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The Zionist Colonization of Palestine

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 24, 2020 For more than a century Zionists and, later, Israelis have pursued a project to seize and ethnically cleanse Palestinian land. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Dec 10, 2017 Journalist Shir Hever traces current Middle East turmoil to the Ottoman Empire and asks viewers to question the shifting paradigms of the discord. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

100 Years of White Empire Propaganda

Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese / Popular Resistance Nov 1, 2017 The Balfour Declaration, which favored giving Palestine to the Jewish people, it still relevant because of co-existing ideas justifying white supremacy and racism. Among its legacies are some of our wars. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

New Art Installation/Hotel Comes With a View of the Bethlehem Wall

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2017 The secretive British street artist Banksy says his Walled-Off Hotel welcomes people from all over the world. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Slow Colonial Genocide: Palestinian Leader Abbas Asks Britain for ‘Balfour’ Apology

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Sep 23, 2016 This extended colonialism is unparalleled in the whole world: No other colonial power now existing is keeping millions stateless and without rights. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Netanyahu’s Blood Libel Against Palestinians

Juan Cole / Truthdig Oct 23, 2015 In saying a mufti put Hitler up to the Holocaust, the Israeli prime minister is attempting to paint Palestinians as congenital Jew-haters -- justifying robbing them of their remaining land, their livelihoods and their lives. Netanyahu is wrong on the history.In claiming that a mufti put Hitler up to the Holocaust, the Israeli prime minister is trying to paint Palestinians as congenital Jew-haters—justifying continued quashing of their future. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )