"The only recognizable feature of hope is action" - Grace Paley
Webster’s Dictionary defines sanctions as “a coercive measure, usually taken by several nations together, for forcing a nation considered to have violated international law to stop the violation…[including] withholding loans, limiting relations, imposing a...
We did not weep when we were leaving – for we had neither time nor tears, and there was no farewell. We did not know at the moment of parting that it was a...
The 1948 Israeli Declaration of Independence promised to base the new country on “complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex”. It also promised to...
Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern: “We are a proud nation of more than 200 ethnicities, 160 languages, and amongst our diversity we share common values, and the one we place currency on...
Israel’s Declaration of Independence says: “The State of Israel will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex.” Israel does not have a Constitution,...
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” – Martin Luther King in Birmingham jail, 1963 Our right...
Here are 10 reasons it’s a local issue: 1. Nearly half of Palestinians are 17 and under, so the treatment of Palestinian children under Israeli military law will greatly affect future Israeli-Palestinian relations, with...
On July 19, the Israeli Knesset passed the “Jewish Nation State Law” as a Basic Law. While Israel does not have a constitution, it does have a set of “Basic Laws” which effectively serve...
With the recent death of former Congressman and Oakland mayor Ron Dellums we are reminded of his role as a leader in the peace movement and in the campaign to end U.S. support for...
Stanley Heller is executive director of the Middle East Crisis Committee (CT). He can be reached at mail@thestruggle.org. Our former vice president [of Middle East Crisis Committee], Mazin Qumsiyeh, is in Naples, Italy on...
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