Gandhi

Palestinians protesting in Gaza during the start of the 'Great Return March.' March 30, 2017. (Mohammed Emad / Activestills.org)
Where is Palestine’s Gandhi? Marching in Gaza
Rather than ask when the Palestinians will produce a Gandhi, we must ask when Israel will produce a leader that does not subjugate an occupied population through lethal violence. By Neve Gordon For decades Zionists have blamed the Palestinians for Israel’s ongoing colonial project. “If only the Palestinians had a Mahatma Gandhi,” many Israeli liberals have exclaimed, “then the…
By +972 Magazine April 1, 2018
Illustrative photo of Israeli Border Police arresting a Palestinian activist. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
Police admit arresting Palestinian man to prevent him from protesting
Police arrested Muhammad Abu Hummus to prevent him from peacefully demonstrating against the Jerusalem Marathon — then lied about it. By John Brown* In March of this year, Israeli police arrested Muhammad Abu Hummus, a resident of the village Issawiya in East Jerusalem, where he serves as a member of a community organizing committee. He was arrested along…
By +972 Magazine September 15, 2016
Mubarak Awad. (photo courtesy of Meir Amor)
The Palestinian who won’t give up on the power of nonviolence
At the end of 2000, as the Second Intifada was beginning to spread throughout the West Bank and Gaza, Israeli Professor Meir Amor sat down to speak with Dr. Mubarak Awad, a Palestinian expert on nonviolent resistance. Fifteen years later, the two met once again to talk about nonviolence, growing religious fundamentalism, gender equality, Palestinian…
By Haokets December 19, 2014
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