by Yousef Aljamal Istanbul, May 29– Israeli-American author and activist Miko Peled recently gave a seminar titled “Deal of the Century and the Fate of Jerusalem,” at the Center for …
UNRWA: A critical but impossible mission
Our board member Alice Rothchild, a veteran health and rights activist, recently made her first visit to Jordan, traveling as part of a small delegation. We are delighted to publish …
Amb. Chas Freeman warns of global consequences of any US war on Iran
Washington DC, May 18– Any U.S. military attack against Iran could very well trigger Iranian retaliation using such means as bombings and cyber attacks, and if these in turn should …
Palestinian political groups’ statement on Eurovision
[We are pleased to publish this statement, received from Gaza this morning. The list of signing organizations is at the bottom. ~Editors.] A statement by the Palestinian Islamic and National …
Checklist for Anti-Palestinian Reporting Bias
(Special edition for reporting on Gaza-Israel fighting. Can be adapted for other purposes.) We are pleased to produce this handy checklist, that ambitious young journalists can follow if they want …
Dr. Alice Rothchild’s blog posts from Jordan
In late March and early April 2019 our board member Alice Rothchild, MD, a retired OB/GYN physician, traveled to Jordan and the West Bank (Palestine) with her colleagues Sonia Dettman …
Turkey’s “IZU” hosts global confab on Palestine
by Yousef Aljamal [Editorial note: Turkey has hosted a number of notable conferences on Palestinian issues in recent years. Just World Ed is fortunate that Palestinian social activist Yousef Aljamal …
Exploring the roots of the Satmar Hasidim
by Miko Peled My own family history has no connection to the Holocaust. My family were Zionists who came to colonize Palestine in the 1920’s and so even though I …
Young Gazans speak up at online seminar
“People are demanding their basic rights! People want to live in dignity… It is a choice between slow death under siege or being shot at the fence.” “I think the …
Palestinian churches and mosques: Burned deliberately by Zionist extremists
There has been some consternation this week about comments that the (Israeli-government-paid) Rabbi of Beit El settlement made about the terrible fire at Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral. Rabbi Shlomo Aviner …