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2 weeks ago | 
middleeasteye.net | Simon Hooper |Ahmed Abu Artema
A group of rabbis in the UK have condemned Israel’s assault on Gaza in the latest public indication of growing dissent and opposition to the conflict within British Jewish communities. In a letter published in the Financial Times on Friday, 30 Jewish religious leaders called on Israel to end its renewed bombing campaign and to allow aid into Gaza.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
thenation.com | Mohammed R Mhawish |Ahmed Abu Artema |Hani Almadhoun |Noura Erakat
Can we count on you? In the coming election, the fate of our democracy and fundamental civil rights are on the ballot. The conservative architects of Project 2025 are scheming to institutionalize Donald Trump’s authoritarian vision across all levels of government if he should win. We’ve already seen events that fill us with both dread and cautious optimism—throughout it all, The Nation has been a bulwark against misinformation and an advocate for bold, principled perspectives.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
electronicintifada.net | Ahmed Abu Artema
I’ve always dreamed about the Bedouin life and imagined living it. To me, Bedouin life means freedom, native intelligence and a simplicity of life that heals us from the diseases of modern industrial civilization, the pressure to pay bills, the air pollution and the food contaminated with preservatives. Before Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, I would often sit in front of the television with my family in the evening and watch a Bedouin series extolling the simplicity of life in the desert.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
middleeasteye.net | Areeb Ullah |Ahmed Abu Artema |David Hearst
A Scottish university has removed its rector from the institution's governing body after she issued a statement that condemned Israel's "genocidal attacks" on Gaza. The University of St Andrews said on Thursday that it had removed Stella Maris from her position on the university court after an investigation concluded that she exercised "poor judgment" for sending an email out to all students last November that called for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
middleeasteye.net | Ahmed Abu Artema |David Hearst
A Palestinian detainee hospitalised in Beersheba after allegedly being raped by Israeli soldiers in Sde Teiman detention centre has been returned to the notorious facility, according to the Israeli news outlet Haaretz. The prisoner was discharged to a field hospital at Sde Teiman. He suffered from “a ruptured bowel, a severe injury to his anus, lung damage and broken ribs”, according to Haaretz and Arab48.
