Category: Analysis

Tweeting for Khader: major kudos and a point of criticism

The past week has been an amazing week for Twitter activism for the Palestinian cause. In fact, the achievements could be described as historic. For 6 days in a row, hashtags related to Khader Adnan’s hunger strike managed to make it to the world trending list 7 times in total. The success of these online demonstrations must be attributed mostly...

My Palestinian Realization – by Adam Akkad

My Palestinian Realization – by Adam Akkad

By Adam Akkad – The moment I stopped believing in the 2 state solution was the moment I realized that the path to freedom for Palestine travels through the Palestinian people. Many in the Palestinian community continue to have hope in negotiations and the so called ‘peace process’ due to a belief that only Israel can improve our condition. Our...

La lucha de los palestinos es una lucha contra el sionismo

La lucha de los palestinos es una lucha contra el sionismo

Tariq Shadid – Traducción para Rebelión de Loles Oliván – La esencia de la lucha palestina es la batalla contra el sionismo. Es una batalla contra su racismo, contra sus asesinos crímenes de guerra, contra su insaciable apetito territorial, contra de su desprecio por los derechos humanos no judíos, y contra su determinada pretensión de destruir la identidad nacional palestina....

Palestinian Culture – by Abbas Hamideh

Palestinian Culture – by Abbas Hamideh

The Palestinian culture is part and parcel of the Arab and Islamic world. The Palestinians are deeply rooted in their rich culture and history which contains all 3 major religions of the Abrahamic faith with Islam being the dominant faith practiced by the majority of Palestinians. The Palestinian society and their Holy Land is also solidly connected with the oldest...