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Monday, August 3, 2026

From the Mouths of the Oppressors

Zionism has always been based in the ideals of racial and religious bigotry. Since the inception of Zionism, its leaders in Europe and Israel have openly declared that their intentions were to launch and continue a campaign of genocide against the people of the Nation of Palestine; to exterminate or drive out all Arabs from Palestine so they can take the land for themselves. If you have any doubts about this, here are several quotes from those responsible for the genocide:

Theodor Herzl, the founder of Zionism, said in 1895, “We shall try to spirit the penniless population across the border by procuring employment for it in the transit countries, while denying it employment in our country. The property owners will come over to our side. Both the process of expropriation and the removal of the poor must be carried out discretely and circumspectly”

Chaim Weizmann, a Zionist leader, the President of the Zionist Organization and the President of Israel from 1949-1952, said in 1920, “We will establish ourselves in Palestine whether you like it or not...You can hasten our arrival or you can equally retard it. It is however better for you to help us so as to avoid our constructive powers being turned into a destructive power which will overthrow the world.”

The Israeli Prime Minster Levi Eshkol said this about Gaza in 1967, “I want them all to go, even if they go to the moon. We’ll deprive Gaza of water, and the Arabs will leave.”

Prime Minister of Israel Golda Meir said in 1969, “There is no such thing as a Palestinian people. It is not as if we came and threw them out and took their country. They didn't exist. How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.”

Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin said in 1982, "[The Palestinians] are beasts walking on two legs."

Benyamin Netanyahu, then Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, said in 1989, “Israel should have exploited the repression of the demonstrations in China, when world attention focused on that country, to carry out mass expulsions among the Arabs of the territories.”

Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon said in 1998, "It is the duty of Israeli leaders to explain to public opinion, clearly and courageously, a certain number of facts that are forgotten with time. The first of these is that there is no Zionism, colonialization, or Jewish State without the eviction of the Arabs and the expropriation of their lands. Everybody has to move, run and grab as many Palestinian hilltops as they can to enlarge the Jewish settlements because everything we take now will stay ours...Everything we don't grab will go to them.”

Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion said in 1937, “We must expel the Arabs and take their place and if we have to use force, to guarantee our own right to settle in those places – then we have force at our disposal.” and again in 1948, he said, “We must expel Arabs and take their places. We must do everything to insure they never do return.”

Defense Minister of Israel Moshe Dayan said in 1969, “We came here to a country that was populated by Arabs and we are building here a Hebrew, a Jewish state; instead of the Arab villages. You even do not know the names of those villages, and I do not blame you because these villages no longer exist. There is not a single Jewish settlement that was not established in the place of a former Arab Village”

The Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces Raphael Eitan said 1983, “When we have settled the land, all the Arabs will be able to do about it will be to scurry around like drugged cockroaches in a bottle.” He also said in 1983, “We declare openly that the Arabs have no right to settle on even one centimeter of Israel. Force is all they do or ever will understand. We shall use the ultimate force until the Palestinians come crawling to us on all fours.”

The Speaker of the Knesset Moshe Feiglin said in 2014, “What is required now is that we internalize the fact that Oslo [Accord] is finished, that this is our country - our country exclusively, including Gaza. There are no two states, and there are no two peoples. There is only one state for one people.” In 2016, he also said, “After the IDF completes the ‘softening’ of the targets with its fire-power, the IDF will conquer the entire Gaza, using all the means necessary to minimize any harm to our soldiers, with no other considerations… Gaza is part of our Land and we will remain there forever. Subsequent to the elimination of terror from Gaza, it will become part of sovereign Israel and will be populated by Jews. This will also serve to ease the housing crisis in Israel. The coastal train line will be extended, as soon as possible, to reach the entire length of Gaza.”

Israel Koenig, the author of “The Koenig Memorandum" that called for the Judaization of the Galilee, or Northern Israel, said in 1977, “We must use terror, assassination, intimidation, land confiscation, and the cutting of all social services to rid the Galilee of its Arab population.”

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman (referring to getting rid of Palestinian Israelis) said in 2015, “Anyone who’s with us should be given everything – up to half the kingdom. Anyone who’s against us, there’s nothing to do – we should raise an axe and cut off his head.”

Rabbi Yaacov Perrin said in 1920, “One million Arabs are not worth a Jewish fingernail”

Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin when he was a General in the IDF said in 1948, “We shall reduce the Arab population to a community of woodcutters and waiters”

Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said in 2014, “The entire Palestinian people is the enemy. Destroy Palestine, including its elderly and its women, its cities and its villages, its property and its infrastructure. Kill Palestinian mothers of little snakes.”

Prime Minister of Israel Moshe Sharett said in 1955, “This state of Israel has no international obligations, no economic problems, the question of peace is non-existent. It must calculate its steps narrow-mindedly and live by the sword .... It must invent non-existent dangers, and to do this it must adopt the method of provocation and retaliation.”

