Opinion

The occupation of the narrative

How Pro-Israeli discourse rooted itself in the popular culture of the West By Qassam Muaddi Let us do a quick…

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You’ve heard about the violence in Chile. You probably haven’t heard their military learns its tactics in Israel

What started as a student act of civil disobedience against Santiago’s rising metro fares has now expanded outside the Chilean…

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How Israel’s Gilad Erdan is using Temple extremists as his ticket to power

By Richard Silverstein The headline leapt off the page of Makor Rishon, one of the right-wing Israeli dailies owned by…

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The War on Truth: How Israel’s social media trolls conquered Facebook

By Ramzy Baroud On October 9, the social media platform, Facebook, deleted the page of the popular Palestinian news website,…

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The last lifeline: the real reason behind Abbas’ call for elections

By Ramzy Baroud The call by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for elections in the occupied territories is a political…

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The two-state solution is a cruel delusion, and an idol in Washington

By Philip Weiss In a couple of weeks J Street will have its conference in Washington, featuring a lot of…

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Does Facebook impose curfews on Palestinians in the ‘blue world’?

By Hossam Shaker When the Arab youth revolted in 2011 to demand freedom and democracy in their countries, Facebook was…

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Facebook and Twitter can’t uphold standards with offices in repressive Middle East countries

By Ramy Abdu Last week, activists and journalists launched a campaign on Twitter, calling on the platform to relocate its…

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Heba al-Labadi’s torture allegations match the experiences of many Palestinian prisoners

By Ramzy Baroud On August 20, Heba Ahmed al-Labadi fell into the dark hole of the Israeli legal system, joining…

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Congress should impeach David Friedman, too

By Josh Ruebner As Congress returns from recess next week, the House of Representative’s impeachment inquiry into President Trump’s solicitation…

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