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May 27

Raising the Palestinian flag in Daley Plaza Center, Chicago: A powerful symbolic gesture, a moment of hope

As a bastion of Jewish Zionism, Chicago is no New York City, but in part thanks to Rahm Emanuel’s tenure as mayor of Chicago (2011–2019) and his ties to Israel, it feels that way to me. He’s been a strong supporter of Israel throughout his career both as the White…

Palestine In Chicago

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Raising the Palestinian flag in Daley Plaza Center, Chicago: A powerful symbolic gesture, a moment…
Raising the Palestinian flag in Daley Plaza Center, Chicago: A powerful symbolic gesture, a moment…
Palestine In Chicago

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May 16

They dare to speak out: “Let the olive branch fall; and long live the gun”

In the image above, the three martyrs on the poster held up by Charlotte Kates, the international coordinator of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, are Khalil Al-Bahtini, Jihad Ghannam and Tariq Izzedin, three Islamic Jihad leaders killed during Israel’s latest strike on the Gaza Strip. News sources generally describe Islamic…

Palestinian Resistance

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They dare to speak out: “Let the olive branch fall; and long live the gun”
They dare to speak out: “Let the olive branch fall; and long live the gun”
Palestinian Resistance

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May 13

Support our “glorious dead;” support Palestinian armed resistance

On the weekend of the 75th Nakba commemoration, I was in Toronto. …

Nakba75

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Support our “glorious dead;” support Palestinian armed resistance
Support our “glorious dead;” support Palestinian armed resistance
Nakba75

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May 8

An encounter with Tel Aviv University (Canada) at the Marriott Hotel in Toronto

At the Marriott Hotel in Toronto where my brother and I were staying on the 7th of May 2023, we noticed posters advertising an event called “The Changemakers Evening.” The “changemaker” turned out to be Tel Aviv University (TAU) in Canada, which was marketing its Center for Nanoscience and boasting…

Boycottisrael

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An encounter with Tel Aviv University (Canada) at the Marriott Hotel in Toronto
An encounter with Tel Aviv University (Canada) at the Marriott Hotel in Toronto
Boycottisrael

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May 4

B’nai Brith Canada & CIJA, Palestinians are not alone in their struggle for liberation

With the successful completion of the Palestine Liberation Conference: Envisioning Liberation, Confronting Colonialism in Ottawa (April 28–29), the first such conference in North America (Read the declaration of the conference here), Masar Badil and Samidoun have held the Palestinian flag high in Canada. …

Palestinian Struggle

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B’nai Brith Canada & CIJA, Palestinians are not alone in their struggle for liberation
B’nai Brith Canada & CIJA, Palestinians are not alone in their struggle for liberation
Palestinian Struggle

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May 3

Masar Badil, Samidoun usher bolder activism — and growing backlash, as they march in Ottawa

It was overcast, rainy and windy when my brother and I arrived at the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Ottawa on Sunday, April 30 at 2:00 pm to join the May Day Liberation March organized by Masar Badil and Samidoun and sponsored by many pro-Palestine organizations in Canada. The…

Masar Badil

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Masar Badil, Samidoun usher bolder activism — and growing backlash, as they march in Ottawa
Masar Badil, Samidoun usher bolder activism — and growing backlash, as they march in Ottawa
Masar Badil

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May 1

Neturei Karta (NK) and Masar Badil in Ottawa: “Free, Free Palestine from the river to the sea”

I’ve seen them often in the United States at protest rallies organized by pro-Palestine groups against Israel — in Washington DC, in New York. Yesterday in Ottawa, they led Masar Badil — The Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (masarbadil.org)’s May Day Liberation March. They are members of Neturei Karta (NK)…

Neturei Karta

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Neturei Karta (NK) and Masar Badil in Ottawa: “Free, Free Palestine from the river to the sea”
Neturei Karta (NK) and Masar Badil in Ottawa: “Free, Free Palestine from the river to the sea”
Neturei Karta

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Apr 30

Masar Badil’s Liberation Conference in Ottawa asks us to reexamine what we think we know about our world order

On the second day of Masar Badil’s Liberation Conference in Ottawa (Mādahòkì Farm, 4420 West Hunt Club Road Ottawa, ON), a speaker (Denis Kosseim), on the panel titled Connecting Struggles, reminded us of Fred Hampton’s declaration, “I am a revolutionary.” In a following panel, Helyeh Doutaghi of People’s Tribunal on…

Masar Badil

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Masar Badil’s Liberation Conference in Ottawa asks us to reexamine what we think we know about our…
Masar Badil’s Liberation Conference in Ottawa asks us to reexamine what we think we know about our…
Masar Badil

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Apr 29

Masar Badil’s Liberation Conference in Ottawa calls on activists to normalize Palestinian resistance in all its forms

At Friday’s session of Masar Badil’s Liberation Conference in Ottawa, April 28, 2023 (SAW Gallery, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, ON), an anecdote told in consternation by participant Neveen Abu Elula, a young Palestinian woman from Shafa Amr currently studying in St Louis, Missouri, helped me give form to the various…

Liberationconference

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Masar Badil’s Conference in Ottawa calls on activists to normalize Palestinian resistance…
Masar Badil’s Conference in Ottawa calls on activists to normalize Palestinian resistance…
Liberationconference

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Apr 27

Khader Adnan is not a Don Quixote tilting at windmills; he is a patriot

When Sheikh Khader Adnan of Islamic Jihad first went on hunger strike in 2011, the term “administrative detention” entered the vocabulary of many people around the world for the first time. His action became the longest one-man strike in history. Administrative detention is when a state arrests and detains an…

Khader Adnan

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Khader Adnan is not a Don Quixote tilting at windmills; he is a patriot
Khader Adnan is not a Don Quixote tilting at windmills; he is a patriot
Khader Adnan

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