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in 2001, “Every time we do something you tell me America will do this and will do that. I want to tell you something very clear: don't worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it.”

"Benny Morris, a professor of history in the Middle East Studies department of Ben-Gurion University said in 2004, “The great American democracy could not have been achieved without the extermination of the Indians. There are cases in which the general and final good justifies difficult and cruel deeds that are carried out in the course of history."

Thursday, July 30, 2026

Several children killed and wounded in Israeli attacks across Gaza


July 30, 2026 - Israeli strikes hit multiple areas across Gaza overnight, including tents sheltering displaced families in al-Mawasi, Khan Younis. In Gaza City, an attack on a residential apartment injured many Palestinians, most of them children, according to eyewitnesses.

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

WHEN I SEE THEM I SEE US


The Black-Palestinian Solidarity Campaign released this video in October 2015. Part of their statement: 

“We choose to join one another in resistance not because our struggles are the same but because we each struggle against the formidable forces of structural racism and the carceral and lethal technologies deployed to maintain them. This video intends to interrupt that process – to assert our humanity – and to stand together in an affirmation of life and a commitment to resistance. From Ferguson to Gaza, from Baltimore to Jerusalem, from Charleston to Bethlehem, we will be free.” 

The video features dozens of leading artists and activists from the US and Palestine. Among the Black Americans who appear are Danny Glover, Cornel West, Angela Davis, Alice Walker, LisaGay Hamilton, and Lauryn Hill. Palestinians in the video include Omar Barghouti, Diana Buttu, Noura Erakat, Rashid Khalidi, Sandra Tamari, and Linda Sarsour.

They are speaking of their shared experiences of racism and persecution, experiences that include militarized police violence in the US and a brutal military occupation in Palestine.

Apartheid Laws in Israel

People hold a protest against the “family reunification law” outside the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 5, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel
There are nearly two million Palestinian citizens of Israel, who account for roughly 20% of the country’s population. Palestinian citizens of Israel are subjected to differential and unequal treatment under Israeli law when it comes to citizenship rights. The most important immigration and nationality laws — including the Law of Return (1950) and the Citizenship Law (1952) – privilege Jews and Jewish immigration. These laws allow Jews from anywhere in the world to immigrate freely to Israel and to gain citizenship, but they exclude Palestinians who were forced to flee their homes in 1947-1952 and 1967.

There are more than 65 Israeli laws which discriminate against Palestinians. Click HERE for info on a few of them.

Palestine 101: Not That Complicated

A 101 Course to Understanding Israel’s Oppression of the Palestinian People


Many people are held back from taking a stand on the issue of Palestine/Israel by the common misconception that it is “complicated.” Here, we explain the steady continuation of the more than 100-year-old settler colonial project that is Zionism. Palestine 101: Not That Complicated can help folks both familiar and unfamiliar with the issue understand the ongoing process of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestine, and the legacy of Palestinian resistance to the colonization of their homeland.

Saturday, July 25, 2026

Photos: Gaza’s shelter crisis

The Gaza Strip faces a deepening housing crisis as more than 92 percent of homes have been damaged or destroyed by Israel’s war.

"Losing both work and housing have compounded the suffering of war,” says Mu'ayyad Sa'id, a father of three living inside a destroyed mosque in Gaza City. Unemployed, he constantly struggles to provide for his family's basic needs. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]

“I have lived through many wars, but I have never seen one like this,” says Salah al-Tawil. “It has consumed everything. The most painful thing about this war has been losing the right to have a home.” Salah and his family spent much of the war repeatedly fleeing bombardment and attacks before returning to their destroyed home in Maghazi. Over two months, he cleared rubble and repaired what he could, making clay bricks by hand to rebuild part of the house. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]

“Even basic things, such as having a roof over your head, enough food to eat, and sending your kids to school, have become difficult dreams to achieve in Gaza City,” says Youssef Mahmoud Aziz. Displaced from Jabalia in northern Gaza, Youssef and his family now live in a damaged school in Gaza City’s Remal neighbourhood, among many families trying to rebuild what they can amid widespread destruction. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]

“I wish I could hold my daughter, feed her and dress her like all mothers in the world do,” says Nibal al-Hissi. A young mother of one, Nibal lost both arms after an Israeli shell strike. She now lives in a tent at a displacement site in eastern Gaza, where even simple things like feeding herself, dressing and caring for her child have become daily struggles. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]

“I have nowhere else to go,” says Ali Harb. Ali and his wife live in the basement of their damaged home in Gaza City's Yarmouk neighbourhood. They stay there, despite the constant fear that the weakened structure could collapse at any moment. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]

