In the heart of the Gaza Strip, where generations have tilled the land, Asmaa AbuMezied’s connection to agriculture runs deep. Now based in New York, Asmaa is a Palestinian agricultural …
Gaza, Hawaii, Indigenous People and Modern Settler Colonialism
We are thrilled to announce the launch of Season 2 of PalCast with our latest episode titled “Gaza, Hawaii, Indigenous People and Modern Settler Colonialism,” marking the beginning of an …
More than ‘Democracy’ is at Stake in Israeli Protests
by Richard Falk The following article by JWE Board Member and International Jurist Richard Falk is crossposted from CounterPunch. There are two interwoven conflicts currently playing out in Israel, but neither, …
Columbus and the quest for a ‘Jewish safe haven’
by JWE President Helena Cobban (cross-posted from her Medium project, here) In 1972, the Holocaust survivor, celebrated Nazi-hunter, and ardent Zionist Simon Wiesenthal published a book in German titled Segel …
Palestinian Culinary Resilience and Liberation
by Amelle Zeroug In this moment of new imagining for Palestine, how can we make a plate that brings us together? This was the theme of the expansive discussion via …
The Morality of Violence in Settler-Colonial Contexts: From Algeria to Palestine
by Yousef Aljamal This following piece, by Palestinian rights activist, author and translator Yousef Aljamal is crossposted from Politics Today Settler-colonialism is violent in nature and is built on the …
How ‘The West’ was born
On January 1, I launched a new writing project, which is a sustained exploration of the last 500 years of human history. Its prime focus is on how exactly it …
Gaza’s food system under stress: Our latest webinar
On December 12, Just World Ed was pleased to release three short films (1, 2, 3), commissioned from Ain Media in Gaza, in which two farmers and a food-processing plant …
Food as Control, Food as Resistance
by Grassroots International The following report by Grassroots International is crossposted from their website. Palestinian, Black & Indigenous Struggles for Food Sovereignty How do Indigenous and Black struggles around food …
New JWE project explores foodways challenges in Palestine & globally
Just World Ed’s timely new project “Beyond Survival”, which explores food sovereignty challenges in Palestine and elsewhere will launch at 1 pm ET on November 28, with a webinar, co-sponsored …