Palestine

The Student Movement Turns to Hunger Striking to Call for Justice in Palestine

As Israel continues to block aid into Palestine, student protestors are giving up food until their demands are met.

Maximillian Alvarez

At Columbia, International Students Face “Chilling Effects” of Trump Admin

Graduate student union members fight for their community’s safety as university administration cracks down on pro-Palestine speech.

Maximillian Alvarez

Chicago Jewish Activists Embark on Indefinite Hunger Strike Over Gaza

Hunger strikes have deep roots in Chicago—and across the country—as escalations in campaigns for justice.

Shane Burley

Jewish-Palestinian Solidarity Behind New Hunger Strike for Gaza

Because, writes columnist Eman Abdelhadi, starving Palestinians are met with bullets not bread.

Eman Abdelhadi

After Raids, Columbia, UMich Organizers Say “We Keep Us Safe”

As students are targeted for pro-Palestine speech, graduate unions step up with bargaining, mutual aid and political education.

Maximillian Alvarez

Queer Folks Mobilize for Palestine

Queer organizers rallied against drag bans and continue to do the same for Palestine

Henry Hicks IV

The Best Protection For Students Is a Mass Movement

A conversation with Momodou Taal, the Cornell student suing the Trump Administration for repression against students.

Nidaa Lafi and Momodou Taal

Mainstream Media’s Anti-Palestinian Double Standard Is On Full Display

Another day, another racist attack on Rep. Rashida Tlaib that our media completely ignores.

Adam Johnson

“Do Not Participate”: The Absurd Excuse Notre Dame Gave Me When They Canceled My Talk

What a tragedy when we cannot rely on universities to house our most critical conversations.

Eman Abdelhadi

More Than 1,800 Academics Say They Will Boycott Columbia—and the Number Is Growing

Columbia's acquiescence to Trump was disgraceful. As faculty, we demand better.

Jessica Halliday Hardie and Ajantha Subramanian

Land of the Unfree?

As Mahmoud Khalil’s plight shows, U.S. democracy risks dying in the darkness of detention centers.

Alberto Toscano

The New Face of Christian Zionism

A rapidly growing Christian Right movement has become a driving force behind unqualified U.S.—and global—support for Israel.

Frederick Clarkson and Ben Lorber

"It Is Neither Death, Nor Suicide"

Gaza’s Declaration of Life—and Living

Jehad Abusalim

Will The Zionist Dream of Ethnically Cleansing Gaza Work?

Trump and Netanyahu Want to Clear Gaza of Palestinians. Apparently they haven't met us.

Yousef Aljamal

My Name is Mahmoud Khalil and I Am a Political Prisoner

A letter dictated by Mahmoud Khalil over the phone from ICE detention in Louisiana.

Mahmoud Khalil

A Child in Palestine: The Cartoons of Naji al-Ali

With urgency and wit, this political art remains a bastion for Palestinian liberation and as pertinent as ever.

In These Times Editors

A Love Letter to the Student Movement

Repression of the Palestine movement is now here, so what must be done? Four practical steps for the next phase.

Carrie Zaremba

As ICE Jails Palestinian Protester, Universities Must Commit to Academic Freedom

Universities may sow their own demise if they continue to aid the suppression of pro-Palestine campus movements.

Heba Gowayed and Jessica Halliday Hardie