In 2015, Palestinian-Canadian artist Rehab Nazzal was shot by an Israeli sniper in occupied Bethlehem. She was targeted while peacefully photographing an Israeli ‘skunk-truck’ that [...]
In 2006, one year after Israel initiated its cruel blockade of Gaza, Israeli academic Ilan Pappé accused Israel of having launched an “incremental genocide” in Gaza. In so doing, Dr. [...]
Most of us, including yours truly, were stunned today by the speed and success of the Palestinian offensive. Hours after launching thousands of rockets at Israeli targets, hundreds of Palestinian [...]
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s flagship vessel, The Handala, concluded the first stage of the 2023 Gaza Freedom Flotilla voyage this past week when it arrived in Oslo, Norway. The second stage, [...]
While sailing recently on the flagship vessel of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla 2023, I interviewed a Swedish-American activist from Sweden’s Communist Party about his reasons for supporting the [...]
While sailing from Sweden to Norway on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, I interviewed the ship’s Swedish captain, Joel Opperdoes. Before this voyage to Gaza, Captain Opperdoes participated in two [...]
This week, following my arrival in Oslo, Norway on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, I met and spoke with Ingunn Eriksen, Advisor on International Solidarity of the Norwegian Union of Municipal and [...]
On August 14, 2023, shortly after I arrived in Oslo, Norway as a passenger on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, I spoke with Yves Engler of Canadian Foreign Policy Hour about the Palestinian struggle [...]
This year, the Gaza Freedom Flotilla sails again. The Flotilla first sailed to Gaza in 2010. It did so for the purpose of breaking Israel’s cruel blockade of Gaza, which began in 2005. [...]
(This article is based on a presentation I made on March 22, 2023 to Students for Justice for Palestine at Carleton University (SJP Carleton). My thanks to SJP Carleton for inviting me to speak [...]
