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Items by Adnan Hmidan
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A hypocritical world and the new generation of resistance
Despite the guardians of world order constantly claiming to uphold human values and international law, time and again they prove themselves to be complicit with Israel in its crimes — if not actual collaborators. We all saw the media frenzy over a mistaken identification of an Israeli detainee’s body,...
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Palestinians have no real democratic representatives: the leadership lacks legitimacy
The Palestinian struggle for liberation and independence has always been tied to the fight for democratic representation. However, the current reality reveals a painful truth: Palestinians, both inside Palestine and in the diaspora, lack a legitimate democratic leadership that truly represents them. The Palestinian Authority (PA), established under the...
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Will Trump let hell break out in Gaza?
Since his return to the White House, Donald Trump has adopted a strategy of “shock and awe”— not just in foreign policy but in the smallest details of daily life. A flurry of decisions, provocative statements and threats stretching from Gaza to Canada, Panama and Greenland, alongside a return...
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Gaza rejects displacement, but what if it’s imposed?
For decades, the Israeli occupation, backed by Western powers, has sought to liquidate the Palestinian cause through various means, foremost among them forced displacement. Today, these attempts resurface under the framework of the “alternative homeland” project, aiming to empty the Gaza Strip of its population and impose a new...
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Gaza teaches the world a lesson in resilience: Endurance amid the challenges of occupation
In the face of genocide, ethnic cleansing and a suffocating blockade, Gaza has demonstrated an extraordinary endurance that few could have anticipated. This resilience is not a chance occurrence but the outcome of the steadfastness of its people, their patience in the face of ongoing Israeli aggression, and their...
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Double standards: Between Gaza, Los Angeles and Ukraine
While Gaza is being obliterated, entire families erased from civil records, children deprived of food and medicine, with doctors and patients detained and bodies left for dogs to scavenge, the world stands by in silence. This harrowing scene unfolds daily in Gaza, where the occupation perpetrates the most heinous...
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For the first time, Palestinians abroad publicly criticise the Palestinian Authority
For the first time since its establishment in 2017, the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad has issued a direct and explicit criticism of the Palestinian Authority (PA). This comes after the PA’s actions in the occupied West Bank, particularly in Jenin and its refugee camp, reached an intolerable level. The...
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Navigating political landscapes: Arab presence in British cities
The influence of minorities in the public life of democratic and open societies is not solely determined by their numbers, but also by their presence, engagement and interaction. This is exemplified by many minorities, including the Arab community in Britain. They are advocating for a more effective participation in...
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Will Israel’s aggression against Palestinians in Gaza end in 2024?
As the new year begins, the Gaza Strip is still under a relentless Israeli military offensive that has killed and wounded 80,000 people to date. The Palestinian residents of Gaza, meanwhile, display remarkable resilience and resistance, both of which have worn out the occupation forces like never before. Our hopes...
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No place for Christmas in Gaza
The devastating impact of the Israeli occupation on the Christian community in Gaza is a tragic tale of loss, betrayal, and ongoing suffering. Over a thousand Christians will not know Christmas this year. Christians in Gaza, have not only lost their places of worship but have also endured the pain...
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Palestine wins the World Cup
An English fan with blue eyes and blond hair chanted “freedom for Palestine” on an Israeli channel, during a live broadcast. This incident was like a thunderbolt against the Occupation and its supporters, while the disappointment was clear in the presenter’s facial expressions. Although it was not broadcast on the...
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Forget its freedom rhetoric, Germany suppresses all who stand in solidarity with Palestine
In supposedly democratic Germany, the country that was reunited when the Berlin Wall was broken down, human rights activists who express solidarity with Palestine face discrimination and persecution under the pretext of the drive against anti-Semitism. In some ways, this is worse than what happens within the occupation state...
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Palestinians in the diaspora have a key role to play and must not be marginalised
A thousand Palestinians from all over the world met in Istanbul last weekend to elect a new leadership for the Popular Conference of Palestinians Abroad and to evaluate its work over the five years since it was established in 2017. The conference is the only entity that brings Palestinians...
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Oppressing the weak
Cowards rely on conquering the weak in order to try to make themselves appear strong. This is what the Israeli occupation in Palestine does. There are frequent scenes of attacks against children, special needs people and women. The story of the brutal treatment and then the arrest of the...
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Who is pouring fuel on the fire of hatred against Muslims in Britain and the West?
There has been a noticeable increase in Islamophobia in Britain, revealed by a recent study from the University of Birmingham, which reported that 25 per cent of Britons have a negative view of Islam and Muslims. This figure does not necessarily mean that the rest have a positive view,...
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Positive working for Palestine in Britain
The capital of Balfour is considered one of the best cities in the world to express the Palestinian right and solidarity with it. Even after the attempts of the pro-occupation lobby to restrict it due to the value and importance of the effort being made and the role played...
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‘Facing four obstacles while working for Palestine in Britain’
The solidarity work for Palestine in Britain faces challenges linked to the presence of Boris Johnson, “the enthusiastic Zionist” as he describes himself, at the head of the government, accompanied by the extremist, Priti Patel, the Minister of Interior, who was expelled from a previous government after holding meetings...
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What are the consequences of sectarian killings?
I have the right to wonder about the value of the moral, material and historical cost that the nation is still paying with the continuation of sectarian killing! For instance, we have seen what happened and is still happening in Iraq, amid an unprecedented sectarian division that our nation...
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Independence of the State of Palestine
On 15 November, the Palestinian Authority (PA) closed its official departments, closed schools and universities as is usual every year, to celebrate the Independence of the State of Palestine, which sparked criticism. This miserable independence, in which the Head of State—and I mean Mahmoud Abbas, in particular—does not move...
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Tunisia’s president is largely responsible for the disaster that he is trying to fix
The constitutionally-limited role of the president of the republic in Tunisia doesn’t encourage involvement or intervention in day to day affairs; that is the role of parliament and the government, headed by the prime minister. This has vexed constitutional law professor Kais Saied, who became president with 70 per...
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Egyptians are quietly being executed
News of the execution of 25-year-old engineering student Moataz Mostafa Hassan in Egypt has passed quietly. He was found guilty of questionable charges as have the 97 other citizens who have been executed in Egypt since the 2013 coup. A few lonely voices denounced the crime on social media. While...
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Israel shows its true colours
Young social media activists succeeded in exposing the occupation state for what it really is, in terms of its fragility and weakness, on the one hand, and brutality and tyranny, on the other, contrary to the image that has been constantly promoted by Zionists who claim that Israel is...
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Jerusalemites really are the salt of the earth
Jerusalemites really are the salt of the earth. Their resilience resembles the robust trees standing at the Damascus Gate to the Old City, as they shout fiercely in front of the houses of Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in protest against the most pernicious occupation on the planet, bare-chested and holding...
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The insignificance of Israeli soldiers has been laid bare
The Jerusalemites’ victory in the Damascus Gate clashes laid bare the insignificance of the Israeli occupation soldiers and their reckless behaviour. This was obvious in the photos and videos showing the confrontations between the heavily armed soldiers and the young Jerusalemites, who stood tall and confronted them bare-chested with...