Sun 6-October-2024

Benay Blend

On Making Land Day 2022 an International Movement of Resistance

On March 30 1976 Israeli police murdered six Palestinian civilians while they were protesting further expropriation of Palestinian land. Since that date March 30 has been commemorated as Land Day in honor of Indigenous sumud (resilience).

From Palestine to Turtle Island: Whose Lives Really Matter?

On the eve of the US elections tensions are very high. Concerns range from right-wing violence at the polls to the fear of a contested election in which the conservative Supreme Court might be the deciding factor.

Land Day 2020 in the Time of the Coronavirus

On March 3 2020 Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Network issued a call for a rally in New York City to commemorate the second anniversary of the Great Return March in Gaza.

‘Dear World How is the Lockdown?’

During the early days of Covid-19 lockdowns a variety of social media posts from Gaza such as the one above appeared from the blockaded Gaza Strip.

Why Removing Trump and Netanyahu Won’t Relieve the Illness

In both the United States and Israel there is a myth that if we could just get rid of certain leaders—namely Trump and Netanyahu—then things would go back to normal the good old days (in truth for some but not for others).

On Why There Is (Allegedly) No Palestinian Gandhi

In September 2004 Arun Gandhi’s visit to Palestine revived conversations about the role of nonviolence in the Palestinian liberation struggle.