Majed Abu Maraheel was the first Palestinian Olympian, but not the last. Those who follow in his footsteps compete with pride for their land
Honoring the memory of a Gazan Olympic hero: Majed Abu Maraheel
Category: History
For more information on the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict, please see IfAmericansKnew.org
US Should Arrest Benjamin Netanyahu When He’s in Washington
One of Benjamin Netanyahu’s major crimes involved receiving $250,000 as a bribe from Israeli film maker Arnon Milchan, who made his fortune in the United States and was also involved in espionage directed against US nuclear technology to enable the Jewish state to develop its own secret – and illegal – nuclear weapons arsenal.
Hesen Jabr paid the price of conscience
Jabr’s exemplary, award-winning nursing career at NYU ended when a plainclothes police officer removed her from the hospital. Her offense? Raising her voice against Israel’s continuing slaughter of Palestinian babies…
Toys, spices, sewing machines: the items Israel banned from entering Gaza
Israel had already been limiting the movement of goods and people between Gaza and the West Bank at least since the early 1990s. In 2006, after Hamas won 74 out of 132 seats in the Palestinian legislative elections, Israel escalated its blockade.
Fact or Fiction: Is Israel Unfairly Singled Out for Global Condemnation?
Is Israel singled out for rebuke on the world stage? Quite the opposite: it has enjoyed a free ride until the current war with Gaza.
Why Gaza’s Death Toll Is Probably Higher Than Reported
Starvation, unsanitary conditions, and bodies beneath the rubble have almost certainly contributed to a death toll much higher than what we have heard.
Long History of Jewish Dissent Over Israel’s Treatment of Palestinians
In “Our Palestine Question,” Geoffrey Levin, assistant professor of Middle Eastern and Jewish studies at Emory University, recovers the voices of those Jews who first called for an honest reckoning of the plight of Israel’s Palestinian population.
The Right of Return to Free Palestine
76 years later, Palestinian return to the homes and lands we were expelled from in 1948 is feasible and, of course, legal. To Palestinians, it is also sacred and inevitable.
Israeli anti-Zionist academic Ilan Pappe interrogated by FBI in Detroit
This highly respected scholar was subjected to hostile questioning by US intelligence officers – including “do you support Hamas?” and “do you think what’s happening in Gaza is genocide?” Also find here Pappe’s comments on the West’s “sinister” denial of the unfolding events in Palestine
New! English translation of eyewitness Red Cross account of 1948 Deir Yassin massacre
Jacques de Reynier, Red Cross representative in Jerusalem in 1948, is considered the most prominent eyewitness to the Deir Yassin massacre, part of the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians to make way for Israel. Here is his account, translated from the French.