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Syrian-American journalist Hekmat Aboukhater traveled across Homs, Lattakia, Tartous, and Aleppo this April, reporting for The Grayzone on the devastating impact of Western economic sanctions on average Syrians. Throughout 2023, a series of anti-Syrian refugee bills, a failing economy, and anti-Syrian rhetoric have deepened the plight of the two million Syrian refugees living in Lebanon. Hate crimes against Syrians suspected of living in the country illegally have skyrocketed, while at least 130 refugees have been deported. Weekly Israeli strikes have […]

The post Immiserated, humiliated, yet resilient: how Syrians survive America’s economic siege appeared first on The Grayzone.

Activists from Palestinian Action continue their protests around the Elbit-owned UAV company to mark 75 years since the 'nakba' displacement

The Israeli government is training high school students as part of its propaganda efforts to combat criticism of its policies and delegitimize the BDS movement.

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Khader Adnan represents a political culture that has come to permeate Palestine for years, a mode of collective resistance that cannot be easily crushed, silenced or killed. Even in death.

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As the “New Cold War” opens another front in Northern Africa, the feud threatens a devastating conflict. The war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the crisis.

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As the three-year anniversary of George Floyd's death nears, David Miller investigates the campaign to silence critics of Israel's role in training American police on the violent tactics of suppression meted out on Black Americans.

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Media tune starts to change on the supposed ‘international’ definition as coalition civic organisations tell UN that it will put its own staff at risk if they approve right-wingers’ favourite tool to suppress pro-Palestinian speech A coalition of 104 civic society groups from an array of nations – including Israel – have written publicly to […]

Letter in Guardian – apparently an incomplete draft sent in error for which Abbott has apologised – was clumsily worded but the reaction to it is yet another demonstration of how other forms of racism don’t count in Labour Keir Starmer’s Labour has suspended left-winger Diane Abbott – the first Black woman MP in UK […]

Not only does the racist thug Ben-Gvir walk around with an entourage of armed guards, but now he has an entire "National Guard" made of armed settler gangs.

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What is currently taking place in Palestine is not yet a religious war, but some Israeli officials and political parties are keen on turning it into one. 

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