Palestinian solidarity

The Dream Defenders delegation on a fourth visit to Palestine, 2019. (Erik Paul Howard.)

Finding a path to an enduring Black-Palestine solidarity

When I visited a Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank with a group of activists from working-class Black neighborhoods in the United States, I was astonished to discover just how much it reminded me of home. But then it didn’t. By Eli Day Traveling with the Dream Defenders in Palestine is an exercise in conquering distance. In…

By +972 Magazine September 30, 2019

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with American Senator Kamala Harris from California, at the PM's Office in Jerusalem, on November 20, 2017. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

On Palestine-Israel, Cory Booker and Kamala Harris miss the progressive wave they seek to ride

Senators Booker and Harris’ hawkish records on Israel stand at odds with a democratic voting block that is increasingly connecting Palestinian rights to a host of other racial and social justice issues. By Rebecca Pierce On April 13, Democratic primary candidate Cory Booker launched his campaign at a kickoff event in Newark, New Jersey with a…

By +972 Magazine April 26, 2019

Activists march in Boston, Mass. on October 25, 2014, calling for an end to police racial profiling and violence. The protest came in the wake of events in Ferguson, Mo., following the fatal shooting by police of an unarmed black man. (Activestills.org)

A masterclass in Palestine solidarity

By using his platform to elevate marginalized Palestinian views onto the global stage, Marc Lamont Hill’s UN speech challenged the unequal parameters of permissible thought on the conflict. Watching Marc Lamont Hill’s speech at the United Nations on Wednesday was like a breath of fresh air. Unlike the mundane and repetitive remarks made by aging…

By Amjad Iraqi November 30, 2018

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Black Lives Matter activists organize a die-in action outside Memorial Church in Harvard University on December 7, 2014 in Cambridge, Mass. (Tess Scheflan/Activestills.org)

From Palestine to Ferguson: Reflections on shared grief and liberation

Formerly incarcerated women of color perform the story of a Palestinian teen killed by Israeli police in October 2000. The act of Black-Palestine solidarity highlights shared trauma, but also concrete ways toward liberation. By Jen Marlowe and Je Naé Taylor On October 2, 2000, Aseel Asleh, a 17-year old Palestinian citizen of Israel, was shot…

By +972 Magazine October 1, 2018

Pictures of slain Palestinian demonstrators hang on barbed wire near the Gaza-Israel separation barrier. June 26, 2018. (Oren Ziv / Activestills.org)

Activists hang photos of Return March dead on Israel-Gaza fence

Answering a call from Palestinian civil society, Israeli activists hang pictures of 119 slain Palestinian demonstrators on barbed wire fence near the Gaza-Israel fence. By Oren Ziv Nearly three months after the Great Return March protests in Gaza began, Israeli and international activists hung pictures of 119 slain Palestinian demonstrators on the barbed wire fence…

By Oren Ziv June 26, 2018

A still from Roni Geffen's short film, Divine Daycare. (Alex Korin)

An open society or a tribalist one? Israelis will have to choose

A new documentary tells the story of the firebombing of a kindergarten for asylum seekers in Tel Aviv, holding up a mirror to the crucial choice Israeli society faces today. By Roni Dorot Roni Geffen’s short film, Divine Daycare, portrays an exercise in tribal solidarity, as well as an exercise in social solidarity beyond tribal bonds. The film…

By +972 Magazine June 20, 2018

Screenshot from Childish Gambino's music video for 'This is America.'

How Childish Gambino explains the problem with Israel’s Eurovision win

Gambino’s new music video illustrates why audiences should focus on the injustices unfolding in the background of artistic performances – especially those representing the state. In the music video for his new single “This is America,” the singer and rapper Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) dances in a warehouse while scenes of violence and chaos unfold…

By Amjad Iraqi May 18, 2018

Israelis protest in solidarity with Gaza near the border. March 31, 2018. (Oren Ziv / Activestills.org)

Following deadly march, hundreds of Israelis rally for Gaza

Protesters denounce Israel’s deadly response to the Gaza return march on Friday, when Israeli troops killed at least 15 demonstrators and wounded at least 1,400. Some 300 Israelis protested along the Gaza border Saturday in solidarity with the Great Return March demonstrations in Gaza that began a day earlier. Across a field of wheat, the…

By Joshua Leifer April 1, 2018

Palestinians protesting in Gaza during the start of the 'Great Return March.' March 30, 2017.

Israeli activists plan protest in solidarity with Gaza return march

The Coalition of Women for Peace is calling on Israeli activists to join their solidarity protest near the border fence with Gaza on Saturday. By Yael Marom Despite the army’s attempts to stoke fear among Israelis and Palestinians alike, a group of Israeli women will join the Palestinian protesters in Gaza on the other side…

By +972 Magazine March 30, 2018

Solidarity vigil outside the Ministry of Defense in protest of the arrest of the women of the Tamimi family. December 24, 2017. (Haim Schwarczenberg)

Israeli activists stage vigil to release the Tamimi women

16-year-old Ahed, her 20-year-old cousin Nur, and her mother, Nariman, have been in prison for nearly a week. Activists in Tel Aviv say the vigil is meant to remind the Israeli public of the reality of the occupation. Activists from the Coalition of Women for Peace staged a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Defense…

By +972 Magazine December 25, 2017

Black Lives Matter activists organize a die-in action outside Memorial Church in Harvard University on December 7, 2014 in Cambridge, Mass. (Tess Scheflan/Activestills.org)

Is Black-Palestinian solidarity the best way forward?

Although Black-Palestinian solidarity stretches back to the 1970s, one must wonder whether it still has the power to bring about effective change. By Khelil Bouarrouj The animating idea of contemporary American left-wing activism is “intersectionality,” the concept that oppressive institutions are connected in their subjugation of discrete groups, and that oppressed people should be/are in…

By +972 Magazine August 31, 2017

The U.S. Capitol Building (Upendra Kanda, CC)

Criminalizing support for Palestinian human rights

Progressive American senators are having a hard time explaining their support for a law that would criminalize support for the Palestinian boycott movement, BDS. By James J. Zogby It is fascinating to watch some U.S. senators tripping over themselves as they attempt to defend their support for or opposition to proposed legislation that would make…

By +972 Magazine August 13, 2017

Mira Awad speaking at the Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival. (Screenshot)

WATCH: Human rights film festival held in Israel amid censorship fears

The Solidarity Human Rights Festival, which screens films focused on human rights and activism, recently took place in Tel Aviv. It was held amid increasing concerns around censorship of culture and the arts. Read more: The cultural terrorism of Miri Regev For Palestinian artists, freedom of speech is anything but guaranteed

By Social TV May 29, 2017