for Israel — they served as a fig leaf to consolidate and deepen its control over Palestinian life.
US Labor Should Act Boldly and Choose Solidarity With Palestine
While some US unions and many labor activists are calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, most union officials are keeping silent. They're forgetting the old labor adage: “an injury to one is an injury to all.”
In Australia, Students Are Standing in Solidarity With Gaza
Over the last semester, students at Australian universities established camps in solidarity with Gaza. In the face of baseless accusations of antisemitism, they are demanding that universities cut ties with arms manufacturers.
Rob Delaney: The US and UK Are Enabling Israel’s Senseless Slaughter of Children in Gaza
Israel is now carrying out a massacre of residents of Gaza, many of them children, with the explicit support of the US and British governments. Politicians and media owners are guiding us down a path of senseless horror, actor Rob Delaney writes.
Palestine Needs Mass Support, Not Sectarian Marginalization
Over a year after Israel launched its genocidal aggression on Gaza, many in the antiwar movement are rightly furious. But we can’t let that rage cloud strategic thinking about the best way to stand in solidarity with Palestine, says Bashir Abu-Manneh.
Rashid Khalidi: “Israel Is Acting With Full US Approval”
After 12 months, there’s no end in sight to Israel’s relentless onslaught against Gaza, now extended to Lebanon. Historian Rashid Khalidi explains how Israel and the US are working together to destroy all constraints on violence against civilians.
Wallowing Into War
After October 7, Israel embarked on an unprecedented massacre. The new book 10/7 — with an afterword by novelist Joshua Cohen — longs for the moment when it was Israel that had the world’s sympathy.
Pressuring Peace
Nathan Thrall, author of a new book on the Israel/Palestine conflict, on the logic behind recent developments in the region.
The Obscene US Profiteering From Israeli War and Occupation
It’s not just the defense industry — plenty of US-based corporations do business with Israel and are complicit in its violation of Palestinian human rights in Gaza and beyond. Here are some of the worst offenders.
Why We Occupied the British Museum
On Sunday, activists occupied the British Museum to demand that it end its partnership with BP after Israel granted the energy firm gas exploration licenses off the coast of Gaza. Here, the activists write about why they occupied the museum.
Officials Keep Admitting Biden’s Anger at Israel Isn’t Real
Since October 7, US officials have been quietly admitting in the press that Joe Biden fully supports Israel’s war — and that talk about the president’s supposed anger at massive civilian casualties in Gaza is purely PR to keep the war going.
Joe Biden’s Unconditional Support for Israel Risks Creating a Regional War
As Israel continues to raze Gaza, Biden has set two aims for his administration: to provide unconditional support to Israel and prevent a regional war. It will be hard for the US to achieve both aims.
In the UK, Workers Blockaded Four Arms Factories in Solidarity With Palestine
Yesterday more than a thousand workers blockaded four factories across the UK that provide arms components for Israel. As the British government continues to support Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza, more and more workers are saying, “Not in our name.”
Israeli Airstrikes Killed My Pregnant Cousin and Her Daughter
Nour Alshaer is a Palestinian student living in the besieged Gaza Strip. She told Jacobin about the desperate conditions in Gaza and how Israeli airstrikes have killed several of her loved ones.
Israel’s Western Backers Are Still Running Interference for Netanyahu’s War Crimes
The horrific bombing at Gaza’s al-Ahli hospital last night should have been the catalyst for an immediate cease-fire. But Joe Biden has doubled down on his support for a criminal war on the civilian population of Gaza.