Palestine-Israel conflict

ESSAY / The Palestinian crisis, Holocaust production, and ‘Maus’

This is part of a grand narrative that, offensive as it is, asks why the Jewish people let themselves be killed, instead of asking why the system enabled it to happen–the same narrative also exists in the cases of colonialism and slavery.

Geopolitical Insights / An Israeli journalist’s perspective on Israel-Hamas war

The settlers in the West Bank are taking advantage of the fact that the world’s attention is on Gaza.

ESSAY / On Remembering Edward Said

The occupation of Gaza and West Bank changed Said's personal and academic prerogatives, compelling him to lend his voice to the Palestinian liberation movement.

Myth of Israeli invincibility

Those claiming to be the heirs of the victims of the Holocaust, continue to rain death, pain and destruction on the Palestinian civilians

'Middle East conflict may affect global shipping'

The Israel-Hamas conflict has not had any immediate effect on global shipping, but it may impact ocean freight if the conflict lingers.

Humanitarian aid starts entering Gaza from Egypt

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for war-torn and besieged Gaza started passing into the Rafah border crossing from Egypt Saturday, a security source and an Egyptian Red Crescent official told AFP

Bangladesh observes Day of Mourning for Palestinians

Bangladesh is observing a Day of Mourning today for the Palestinians killed in recent Israeli attacks

Israel-Hamas conflict / US embassy in Dhaka flies flag at half-staff

The move comes as US "mourns every innocent life lost" in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict

Save Gaza from further bloodshed

World leaders cannot avert responsibility for the plight of Palestinians

October 19, 2023
October 19, 2023

Biden says Egypt to open Gaza crossing for up to 20 aid trucks

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has agreed to open the Rafah crossing into Gaza to allow a first batch of around 20 humanitarian aid trucks through, US President Joe Biden said Wednesday

October 18, 2023
October 18, 2023

UN chief 'horrified' by Gaza hospital blast that killed hundreds

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was "horrified" by hundreds of people killed in Tuesday's strike on a Gaza hospital

October 18, 2023
October 18, 2023

Plains of protest

Students have always been the first to engage in discourses on divisive borders with imagined, imposing lines, language, religion or tradition.

October 17, 2023
October 17, 2023

Gaza is bleeding, and needs help urgently

World leaders must play an effective role to stop the humanitarian crisis in Gaza

October 17, 2023
October 17, 2023

Don’t Palestinians deserve a life worth living?

The world is going through some cruel times. Not that such inhumanity had not occurred before -- the first and second world wars, and Hitler's holocaust of the Jewish people are among mankind's darkest chapters

October 11, 2023
October 11, 2023

Journey to Jerusalem

After our spiritual journey to the Old City and West Bank, the realities of life caught up to us.

October 10, 2023
October 10, 2023

Falastin

News from Gaza rips the heart open/ Idlib is burning too

October 10, 2023
October 10, 2023

7 nonfiction books to understand the question of Palestine

We highlight seven nonfictional books that allow us to understand the history and discourse around the struggle better.

October 9, 2023
October 9, 2023

War still rages on

We might never know how it feels when your whole existence is denied or the loss of homeland, but we can get a little glimpse of their suffering.

October 8, 2023
October 8, 2023

Hamas assault should be a moment of reckoning for Israel

Israel – along with its shameless allies – is the architect and enabler of this war.