For more information on the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict, please see IfAmericansKnew.org
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.
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.
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
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.
A look at the history of Israel’s Film and Theater Review Board reveals its major role in shaping the cultural image of the young state – and our worldview too
Israel and its partisans frequently emphasize Hamas’s 1988 charter, while failing to mention that Hamas issued a new document in 2017…
Israeli soldiers have raped & sexually assaulted Palestinian women & girls from Israel’s 1948 founding war through the present – see multiple reports, including video testimony by Israeli historian Ilan Pappé
Indications are that Israel used the October 7 attack as a pretext for the preexisting master plan to get rid of the Palestinians whose presence blocks the establishment of Greater Israel with sovereign control over the West Bank and at least portions of Gaza… Hamas had publicly and by back channels pushed for a 50-year cease-fire with Israel
On Sunday, Netanyahu turned down a Hamas offer to end the war. It’s only the latest in a long history of Hamas proposals for long-term truces that Israel has rejected.
Hamas resistance releases report; large numbers of refugees, babies at risk; more support for Palestinian sovereignty; news on Houthis and shipping; CAIR demands action; Israel withholds money due Palestinian Authority; West Bank home demolitions, and more