51 years ago today, Israel assassinated Ghassan Kanafani, an internationally celebrated Palestinian novelist, political thought leader, journalist, and artist who committed his life to the Palestinian struggle for freedom. On July 8, 1972, Israeli spies planted a bomb in Kanafani's car, killing both Kanafani and his teenage niece Lamis. Today, Palestinians keep Kanafani's spirit alive in their struggle towards freedom while his work continues to influence social justice movements across the globe.

On Monday morning the Israeli military began a two-day invasion in the Palestinian city of Jenin. Israeli soldiers killed 12 Palestinians—including at least 4 children—left over 100 Palestinians injured, and destroyed dozens of homes. Most Palestinian families living in Jenin’s refugee camp were forced out of their homes by violent militias in 1948 in order to steal their land and create Israel. Their stories are ones of survival under relentless violence at the hands of Israeli occupation and apartheid. It’s past time for Palestinians to live without the threat of Israeli violence forcing them out of their homes and killing them or their loved ones. Palestinians deserve to live in freedom and safety with dignity—now.

Israel’s latest invasion of the refugee camp in the Palestinian city of Jenin was its most brutal in over 2 decades. Israeli soldiers killed at least 12 Palestinians, including at least 4 children, and damaged over 80% of homes. For 75 years, Israel has kept Jenin’s 12,000 refugees in this violent state of limbo. But enough is enough. These Palestinian refugees deserve their basic rights: to life, to freedom, to return to their homes. For that to happen, Israeli apartheid must end.

In 2020, while walking with his teacher to a disability services center in Jerusalem, 32-year-old Palestinian Eyad Hallaq was killed by Israeli soldiers. His teacher had explained to the Israeli soldiers that he was autistic and begged them to look at his identification. When Eyad fled, a soldier disobeyed orders and shot him seven times. Today, the Israeli courts cleared that soldier of all charges. The message Israel is sending is clear: Israeli soldiers will never be held accountable for killing Palestinians–no matter the circumstances. That’s apartheid. In 2020, @dianabuttu sat down with the mother of Eyad Hallaq. Listen to the heartbreaking episode, in the link in our bio.

On Monday, the Israeli military began attacking a refugee camp in the Palestinian city of Jenin, bombing Palestinian homes from the sky and shooting at Palestinians on the ground. Israeli soldiers also attacked a Palestinian hospital, forced thousands of Palestinians out of their homes at gunpoint, and shot at journalists. Between Monday and Tuesday, Israeli soldiers killed 12 Palestinians, including 5 children. The attack—the worst of its kind since Israeli soldiers invaded Jenin in 2002—is an extreme escalation of violence against Palestinains who Israel already subjects to its brutal apartheid system every single day. The only way to end the violence in Palestine and Israel is to end Israel’s theft of Palestinian land and its violent apartheid system oppressing Palestinians.

Israel just destroyed this entire city block in Jenin, forcing dozens of Palestinian families to flee for safety. Since Monday Israel has been attacking Palestinians in Jenin, targeting a refugee camp by attacking Palestinian homes with airstrikes and hundreds of invading Israeli soldiers on the ground. Jenin is a densely populated area where more than 15,000 Palestinians live. So far Israeli soldiers have killed at least 11 Palestinians and injured more than 50 others. Imagine waking up to this destruction, knowing that at any moment Israel’s warplanes could return. Video by @muhammadshehad2 via Twitter

Since Monday Israel has been attacking Palestinians in Jenin, targeting a refugee camp and attacking Palestinian homes with airstrikes and hundreds of invading Israeli soldiers on the ground. Jenin is a densely populated area where more than 15,000 Palestinians live. So far Israeli soldiers have killed at least 11 Palestinians and injured more than 50 others.

After bombing residential areas and forcing Palestinian families out of their homes to seek safety, the Israeli military teargasses the families seeking refuge.

Palestinian families, with their hands up, are being forced to leave their homes and seek safety from Israel’s attacks on Jenin refugee camp.

Israel invaded the Palestinian town of Jenin on Monday and attacked Palestinians with airstrikes and a ground invasion. Israel's deadly invasion, which included an attack on a refugee camp, was the biggest invasion of a Palestinian city since 2002. Jenin is a densely populated area, with more than 15,000 Palestinians living there. At least 8 Palestinians have been killed and more than 50 have been injured. Israel has no right to invade Palestinian cities, and must be held accountable for its war crimes. The US sends Israel nearly $4 billion a year in military funding. Enough is enough.

This is Palestinian-American Siham. On June 21st, she was visiting her family's town of Turmus'ayya in the military occupied West Bank. Siham Rashid retells the terrifying moment when Israeli settlers attacked Turmus’ayya, which is one of more than a dozen towns that settlers targeted. Israeli settler mobs attacked 17 separate Palestinian towns, attacking residents and setting dozens of homes and cars on fire. But they didn’t act alone. Israel's violent settlers are running the government, and they’re using the military to push forward the settlers’ theft of Palestinian land. If these violent Israeli mobs are supported by Israel’s top politicians and backed by Israeli soldiers, they’re part of the Israeli government’s strategy to steal Palestinian land.

Award-winning Palestinian-American poet, essayist, and translator Lena Khalaf Tuffaha @lenatuffaha just published a new book of poetry with @triohousepress, “Kaan and Her Sisters.” The powerful new book spotlights Arabic teacher Miss Sahar, delving into her journey of forced displacement from her home in Palestine. Tuffaha eloquently portrays the story through letters, reimagined songs, and glimpses into the remnants of her past. Tuffaha is also the author of Water & Salt, winner of the 2018 Washington State Book Award, and Something About Living, winner of the 2022 Akron Prize for Poetry, forthcoming from University Akron Press in 2024. Link in our bio to order your copy of Kaan and Her Sisters!