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Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation
We can't look away from Israel’s genocidal violence against Palestinians — or the movement for a free Palestine.
![Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0622-palestine-1200x675.jpg)
![9 heavily armed and armored police officers arrest a single teenage boy, one of whom kneels on his back to secure handcuffs](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/2021_0503-idf-arrest-400x300.jpg)
125 Democrats Say Military Aid to Israel Shouldn’t Depend on Human Rights Record
The House representatives’ letter implies that any reduction in aid on human rights grounds would open Israel to attack.
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Biden Could Chart a New Path for US on Palestinian Rights. Will He?
We need more than a rollback of Trump policies, or else the apartheid system that oppresses Palestinians will remain.
![A Palestinian woman, wearing a protective mask amid the COVID-19 pandemic, walks past graffiti with a slogan in Arabic reading: "protect yourself and your family" in Gaza City, on February 27, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/02/GettyImages-1231414488-400x300.jpg)
Under Israeli Apartheid, There Are Two Different Pandemics
The situation is critical in Gaza, where the UN has repeatedly warned of the imminent collapse of the medical system.
![Palestinian children pass in front of an Israeli checkpoint as they walk to their house in Al-Shuhada Street, which is largely closed to Palestinians, in the city center of the West Bank town of Hebron, on September 24, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/02/2021_0217-israel-p-400x300.jpg)
As a Rabbi Raised in South Africa, I Can’t Ignore Israel Is an Apartheid State
Palestinians are not allowed to walk on streets decreed as “sterile” by Israel. This goes beyond Apartheid South Africa.
![A UN employee, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is seen in Gaza City on November 10, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/01/2021_0118-un-gaza-city-400x300.jpg)
Palestine Refugees Are Forced to the Back of the COVID Vaccine Line
Conditions in Palestine are an argument for prioritizing refugees for the COVID vaccine, not leaving them behind.
![Women wearing face masks carry a Saharan flag and a placard that says Free Sahara during a demonstration to demand the end of Morocco's occupation in Western Sahara on November 21, 2020, in Granada.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/2020-1211-morocco-western-sahara-400x300.jpg)
Trump Recognized Morocco’s Illegal Occupation to Boost the Israeli Occupation
Trump’s affirmation of Morocco’s annexation of Western Sahara was a reward for Morocco’s formal recognition of Israel.
![Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on as he meets with civil society leaders in Tbilisi, Georgia, on November 18, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1229662537-400x300.jpg)
Pompeo Embraced Israeli Settlements, But Democrats Also Paved the Way for It
Mike Pompeo’s embrace of Israel’s illegal settlements built on decades of bipartisan support for Israeli expansionism.
![Israeli security forces intervene with Palestinian demonstrators after they staged a counter protest against the Jewish settlers camping on a hill in the town of Beita, near Nablus, West Bank, on July 18, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/08/2020_0807-israel-palestine-400x300.jpg)
DNC Platform Condemns BDS But Not Israel’s Occupation of Palestine
The Democratic National Committee is ignoring 90 percent of its base to side with Trump and the GOP on Israel policy.
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“Israeli Settlers Make a Living Out of Our Suffering,” Says Palestinian Activist
The Jordan Valley is an Israeli business based on stolen land and water, says teacher and activist Sireen Khudairi.
![Activist Linda Sarsour speaks during a "Women For Syria" gathering at Union Square, April 13, 2017, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/2020_0522-linda-sarsour-400x300.jpg)
We Can’t Afford to Be Bystanders During a Pandemic, Says Activist Linda Sarsour
Sarsour is part of a generation that won’t take the government's word, but will ask questions and demand accountability.