@shado.mag Sara breaks down what was happening in Gaza before October 7th 2023. It’s important for us to recognise that in a way the scale of the violence we’ve seen was bound to happen as it’s an escalation of a process that has been ongoing for decades. We didn’t do...
@shado.mag On Palestine EP 9: Why is it unhelpful to present the causes of the genocide as a religious conflict? The so-called Israel-Palestine ‘conflict’ is often seen as a religious conflict between Muslim and Jews. In this episode Sara unpacks why it is both wrong and unhelpful to view and...
@shado.mag Why are we still waiting for the West to call a ceasefire in Palestine? Western countries each have their own specific reasons for supporting Israel but to summarise it comes down to two things – imperialism and profit. Historic Palestine is a fertile, resource-rich region and strategic corridor between...
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How the natural resources of Palestine and the Democratic Republic of the Congo expose a legacy of neocolonialism and the unjust environmental consequences of resource extraction.
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Text: Ning ChangImage: Natasha Phang Lee
Unpacking the newest frontier of the international legal landscape around Israel and Palestine
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Exposing how health data and occupation are both profitable targets for the spy-tech giant Palantir
We must historicise and contextualise the Palestinian prisoners struggle in order to understand the significance of the release of Palestinian prisoners and this watershed moment in the Palestinian liberation struggle.
@shado.mag In response to events of the last couple of weeks in Gaza many have been rushing to denounce all violence against “innocent civilians” whether Israeli or Palestinian. But what does this language do and why is it biased? It paints a picture of a war between two sides but...
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A call to direct action
@shado.mag “You can have injustice and have peace […] so peace isn’t the answer, liberation is the answer.” Kwame Ture Peace for whom? Peace for what? Sara highlights two historic moments to know about when “peace” was supposedly on the table: 1) Back in 1947 when the UN drew up...
Text: The Palestinian Youth MovementImage: Heedayah Lockman
To understand why western politicians are refusing to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, we need to understand both the historical and contemporary legacy of Western imperialism
Misinformation, lies and dehumanisation – how traditional media has failed Palestine