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Posts by William Lafi Youmans

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Who Killed Alex Odeh? The film examines the unsolved murder of Alex Odeh, a Palestinian-American activist who was killed in 1985 in Santa Ana.

The screening schedule is not out yet, but will be announced here in presume: mdag.pl/23/en/warsza...

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It is with great honor that we share this news! 

Our documentary film Who Killed Alex Odeh? has been selected for the Millennium Docs Against Gravity film festival to be screened in the special section, All Eyes on Palestine. The festival is spread over 7 cities in Poland May 8-17.

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Born into slavery, Gustav Badin became part of Swedish royal court and left legacy of books and letters.
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Israel is trying to provoke a civil war in Lebanon by slaughtering citizens, ethnically cleansing the south and attacking the state and UN. The global community needs to act decisively and militarily against Israel immediately, as it did against Saddam Hussein in Kuwait and Milisevic in Bosnia.

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The US government, media and universities owe apologies to the students who protested for ceasefire in 2024. Had the call of their encampments been heeded, we very likely wouldn’t be in the current predicament. In any case, they were right.

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‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ Review: A Modest True Crime Doc Where the Answers Are Out in the Open The exposé of a Palestinian activist’s murder in 'Who Killed Alex Odeh?' may lack novel spark, but its directness is not without purpose.

An important write-up of our documentary is out. Though I do not agree with many aspects of this review of Who Killed Alex Odeh? from Variety, it is at least thoughtful.

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It’s an honor to have your film described as “fascinating.” Screen International’s review of Who Killed Alex Odeh? says we “diligently pull together the threads of a complex case in which one incident opens a window on to a wider picture of Arab-Israeli relations.” That is a perfect description!

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Für Berliner vielleicht von Interesse:
Der Dokumentarfilm meines Kollegen William Youmans über den Mordanschlag auf den palästinensisch-amerikanischen Aktivisten Alex Odeh hat seine Europapremiere auf der #Berlinale2026. Sehr empfehlenswert!

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Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"

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And Panama. They’re doing the Noriega playbook.

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Our documentary — Who Killed Alex Odeh? — made the top 20 most anticipated documentaries of 2026 by Nonfics. It will premiere at Sundance on January 26. Tickets go on sale January 14. #justiceforalexey

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40 years after Jewish extremists murdered a Palestinian activist in California, no one has been held accountable On October 11, 1985, Palestinian-American Alex Odeh was killed when a bomb destroyed his office. Despite suspicions that Jewish Defense League members carried out the attack, no charges have ever been...

I wrote this essay for the anniversary of Alex Odeh’s still unsolved murder. I tried to focus more on Alex the person and his legacy for the community than the frustrating story of a failed investigation, which I will write about elsewhere. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/40-y...

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That time when Golda Meir was going to civilize the whole continent of Africa with Israel’s “hard-won expertise.”

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40 years after Jewish extremists murdered a Palestinian activist in California, no one has been held accountable On October 11, 1985, Palestinian-American Alex Odeh was killed when a bomb destroyed his office. Despite suspicions that Jewish Defense League members carried out the attack, no charges have ever been...

I wrote this essay for the anniversary of Alex Odeh’s still unsolved murder. I tried to focus more on Alex the person and his legacy for the community than the frustrating story of a failed investigation, which I will write about elsewhere. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/40-y...

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In July 2024, Israel waited until Ismail Haniyeh *left* Qatar to visit Tehran before assassinating him.

Now it's just full-on bombing Qatar.

If the US had granted visas to PLO leaders to attend the UN meeting this month, I'd be very scared about Mossad operations in Manhattan.

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Today, Prism is publishing a monthslong investigation by @laubast.bsky.social in partnership with Visualizing Palestine, that takes a deep dive into the experiences of repression that Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists face in the U.S. while attempting to cover the genocide.

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Memorials of Resistance: Alex Odeh and Beyond Alex Odeh’s statue and student protests highlight Palestinian resilience, reclaiming memory and identity amid ongoing efforts to erase their history.

My contribution to the Palestinian feminist publication Scene48’s new bulletin is about Alex Odeh’s statue in California in the context of Palestinian memorials, or ‘Memorializations from Below.’ scene48.org/en/articles/...

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Curtis Sliwa from the Guardian Angels and current Republican candidate for mayor of New York appeared on Morton Downey Jr. in 1989 to confront a Jewish militant. He had with him an Arab American wearing a keffiyeh who supported the intifada.

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DC protest against the Trump takeover. They will meet in DuPont at 2 pm Saturday and march to the White House.

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Adding to the nearly 270 media workers Israel has eliminated in Gaza, here are 5 Al Jazeera staff that Israel struck fatally yesterday: Anas al-Sharif, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, Moamen Aliwa and Mohammed Qreiqeh.

They gave their lives so we could witness the crime of the century.

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Forty years ago, Alexander Cockburn wrote this opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal. A similar essay could be written today, though Israel’s only expanded and intensified its war on journalism. And there’s no way the Journal would publish it.

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In the early 1980s, Arab American activist Dr MT Mehdi predicted that the American public would eventually break with Israeli militarism. He was correct that Israel would produce “permanent wars,” but is so far wrong that American sponsorship would cease.

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He wasn’t starving?

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The @washingtonpost.com published a very small percentage of the names of Palestinian children Israel has killed in Gaza. In tiny print size, it still took up more than a newspaper page. The scale of destruction Israel has enacted on Palestinian lives is unforgivable.

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We’re finally in post-production for our film on Alex Odeh, a Palestinian American activist who was assassinated in 1985 in Orange County. The case is still unsolved. Our documentary investigates this forgotten history. Please donate to help us finish it. t.co/BGxph8HCtW

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When Israel was formed it dispossessed Palestinian refugees to Gaza among other places. It committed massacres there in 1956 and occupied it in 1967. October 7th came after years of bombings and siege, all so Israel can continue to steal land that belonged to the Palestinians. There’s a history here

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You think it started on October 7th? Palestinian artist Iyad Sabbah created these statues amid rubble to depict Palestinians fleeing their homes during Israel’s shelling of the Shuja’yyeh neighborhood in Gaza in *2014* Israel has since flattened Gaza city and surrounding areas.

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People who think it all started on October 7, 2023 need to see this editorial cartoon from 2014.

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If the guy was actually an "independent journalist," the NYT would just do what it always does: write about it next week and not credit him.

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Hold on, back up.

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