Palestine
The K-pop stans fighting for a free Palestine
Activist Army assemble — After emerging as a powerful force for social justice during the BLM protests last summer, K-pop fans are now mobilising around another urgent human rights issue: Palestinian liberation.
Written by: Chloé Meley
The fight to boycott Israel – inside occupied Palestine
#PalestineEconomicWeek — It has long been assumed that Palestinians living inside the apartheid system have an inherently weaker capacity to mobilise. But a new campaign is educating Palestinians about the importance, and feasibility, of boycotting Israeli goods from the inside to corrode colonial-economic structures.
Written by: Amal Nazzal
A Gaza resident on life after the ceasefire
‘Without hope we cannot live’ — A Palestinian medical project coordinator who has lived in Gaza for the last two decades recounts the horrors of the past few weeks, which saw hundreds killed by Israeli airstrikes, and what must happen next to secure peace.
Written by: Jessie Williams (interview)
Photos from Britain’s largest Palestine demo in history
Exist, resist, return — This weekend Londoners took to the streets in historic numbers to make clear that a ceasefire will do nothing to end Israel’s brutal occupation and that the fight must go on until Palestine is free.
Written by: Ben Smoke
London’s historic Free Palestine protest, in photos
End the occupation — As Israel escalates its violent attacks on the Palestinian people, thousands of protesters took to the streets over the weekend to demand freedom for Palestine. Our photographer, Theo McInnes, attended the march to capture this moving display of solidarity.
Written by: Huck
London’s Palestine protests are a beacon of hope
#SaveSheikhJarrah — After witnessing horrifying Israeli attacks on Palestinians, thousands of protesters took to the streets in London yesterday (May 11) in solidarity with Palestine, demanding that governments take action on Israel’s blatant human rights abuses.
Written by: Huck
A Palestinian dancer recalls Israel’s Intifada crackdown
‘I will never forget this moment’ — Two decades on from the Second Intifada, artist Raed Khatab remembers the bullet wound that left him unable to dance for two months, and how culture remains both a target of Israeli repression – and a source of Palestinian resilience.
Written by: Raed Khatab
We’re Jewish, and we want the occupation of Palestine to end
#ActionsNotWords — Last night a group of Jewish activists projected images onto the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, calling for action on Israel’s occupation of Palestine. Here, they explain why they did it.
Written by: Mia Rafalowicz-Campbell
Zaina Arafat on queer love, desire, and Palestinian identity
2020’s breakout author — The author’s powerful debut novel, You Exist Too Much, follows the story of a bisexual Palestinian-American with a penchant for unattainable women.
Written by: Kate Wyver
‘The coronavirus is like a nightmare within a nightmare’
A view from Palestine — For Palestinians living under occupation, a widespread COVID-19 outbreak would be catastrophic. So how are they keeping it under control?
Written by: Rasha Kaloti
