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Heads of the four parties comprising the Joint List (from left to right) Ayman Odeh of Hadash, Masud Ganaim of Ra’am, Jamal Zahalka of Balad and Ahmad Tibi of Ta’al, Tel Aviv, February 11, 2015. (Photo by Activestills.org)

Meet the Mizrahi activists who support the Joint List

In a special meeting with members of Knesset from the Joint List, a group of Mizrahi activists present a manifesto calling for Palestinian-Mizrahi solidarity against racism and discrimination. “Facing a reality of fear, discrimination, separation, and incitement we have joined together to form alliances, to cross barriers of ethnicity, gender, and consciousness.” Those are the…

By Orly Noy March 19, 2016

A Palestinian ambulance evacuates wounded protesters during clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli army forces at the Huwwara checkpoint near Nablus, West Bank, October 12, 2015. (Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

Palestinians mustn’t fall into this trap, again

Smart (non-violent) resistance is not a slogan, it’s a conscious path to freedom and independence. To cover up its crimes, Israel needs to feed all the western stereotypes of Palestinians as violent and subhuman rather than hungry for freedom and equal rights. By Sam Bahour The lid on the powder keg of the Israeli-occupied Palestinian…

By +972 Magazine October 14, 2015

Web rallies to the aid of kidnapped “A gay girl in Damascus” blogger

Prominent American-Syrian political blogger Amina Abdallah Arraf abducted by armed young men in Damascus * Whereabouts remain unknown * Letter-writing campaign begins, targeting senators, the White House and Syrian embassies * Updates below The Syrian-American author of one of the most important political blogs in Syria appears to have been apprehended by one of the…

By Dimi Reider June 6, 2011

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