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Genocide has rendered Gaza a space-time exception

The Israeli onslaught has disfigured space and time in Gaza leaving a physicist like me no other choice but to use my understanding of the universe, as well as the wisdom of the ages, to navigate and...

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Did Donald Trump force the ceasefire deal the Biden administration refused to?

A ceasefire deal to finally stop the genocide in Gaza and bring about an exchange of captives appears to be at hand, but many questions remain. Among them is the role the incoming Trump administration...

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The Gaza ceasefire will not cure the wounds of genocide

Now that a ceasefire has been agreed to in Gaza, the bombs will stop falling, and the world will breathe a sigh of relief. Yet, for those of us who survived, the war hasn’t ended—it has merely...

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As ceasefire inches closer, Israeli ministers are already making plans to...

As of Friday a ceasefire deal still hung in the balance. After delays by Netanyahu, Israel's cabinet finally convened to deliberate on a vote. But even if the deal goes through, all signs are pointing...

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Gaza ceasefire reveals Israel’s fragility, and the transformative power of...

In the wake of a ceasefire, many will try to force the discourse into a binary of victory and defeat. But as the dust settles, a true picture emerges: one of the fragility of the Israeli colony, and...

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My two genocides

In my life, I have been enmeshed in two genocides. The first was when I survived the Holocaust in World War II. The second is the Gaza genocide, which is being carried out in my name and which is...

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Poem: Your civility is a siege

In the wake of the ceasefire in Gaza, a poem about maintaining militant clarity on what the last year of Zionist genocide means for writers and people of conscience across the world.

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Despite our universities and hospitals lying in ruins, my generation will...

I always wanted to become is doctor, and my dream was coming true at Al-Azhar University. But Israel left our campus in ruins and has destroyed a generation. Those of us who survive vow to carry the...

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Unknown heroes: Memories of a Gaza first responder

Although trained as a social researcher, when the war began in October 2023 I joined the search and rescue team in the Gaza City neighborhood of al-Shuja’iyya. Here are some of my stories of being a...

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What is the first thing you will do after the truce?

In the final hours before the Gaza ceasefire I asked my friends and family, “What’s the first thing you’ll do?” Through their answers, I came to understand the truce was not a moment of joy but a...

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I was suspended from Emory over my Palestine activism. I will not let it stop...

When I applied to Medical School at Emory University, I was open about my dedication to Palestine activism, and was told it would never impact my studies. But now, the school has suspended me for that...

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Is Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ back on the table?

Donald Trump's first administration proposed what it called the "Deal of the Century" which would have redrawn Israel's borders to include major swaths of the West Bank. As Trump reenters office there...

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There will be no ‘Trump effect’ when it comes to U.S. policy toward Palestine

Some are hoping for a great "Trump effect" on U.S. policy toward Palestine after his envoy brokered the Gaza ceasefire. But Trump was only operating out of self-interest, and these same interests will...

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The Shift: The ADL exists to defend Israel, not combat antisemitism

The ADL's reaction to Elon Musk's "awkward gesture" proves that they're not concerned with antisemitism. The group exists to defend Israel.

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Palestinian joy is a direct challenge to those who would rule over us. And it...

The recent ceasefire celebrations with Hamas fighters in the heart of Gaza City exposed Israel's military failures, and also showed how Palestinian joy is a direct affront to the petty gods who seek to...

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How the U.S. brokered ceasefire shows us Israel is a pet project, not an ally 

The Gaza genocide revealed imperial tensions between the U.S. and Israel which show the U.S. will sacrifice Zionist demands for its own interests.

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Gaza, where bread means life — and death

Amid the many tragedies in Gaza, far too many go untold. We must not forget those who lost their lives while simply trying to get a loaf of bread or a sack of flour.

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Israel continues to wrestle with the humiliating failure of its second...

Israeli society continues to wrestle with the incompetence, imperial hubris, and lack of accountability that contributed to Israel’s humiliating failures on October 7.

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Yes Elon Musk, you can be both a Zionist and a Nazi

After igniting outrage for raising a Nazi salute at a Trump inauguration event, Elon Musk tweeted: “So I am both a zionist AND a nazi?” He meant it mockingly, but the historical and ideological...

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The Right of Return is still the issue

Israel has never understood Palestinian resilience. We survived the Gaza Genocide, like catastrophes before it, through the call to Return home, the fuel for Palestinian survival. For Palestinians, the...

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