“Life has become a daily struggle for survival,” says Mohammed Jamil Diab. Mohammed, his wife, and their three children are from the Shujayea neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City. Displaced more than 20 times during the war, they now shelter in the basement of a damaged mosque in the Remal neighbourhood, living with constant uncertainty about what will come next. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]

“The first and last chapter of the pain we have lived through in this war is the loss of our home. A person can only truly feel comfort and peace in their home,” says Ahmed Qwaider. A farmer from Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis, Ahmed was displaced with his family to the western part of the city, losing both his home and his livelihood. Today, the family live in an emergency shelter. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]

“I can't comprehend everything that's happening to us,” says Rami Azmeila. “Losing my sons, the constant displacement, my injuries … all of this is beyond what any human being can bear.” A father of seven from the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, Rami lost two of his young sons, aged 24 and 22, when a missile struck his home. Today, his family shelters in a makeshift tent built on the roof of a damaged building near Gaza City. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]

“Sometimes I imagine myself returning to my home as it was, without fear or displacement, just a normal life like anyone else,” says Rani Al-Fayoumi. Rani, 25, and his family of four are from the Shujayea neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City. Displaced by the war, they now live in a tent on the roof of a mosque in the Remal neighbourhood. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]

“Home is the first homeland,” says Zakaria Aqel, “the place that holds all the peace in the world. A person without a home is a person without an identity. Each time [I was displaced], I felt a sense of belonging to the place I was in, a place where I had tried to build a life.” Zakaria and his family are from Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. After being displaced dozens of times, they eventually settled in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighbourhood, where they were given a shelter that finally offered some stability after months of moving from place to place. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]

“If I had known our lives would be turned upside-down like this, I would have held on to every moment we had,” says Suhail al-Yazji. From Gaza City’s Yarmouk neighbourhood, Suhail now supports her family alone after her husband was injured during the war. She lives in a damaged tent reinforced with tarps beside the rubble of her home. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]

“It’s not easy being both a mother and father to a large family, but I have no choice but to continue, for the sake of my children,” says Amina Saadallah. Amina, a mother of six, lost her husband at the beginning of the war. She now lives with her children in a cloth tent that offers little protection. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]

“I try with all my might to provide a decent life for my children. I defy displacement and the dire economic situation,” says Asmaa Shtewi. Asmaa and her two daughters were displaced from southeastern Gaza City to the Gaza Port, where they shelter in tents made for camping. She used to work as a theatre actor, but her most challenging role now is playing both mother and father for her two children. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]

"We try to remain strong for our children, even though the pain is unbearable. We have no choice but to persevere,” says Dina Salem. Dina and Donia Salem are two sisters from Egypt who settled in Gaza after getting married. When the war broke out, they both lost their husbands when their home was bombed and destroyed. After being displaced more than 20 times, they now found a small refuge near the coast in southern Gaza. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]

"My family is large, and this is the biggest burden I bear: securing food and basic necessities amidst this ongoing displacement,” says Saeed Diab. A father of 10, Saeed lost his job and his home early in the war. Displaced from the Shujayea neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City, his family now shelters in two makeshift tents inside a collapsing building in the Remal neighbourhood in the west of the city. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda/IOM]

Rebuilding Gaza to cost $71bn, must include Palestinians, report finds


July 23, 2026 - Rebuilding Gaza will cost seven times more than all previous rebuilding efforts in Gaza combined in the last two decades, according to a new joint Oxfam report.

The devastation from more than two years of war has killed at least 73,000 Palestinians, injured 173,000 and displaced 1.9 million. It has left the Gaza Strip needing an estimated $71.4bn to recover, according to the UN-EU-World Bank Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA) released in April.

Human development has been set back by 77 years according to the new report by Oxfam, the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) and the Palestine Trade Centre (PalTrade), which asserts that the rebuilding of Gaza cannot move forward without direct Palestinian involvement.

More HERE

Children wounded in Israeli strike on Khan Younis


July 23, 2026 - Children were rushed to hospital after an Israeli strike hit a tent sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. Witnesses said civilians were struck while in a designated “safe humanitarian zone”.

Israel builds Gaza barrier as politicians push for settlements


July 24, 2026 - As Israeli politicians and protesters keep up their demands to annex and settle in Gaza, recent satellite images reveal the construction of a huge earthen barrier dividing the territory. Al Jazeera’s Hala Al Shami explains.

Born too soon: Premature babies fight for survival in Gaza

The Premature Infants Clinic at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza [Eman Abu Zayed/Al Jazeera]
July 25, 2026 - There has been a sharp increase in premature births and underweight newborns, as well as stillbirths and birth defects, since the genocide in Gaza began on October 7, 2023.

UNICEF has repeatedly warned about a crisis in premature births in Gaza, with one in every five newborns requiring intensive neonatal or thermal care. Maternal malnutrition, prolonged psychological stress and declining prenatal care services have all had an impact on both mother and child.

More HERE