West Asia/ North Africa

30 years ago: U.S. imperialism provoked war with Iraq

Published Jan. 15 in Il Manifesto. Translation: John Catalinotto.                                        At 2:20 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1991 (Gulf time), U.S. helicopters…

January 22, 2021

Pro-Palestine teenagers defy Israeli military

Sixty Israeli teenagers signed an open letter on Jan. 5 explaining their refusal to be conscripted into the Israeli Defense…

January 12, 2021

Nature under settler colonialism in Palestine

By Rana Baker This slightly edited presentation was given by Rana Baker, a Palestinian PhD student at Columbia University, during…

December 14, 2020

Palestine Writes: A labor of love

Originally scheduled to take place in New York City this March, but canceled due to the pandemic, the Palestine Writes…

December 7, 2020

Trump and Somalia

The outgoing president took another deceptive public step on Dec. 2: He ordered the remaining 700 U.S. troops out of…

December 7, 2020

Palestinian prisoner Maher al-Akhras released after 103-day hunger strike

Palestinian political prisoner Maher al-Akhras was released from Israeli prison Nov. 26. He had staged a hunger strike for 103…

December 2, 2020

U.S. role in assassination of Iranian scientist

The targeted assassination of top Iranian physicist and nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on Nov. 27, and Donald Trump's immediate approving…

November 30, 2020

A Palestinian comments on the U.S. election

As results of the U.S. presidential election started coming in last week, the reaction across the country, at least on…

November 16, 2020

Labour’s ouster of MP Jeremy Corbyn aims to crush criticism of Israel

Member of Parliament and former leader of the Labour Party (2015-2020), Jeremy Corbyn was ousted from his own party by…

November 3, 2020

International calls for release of Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike

The International Association of Democratic Lawyers, in a resolution released late last month, called for the immediate release of Maher…

November 2, 2020