Category: Articles

Did words ever end an occupation? Still, Unity First

Did words ever end an occupation? Still, Unity First

by Tariq Shadid – September 23, 2011 was a memorable day. On that day, we watched the President of the Palestinian Authority unleash a barrage of strong words against the Zionist colonialist state of Israel, using language and meanings that we had rarely heard him use before on the international diplomatic stage.   He mentioned the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing, the racist annexation wall,...

Sabra and Shatila: never forget, never forgive

Today, September 16th 2011, it is 29 years ago that the horrendous atrocities committed by Israeli-allied phalangists against Palestinian and Lebanese civilians took place in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, Sabra and Shatila. According to some estimates, the number of victims numbered 3,500. The images of the unimaginable acts of cruelty that took place between the 16th and 18th...

Occupation and the Need for Resistance

by Tariq Shadid This article was originally published at the Palestine Chronicle (2002), and is also present in the 358-page book ‘Understanding Palestine’ that contains many essays by this writer. It is available through Amazon. Click on the image to view/purchase.   Many admirable volunteers from countries all over the world have felt the urge to follow the voice of...

Salute to the Flagman!

We live in very difficult times … we live in a time where sowing death and destruction with the most horrendous weaponry upon civilians is deemed acceptable by leaders in the Western World and elsewhere, who dress up in suits, attend fancy banquets and diners, and proudly brag to one another about their refined ‘civilization’.   Gaza is being bombed...