Nurturing Seeds of Freedom in Palestine
Surrounded by a 26-foot-high separation wall, barbed wire, and a watchtower, a group of young Palestinians prepares a 3.5-acre piece of land for the growing season in spring. The noise
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The Complexity of Harris’ Historic Candidacy
Women of color want demographic and political representation, just as wealthy white men have had for generations.
Israel Attacks Rafah Refugee Camp, Killing Dozens
CAIR’s Zahra Billoo analyzes Israel’s latest actions in Gaza, including the bombing of displaced Palestinians living in tents in a refugee camp.
Video | Palestine | Gaza | Genocide | YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Hamas | Netanyahu | Arun Gupta | Morehouse College | Joe Biden | Atlanta
Campus Protests Continue as ICC Issues Arrest Warrants
Investigative reporter Arun Gupta analyzes the latest news on Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Video | Gaza | divestment | YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | protest | Student Activism | Free Gaza | Encampments | University of California Los Angeles | UCLA | Zionism | Palestine
UCLA Faculty Defend Student Activists
UCLA professor Robin D. G. Kelley offers insight on how faculty are supporting pro-Palestine students who are facing violence from Zionists and the LAPD.
Video | protest | Free Gaza Encampment | Cal State LA | California State University Los Angeles | Palestine | Gaza | divestment | YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali
Inside a Free Gaza Campus Hub
In a special report from Cal State LA’s newly established Free Gaza encampment, a student and a community activist speak out.
Opinion | Asian American Pacific Islander | South Korea | North Korea | Palestine | Gaza | colonialism | Genocide | AAPI | Militarism | Korea | Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Why So Many Young Asian Americans Stand With Palestine
This Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, let’s celebrate anti-war organizers.
Video | divestment | YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Columbia University | Student Activism | San Francisco State University | Free Gaza Encampment | Palestine | Gaza
Students Speak Out From Free Gaza Encampment
Students at San Francisco State University’s Free Gaza encampment share why they are demanding divestment from Israel.
Video | Arab American Heritage Month | Arab American | Palestine | Gaza | YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali
Making Arab American Heritage Month Meaningful
Justice for Gaza can be a perfect focus for this year’s Arab American Heritage Month, says Stephanie Abraham.
Rethinking Arab American Heritage Month
Cultural heritage months are most useful when they’re leveraged as an opportunity to demand justice.
Activists Organize Gaza “Freedom Flotilla”
In the face of global inaction on Israel’s genocide, activists will sail to Gaza to bring desperately needed aid directly to Palestinians.
Ending Water Apartheid in Palestine
Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank fighting for the right to a homeland, and for their basic right to water—which Israel continues to deny.
The Resurgence of a Palestinian Protest Song
Zeinab Sheath‘s 1972 protest song, “An Urgent Call for Palestine,” finds new life as artists begin to speak out against the Gaza genocide.
Investigative Report Undermines Israel’s Mass Rape Claims
Investigative reporter Arun Gupta delves into his new, explosive story for YES! about Israeli claims of mass rape on Oct. 7, 2023.
Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation
This investigative report uncovers questionable sourcing and a striking lack of physical or eyewitness evidence in two early reports that have been widely cited to bolster claims that Hamas committed mass sexual violence in its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
Exposing Israel’s Attempted Pinkwashing of Genocide
Queer liberation goes hand-in-hand with anti-colonialism and anti-Zionism, says a growing movement working to expose Israel's pinkwashing.
Video | Palestine | Gaza | YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | ceasefire | Jewish Voice for Peace | Shabbat | Judaism
Jewish Students Organize “Shabbat for Ceasefire”
As Israel's genocide in Gaza rages on, U.S. Jewish college students say their faith inspires them to pray for a cease-fire, and an end to apartheid.
No Pride in Genocide: Calling Out Israel’s Pinkwashing
Israel continues to paint itself as a pro-LGBTQ haven in the Middle East, using this alleged tolerance as justification for its genocide in Gaza. Queer activists around the world are pushing back.
Video | Gaza | Holocaust | YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | International Holocaust Remembrance Day | Shane Burley | Palestine
Israel Is Using an Old Playbook to Justify Gaza Genocide
Author Shane Burley examines how Israel is attempting to employ the same justification in Gaza that Nazis used against Jews.
Global Protests for a Free Palestine: Photo Essay
Voices are echoing worldwide as tens of thousands of people take to the streets to demand an immediate cease-fire and an end to Israel’s war on Gaza.
Don’t Let Zionists Weaponize Jewish Suffering
Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, it’s essential to remember that “never again” means for anyone.
Reporting From the Front Lines of a Genocide
Being a Palestinian journalist has never been easy, but Israel’s escalation of violence against members of the press in Gaza is unprecedented, say press freedom advocates. Can global solidarity help stop the bloodshed?
The Palestine Exception to Campus Free Speech
Writing under a pseudonym to protect herself, a high school student details the intimidation she and her peers have faced from schools for protesting the Gaza genocide.
Video | Gaza | YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | ceasefire | Kshama Sawant | Seattle City Council | Socialism | Seattle
How One Socialist Changed Seattle
After a decade on the Seattle City Council, Kshama Sawant reflects on her legacy—and what comes next.
All I Want for Christmas Is a Ceasefire
Instead of cancelling Christmas in the face of the genocide in Gaza, this observant Christian Arab American author shares proactive steps to press for peace.
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