States DON'T have rights.
PEOPLE DO.
"...that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"
Rights belong to people, not to organized structures through which people exercise power!
36 children were killed in an Israeli strike on a girls’ elementary school in Hormozgan province, Iran. The same doctrine that bombed schools in Gaza is now bombing schools in Iran.
Israel debates a death penalty bill for Palestinian prisoners, but as Abdel Nasser Ferwana shows, executions have been routine for decades. The bill would simply formalize what already exists: an old policy of killing prisoners outside any legal framework
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‘Aboud is a West Bank village that has been sealed off in all four directions by Israeli settlements, gates, and outposts, turning daily life into a struggle for movement, land, and survival. As Uday al-Barghouthi writes, this is displacement by design.
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Gaza saw its first major rainfall of the season today. Within minutes, people were submerged and tents holding families and children flooded. This is slow death. There is no justification for why proper shelter that can withstand the elements is not being allowed in.
From olive groves seized behind the wall to murals in Bethlehem and youth football in Aida refugee camp, Palestinians resist erasure through land, art, and community. Dalal Radwan writes on life, creativity, and defiance under occupation.
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In this interview, Asem Alnabih, spokesperson for Gaza Municipality, describes the devastation of Gaza City and the collapse of civic life, while insisting that any reconstruction must be led by Gazans themselves.
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In Gaza, Areej Almashharawi teaches kids English words like “tent” and “warplane” while starving herself. Her essay Gaza’s Last Call is a plea for justice, not pity.
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Quadcopters bomb grazing donkeys. Soldiers shoot them for sport. Others are stolen and sent abroad. Israel calls this “rescue.” In Gaza, it’s the destruction of the last threads of mobility. Report by Mohammad al-Naami.
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Two years of genocide have stolen Gaza’s time. For Ghada Abu Muaileq, youth was spent between rumors of peace and the reality of famine, bombings, and aid lines that end in blood.
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In conversation with @laythco.bsky.social, Dr. @yipengge.bsky.social exposes Israel’s “choreography of destruction,” a campaign that besieges and empties Gaza’s hospitals, turns them to rubble, and targets the doctors who keep them alive.
🔗 Read here: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...
I don't know what's going on in this world but I posted yesterday on "X" that a relative of mine was killed while seeking aid and a zionist account accused me of lying to make Israel look bad...
"Children are not starving because food is scarce. They are starving because the borders are closed. Because aid is blocked. Because food convoys are targeted...
Gaza is not starving. Gaza is being starved. And the world is watching."
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“When a student falls unconscious, we just assume they have not eaten for two days. And we move on.”
Eman Basher spoke to Dr. Izzedin Shahin, who works while starving, stitching wounds that won’t heal for lack of protein.
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Gaza’s high school students prepare for final exams by candlelight from shelters, under bombardment, grief, and blackout. Others shoulder family burdens after loss. For many, education is not just learning. It is survival.
Suha Sami’s full report:
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This week we hosted @yara-asi.bsky.social and Bushra Khalidi for a webinar on how Israel's famine is unfolding in Gaza, how it was enabled, and what must be done to address the disaster and its lasting effects. Watch here:
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Professor Rashid Khalidi has withdrawn his fall course at Columbia in protest of the university’s deal with the Trump administration & adoption of the IHRA definition. He calls it a surrender of academic freedom and complicity in genocide.
His open letter: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...
Urgent letter to Pope Leo XIV from Palestinian journalist Hind Shraydeh, writing from occupied Palestine. She pleads for action as Gaza faces mass death, hunger, and the destruction of churches and lives. “Gaza is betrayed by everyone it once trusted.”
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Amid bombs and blackout, Malak Hijazi finds refuge in books. From Simone de Beauvoir to Muin Bseiso, she reads to endure, to resist, and to remember. A moving account of life, loss, and literature under siege.
Read Malak's diary: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...
@nadinebahour.bsky.social examines how Israel has used hunger as a central tool in its campaign against Gaza, blocking aid, targeting farms and food warehouses, and creating deadly aid sites. Starvation is a calculated weapon of war.
Read the policy paper: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...
Palestinian cultural life in Jerusalem faces censorship, raids, and erasure. In this new policy paper, Rania Elias documents how Israel targets art, history, and memory while Palestinians continue to resist with creativity, courage, and community.
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This is the Abusalim Mosque, one of the oldest mosques in my hometown, Deir el-Balah. A beautiful landmark; serene, quiet, peaceful. It was built by my grandfather’s brother and stood tall for years. Today, the genocidal and deranged Israeli regime bombed it with a suicide drone.
Zohran Mamdani has never shied away from speaking out for Palestine. In a climate where most stay silent, his victory in the NYC mayoral primary marks a major shift. His campaign proves that standing for Palestinian rights can be a winning stance.
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In Gaza, even language is weaponized. Israeli soldiers leave behind graffiti that degrades, mocks, and haunts. Donya Abu Sitta reflects on how words, like bombs, can wound and occupy the ruins of homes and minds.
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She once studied poetry under Refaat Alareer. Her mother made her egg sandwiches every morning. Her home and university are now rubble. Her mother and professor were taken in the war. In Gaza, Shahad Ali writes about all that was lost, and what survives.
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When the classroom is a tent and the dream is survival. In Gaza, students study by flashlight, under bombs, and through grief. This powerful essay by Taqwa al-Wawi honors their defiance and asks: how do you dream when your school no longer exists?
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