Ahmed Manasra has finally been released from occupation prisons after nine and a half years of imprisonment, neglect, and torture. Manasra was first abducted at the age of thirteen.
Ahmed Manasra has finally been released from occupation prisons after nine and a half years of imprisonment, neglect, and torture. Manasra was first abducted at the age of thirteen.
By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest—something I haven’t known in the past 18 months . I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people.
We recognize the critical importance of this historical moment and the essential value of gathering around shared principles and mutual solidarity. Creating a better world requires us to connect meaningfully with one another, align our understanding, and determine the most effective ways to support liberation.
Gaza is not an isolated strip of land – it has history, a geographical continuity with Egypt and the rest of the Levant. Settler colonial machinations cannot strip us of this very basic native geography: Gaza is part and parcel of this world, and the genocide against it will reverberate to other forms of Empire-fuelled violence across the entire globe.
The campaign to secure Mahmoud Khalil's release represents more than just a defense of the US's fabled constitutional freedoms; it challenges whether US organizers and society will permit the US government to make criminal the act of opposing its involvement in human rights violations and genocide.
For you to win, you need to completely destroy us. For us to win, we only need to survive.
But even in the last day with the liberation of these prisoners, Israel continues to violate the agreement: upon receiving the bodies of the four Israeli captives, Israeli authorities suspended the release of the 46 additional women and children to be returned to Gaza until they could “verify the identities” of these bodies.
Palestinians with Israeli citizenship, mostly Bedouin communities, have experienced a nearly 300% increase in demolitions.
Looking for something specific? Head to our search page.