Returning to Palestine is an ongoing collaboration between Lorain Khalil Rihan and Dr. Jess Ghannam. In March 2002, Jess visited the United Nations Relief Works Agency’s archives in Gaza. With consent, he acquired a collection of 124 black and white photographic prints from the UNRWA Headquarters Public Information Office and brought them back with him. The photographs were captured between 1948 - 1997.

We have digitized each of the images from the collection and have physically preserved each one. Some of the images are painful. Others are incredibly romantic scenes that capture the mundane in a way that does not require us Palestinians to center our resiliency. This page serves as a digital platform created to share some of those documents from the collection.

https://www.returningtopalestine.net/

#palestine #nakba #neverforget #return

#Palestinian Trade Unions' Anti-#Apartheid Call

The global trade union movement, which has played a key and inspiring role in its commitment to workers’ rights and human rights more generally, has stood in principled solidarity with the oppressed across the world, adopting concrete, ground-breaking, labor-led sanctions against oppressive regimes.

#Israel's systematic destruction of the Palestinian economy, discriminatory and racist laws, and restrictions on freedom of movement and association have a significant impact on the rights and working conditions of Palestinian workers.

Inspired by the massive workers' solidarity with the struggle that ended apartheid in South Africa and with the ongoing Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice, and equality.

#palestine #israel #occupation #freedom

https://bdsmovement.net/news/palestinian-trade-unions-anti-apartheid-call

#Israel attacks worshippers in Jerusalem

Jewish Israeli activist and co-founder of Boycott from Within Ronnie Barkan explains the motives driving Israel’s new fascist government and its association with followers of the late American-born Meir Kahane and Jewish extremist groups who assert that a temple must be built in al-Aqsa’s place.

https://arabtalkradioblog.wordpress.com/2023/04/10/israels-war-on-al-aqsa/

#palestine #apartheid #occupation #theonlydemocracy?

Demonstrations in #Israel, Not About #Democracy

Dr. Sai Englert explains why democracy has never existed in Israel and what the current uproar really involves. He recently published an article in The Middle East Eye “Israeli crisis: This is not about democracy, it’s about liberal Zionist supremacy.”

https://arabtalkradioblog.wordpress.com/2023/04/03/demonstrations-in-israel-not-about-democracy/

#palestine #apartheid #occupation #wakeup