The truth is that the Palestinian citizens of Israel and the Jewish majority of the country have never coexisted. We Palestinians living in Israel “sub-exist,” living under a system of discrimination and racism with laws that enshrine our second-class status and with policies that ensure we are never equals.
on May 26, 2021More than 100 progressive groups signed onto a May 14 statement asking Biden to denounce “Israel’s use of disproportionate and deadly force against Palestinians in Gaza” and “condemn Israeli government plans to forcibly displace Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem.”
on May 25, 2021“This is what we warned about. Israel will target us all when you stop looking.”
on May 25, 2021An eviction in East Jerusalem lies at the center of a conflict that led to war between Israel and Hamas. But for millions of Palestinians, the routine indignities of occupation are part of daily life.
on May 24, 2021We’re second-class citizens in what’s supposed to be our country, too.
on May 24, 2021Some journalists covering Israel and Palestine say an “illusive concept of impartiality” led them to face persistent doubts and skewed editing for years. Is that changing now?
on May 24, 2021As a Palestinian from within Israel I have long been a second-class citizen, denied basic rights
on May 19, 2021U.S. charities are funding Israeli settler organizations working to evict Palestinians from their East Jerusalem homes.
on May 14, 2021Linah, 8 years old — or, in Gazan time, two wars old — asked sheepishly if “they” could still destroy our building now that the power had gone out.
on May 13, 2021