Tag: Palestine
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The genocide hasn’t stopped
The genocide hasn’t stopped I’m writing to you on day 271 since October 7, the start of Al Aqsa Flood, following which Israel launched its genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza. News from the ground in Gaza only gets more horrifying as Israel’s genocide continues, fully funded, supported, and coordinated with the US, Germany, UK,…
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Israel advances displacement campaign across Jerusalem, West Bank
The Supreme Court has ordered the Shehadeh family to be evicted from their four-story home in Batan al-Hawa, Silwan, by June 1, 2024, in favor of settlers affiliated with the Ateret Cohanim organization. The family’s petition challenged this decision, citing procedural flaws. It didn’t matter. On May 26, 2024, the Israeli kangaroo courts rejected their…
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A critical conversation on zionism
Em Cohen’s article titled “The Only Way Out is Through,” sheds a critical light on the concepts of antisemitism and philosemitism, exploring their intersection in service of the zionist project in Palestine. The text reveals how the fight against antisemitism upholds imperialist structures. Cohen examines how antisemites and philosemites posit Israel’s colonial existence as a…
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Deplatformed
We need you moving forward Dear friends, Like other Palestinian organizations in Palestine, we, too, have been the target of zionist campaigns. Yesterday, we were informed by our donation platform, Square Payments, that we could no longer use their services. Settler organizations here have long targeted the Good Shepherd Collective because of our call to…
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Gaza: some basic facts
Today, October 10, marks the fourth day of the Palestinian uprising from Gaza. At the time that I am writing to you, the Palestinian Ministry of Health is reporting that Israeli forces have killed 788 Palestinians in Gaza and injured at least 4,100. But while resistance forces continue to maintain territorial control outside of Gaza,…
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August Demolition Report-2023
Over the last month, as settler violence has continued to mount against Palestinians and our communities, the Israeli state has maintained the violent processes of demolition and destruction. Since January, Israeli state forces have demolished 520 Palestinian-owned structures in the West Bank and East Jerusalem alone, affecting more than 24,000 people. Most of these structures…
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July Demolition Report-2023
Israeli pogroms have raged across Nablus, Ramallah, and Jenin communities. Israeli settlers torched small Palestinian communities, lighting fire to farmlands, family vehicles, and homes. Masked Israeli settlers and the military stood side-by-side, watching the billowing smoke clouds engulf entire villages and enacting violence on Palestinians that mobilized to protect their communities. While it’s easy to…
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June Demolition Report 2023
Destroying the native population’s educational structures has always been an essential tactic of settler colonialism. For example, from 1869 through the 1960s United States — the most successful settler colonial regime — in coordination with various churches, oversaw the theft of hundreds of thousands of Native American children from their homes and families to boarding…