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Posts Tagged ‘Intifada’

Adel Samara – What if Palestinian Feminism was Class Oriented?

By Adel Samara • Jul 23rd, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Culture and Heritage, Features, Israel, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Palestine, Religion, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism

(In the picture, all woman march in Bil'in, poster says, "We will protest the wall till it falls!") While writing my coming book about women, I had the opportunity to read two books published in Arabic and dealt with Palestinian women in West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBG).
What I offer here is not a review of [...]

Non-Violence in Palestine: Timing and Intentions

By Ramzy Baroud • Apr 18th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Culture and Heritage, Israel, Nakba and Right of Return, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, War, Zionism

WRITTEN BY Ramzy Baroud (photo by Valentina Perniciaro)

When one speaks of or advocates non-violence, does he promote such an idea because he believes that historically it has been a more effective means of liberation, or is it purely because he thinks that it is a more self-respecting means of struggle?

In recent history, many advocates of [...]

Dima Hamdan – The Third Intifada… Is it time to fight back with stones?

By Guest Post • Jan 12th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Features, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War, Zionism

On the first Friday of the Israeli onslaught on Gaza, I was watching rushes coming in from Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, waiting for something to happen…

Hamas had called for a “day of anger” to protest Israel’s atrocities, and we were expecting clashes to break out between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers after Friday prayers.

Sure enough, [...]

Palestinian Counseling Center in Beit Hanina, images of violence and their effects

By Guest Post • Dec 26th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Children's Corner, Interviews, Israel, Nakba and Right of Return, Newswire, Palestine, Religion, Resistance, War

This post is from a blog I read a few years ago and archived as worthy of being posted at some time on one of my sites. It comes from Anti-War Military Mom. It is a wonderful interview that gives much insight and a wealth of information on the images of violence, on USAID and [...]

Ramzy Baroud – A Third Palestinian Intifada in the Making

By Ramzy Baroud • Nov 2nd, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Features, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism

At a recent conference I was repeatedly asked about the prospects for a third Palestinian uprising, or Intifada. The question, although seemingly uncomplicated, is both loaded and important, and cannot be answered in a mere two minutes or less.

A 'third Intifada' would imply that the second has already ended. But has it? Or did it [...]