West Asia/ North Africa

The Nakba: 72 years of ongoing catastrophe

May 15 is the day commemorating Youm al-Nakba, the Day of Catastrophe, when white European settlers declared war on the…

May 18, 2020

Palestinian movement scores big legal win for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain

The Palestine Solidarity Committee won a legal victory for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain when the country's…

May 6, 2020

<span class="streamer">Taking advantage of pandemic</span><br> Israel moves to annex more Palestinian land

Speaking to students at Tel Aviv's Bar Ilan University in November 1989, Benjamin Netanyahu, at that time the Israeli deputy…

May 5, 2020

Dire situation for Palestinian prisoners

The following remarks were given by Palestinian author and activist Susan Abulhawa during a Workers World Party webinar,“Free Them All:…

April 13, 2020

A voice from Occupied Gaza – a WW interview

The following WW interview was conducted by WW Managing Editor Monica Moorehead via Facebook Messenger on April 2 with a…

April 2, 2020

‘National security,’ Iran and the virus

On Feb. 10, Donald Trump sent Congress a budget request for the coming fiscal year that included $740.5 billion for…

April 2, 2020

Palestine battles the pandemic

There have been relatively few confirmed cases of the coronavirus COVID-19 among the Palestinian population compared with the Israelis infected.…

March 26, 2020

Syria and Iran struggle against sanctions during pandemic

This article appeared in the March 21 issue of Junge Welt, a German daily newspaper. Translation by John Catalinotto. Recently,…

March 26, 2020

China calls for lifting of U.S. sanctions against Iran

Amid the fight against the coronavirus COVID-19, China called on March 16 for the immediate lifting of U.S. sanctions on…

March 17, 2020

Sanctions in Gaza

By Pippa Bartolotti The author, a former leader of the Green Party of Wales, writes on political and social issues.…

February 20, 2020