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Susan Abulhawa Embodies the Spirit of Palestinian Resistance in Her New Book: Against the Loveless World

on August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 By Miko Peled 3 Comments

Writer and political activist Susan Abulhawa weaves a daring tale of a Palestinian woman’s defiant experience in solitary confinement at an Israeli prison in her new book, "Against the Loveless World".

New Report Reveals Israel Demolishes Over 2,000 Palestinian Bedouin Homes per Year

on August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 By Miko Peled 3 Comments

Today Israel only allows indigenous Palestinian Bedouins to live on 12% of their ancestral homeland in the Naqab, transferring them to camps and crowded villages reminiscent of Native American reservations.

As US Courts Release Inmates amid COVID-19, Palestinian Political Prisoners Are Still Persecuted

on July 21, 2020July 31, 2020 By Miko Peled 2 Comments

The now elderly Palestinian political prisoners involved in the Holy Land Foundation case have appealed to the courts for early release, yet despite the looming threat to their fragile health from COVID-19, their motions continue to be denied with tenuous justifications

How Two Seemingly Unrelated Events Laid Israel’s Racism Problem Bare

on July 15, 2020July 31, 2020 By Miko Peled 2 Comments

A viral video showing an Israeli family mocking impoverished Palestinian children and a controversial New York Times editorial by famed Zionist commentator Peter Beinart have exposed the racist underpinning of the so-called Jewish state.

Learning From the Past: History Provides Clues into Israel’s West Bank Annexation

on July 2, 2020July 31, 2020 By Miko Peled 1 Comment

Since 1948, Israel has annexed, occupied, taken, destroyed, built, and renamed everything from individual homes and property to public spaces, to historic monuments. And it has no intention, or reason, to stop.

Reparations and the Palestinian Right of Return: Two Sides of the Same Bloody Coin

on June 22, 2020July 31, 2020 By Miko Peled

Both in Israel and the US, conversations about reparations and the Palestinian right of return are stifled by arguments explaining why injustice must go on and a yearning for the status quo.

The Murders of Floyd and Halak Exposed the US and Israel as Settler-Colonial Enterprises

on June 18, 2020July 31, 2020 By Miko Peled

The systemic oppression faced by blacks and Palestinians in the United States and Israel is indicative of a deeply rooted racism rarely found in true democracies.

The Six-Day War: The Myth of an Israeli David Versus an Arab Goliath

on June 5, 2020July 31, 2020 By Miko Peled

The son of an Israeli General, Miko Peled reflects on the nefarious intent behind what was presented to the world as the heroic triumph of an outmatched Israel vs its aggressive Arab neighbors.

Lessons from Palestine: America’s People of Color Need a Sustained Resistance Movement

on June 2, 2020July 31, 2020 By Miko Peled

The notion of an ongoing resistance by people of color in the US sounds outlandish but might be what is needed in order to rid America of its racist and violent attitudes

“Deadly Exchange”: America’s Racist Policing Has Roots in Israel

on June 1, 2020July 31, 2020 By Miko Peled

During training sessions in Israel, American police delegations meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies and taught what Israel calls counterterrorism, but is in fact no more than “refining methods of racial profiling.”

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