Ahmed Abu Artema

Oct 12, 2024 | time.com | Ahmed Abu Artema

IdeasBy Ahmed Abu ArtemaOctober 12, 2024 7:00 AM EDTAhmed Abu Artema is a Palestinian journalist and peace activist from Rafah. On the morning of Oct. 24, 2023, an Israeli missile struck my father’s house in Rafah City in the southernmost part of Gaza, then designated a “safe zone” by the Israeli military. The missile exploded only 5 ft. from where I sat with my children.

Oct 10, 2024 | english.palinfo.com | Ahmed Abu Artema

Since the 1948 Nakba, the tent has been a central symbol of the Palestinian narrative, representing displacement and a life of misery. Tents are meant to be temporary shelters in times of conflict, as we wait and hope that the tragedy will end soon. A prolonged tent life, however – as we have seen since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza a year ago – suggests that this hope has been shattered. From the outset of this war, it was clear that mass displacement was a key part of Israel’s plan.

Oct 8, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Ahmed Abu Artema |Gideon Levy

The 7 October Hamas attack overwhelmed Israel and utterly changed its face. The country experienced a tactical defeat after a colossal failure by Israeli security forces, but it quickly recovered to launch a campaign of mass killings, population expulsions, territorial occupations, assassinations, and other terroristic operations, such as the pagers epic in Lebanon. Let’s not argue here over the value or cost of these violent actions, many of which were immoral and illegal.

Oct 8, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Ahmed Abu Artema

Since the 1948 Nakba, the tent has been a central symbol of the Palestinian narrative, representing displacement and a life of misery. Tents are meant to be temporary shelters in times of conflict, as we wait and hope that the tragedy will end soon. A prolonged tent life, however - as we have seen since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza a year ago - suggests that this hope has been shattered. From the outset of this war, it was clear that mass displacement was a key part of Israel’s plan.

Oct 4, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem |Ahmed Abu Artema

Israel’s war on Gaza has seen cases brought against it in both the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC). They result from the declaration of war on the Palestine enclave on 7 October 2023, following one of the deadliest days in Israel’s history. Hours earlier, Hamas had led an attack on southern Israel, during which more than 1,100 people were killed. More than 250 people, including 38 children, were taken captive, 96 of whom are reported to be in Gaza.