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Jan 9, 2025 | 
internazionale.it | Taghreed Ali
Adnan al Qassas, 24 anni, piange la sua bambina Aisha. La mattina del 20 dicembre lui e la moglie, Rana, hanno provato un orrore inimmaginabile: “Mi sono svegliato per le urla di mia moglie. La nostra bambina giaceva immobile, con il viso e le labbra blu”.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
electronicintifada.net | Taghreed Ali
Safa Afaneh and other members of her family were living in a tent made of fabric and nylon on the shores of Deir al-Balah when it was flooded by seawater and sewage in late November. “Despite the sand barriers placed around the tent to protect against rising sea waves, nothing stopped the water from entering while we were sleeping at night. The water swept away two of my children, as well as the blankets and bedding,” Afaneh said on 3 December about the effects of the flooding.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Phil Pasquini |Medea Benjamin |Gideon Polya |Taghreed Ali
In reaction to Israel’s continued and purposeful efforts to destroy the health care system in Gaza, activists across the country this past week have been protesting and calling for international intervention to end the intentional destruction of this vital lifeline.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Medea Benjamin |Gideon Polya |Taghreed Ali |Chris Hedges
As President Biden greenlights another $8 billion in weapons to Israel in his last days in office and Secretary Blinken gives a parting New York Times interview in which he denies that a genocide is taking place in Gaza, many pro-Palestine activists are anxiously counting down the days until “Genocide Joe” and his crew exit the White House. But what will activists have to contend with under the Trump presidency?
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Gideon Polya |Taghreed Ali |Chris Hedges |Hani Al-Damour
Genocidally racist Apartheid Israel has been engaged for 15 months in a Gaza Massacre that has transmuted into what is generally recognized outside the US Alliance as a Gaza Genocide. However in northern Gaza in particular the invading Jewish Israelis have embarked on total ethnic cleansing and total reduction of an ancient city to rubble – an urbicide that destroys the physical record of a civilization and which can be compared to other horrific urbicides.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Taghreed Ali |Chris Hedges |Hani Al-Damour |S G Vombatkere
After more than 14 months of the war of extermination on Gaza, the Israeli army continues to target Palestinian medical teams through killing, arrests, torture and disappearances. The latest is the martyrdom of 31-year-old Thabat Ibrahim Muhammad Salim, a volunteer doctor at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, on 5 January, 2025.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Pieter Friedrich |Bhabani Nayak |Phil Pasquini |Taghreed Ali
This paper presents a critical exploration of the Quran, emphasizing the critical importance of an anti-patriarchal reading in promoting justice, equality, and human dignity. In challenging traditional patriarchal interpretations that have shaped Islamic thought for centuries, this paper aims to shift the focus towards a more inclusive and equitable understanding of Islam—one that reflects the Quran’s true core values of justice, compassion, and human well-being.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Taghreed Ali |Chris Hedges |Hani Al-Damour |CST Research
Adnan al-Qassas, 24, is grieving his baby daughter Aisha. On the morning of 20 December, al-Qassas and his wife, Rana, woke to unimaginable horror. “I woke up in a panic to the screams of my wife. Our little girl lay motionless, her face and lips blue.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
electronicintifada.net | Taghreed Ali
Adnan al-Qassas, 24, is grieving his baby daughter Aisha. On the morning of 20 December, al-Qassas and his wife, Rana, woke to unimaginable horror. “I woke up in a panic to the screams of my wife. Our little girl lay motionless, her face and lips blue.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
electronicintifada.net | Taghreed Ali
On 7 October, Fadwa al-Hassani, 31, went into labor. A year into Israel’s genocide in Gaza, she and her family were trapped in their home in the al-Shaboura area of Rafah refugee camp, however, which was besieged by the Israeli military. “It was just before midnight when I started feeling labor pains,” Fadwa told The Electronic Intifada. Communications were haphazard, however. Her husband, Yusuf, 34, tried to call an ambulance, but he couldn’t get through to anyone.
