After a ‘second Nakba,’ Palestinians return to Syria’s Yarmouk

by Wyatt Miller & Kobi Guillory, published on Fightback News, May 30, 2021 Damascus, Syria – Enormous piles of rubble and trash line the streets of the Yarmouk refugee camp in south-central Damascus in late May, 2021. Most structures bear reminders of the war: bullet holes, sandbags, the fading graffiti of various factions. Some buildings have collapsed entirely. Stray cats […]

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‘Optimism of the Will’: Palestinian Freedom is Possible Now

by Ramzy Baroud, published on Politics for the People, July 16, 2020 In a recent TV discussion, a respected pro-Palestine journalist declared that if any positive change or transformation ever occurs in the tragic Palestinian saga, it would not happen now, but that it would take a whole new generation to bring about such a paradigm shift. As innocuous as […]

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The Next Palestinian Intifada Will Involve More Support from Iran

by Omar Ahmed, published on Middle East Monitor, February 22, 2020 There are early signs that another uprising, or Intifada, will erupt in occupied Palestine. A couple of weeks ago, a spokesperson of the Gaza-based Al-Quds Brigades, an armed wing of the resistance faction Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), called on Palestinians to take up arms and attack military checkpoints and […]

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