“Now that I have seen, I am responsible.”
I’ve been writing about Palestine since 2013.
For me, it’s more than a cause or a topic of my academic research. It’s a place and people that I have fallen in love with and care deeply about.
There’s no objectivity and neutrality when we talk about Palestine. When we talk about different forms of oppression, we have to clearly name what they are and who’s doing it to whom.
As Brazilian educator and thinker Paulo Freire says,
There’s no such thing as neutral educational process.
Education either functions as an instrument to bring about conformity or freedom.
I claim the mainstream narrative doesn’t need reinforcement – it needs questioning. That’s what I do in my project and encourage you to speak out against this shameful ongoing injustice.
Find my articles below, my podcast here, and my videos on TikTok, Instagram, and my relatively new YouTube channel.
Find my most recent articles and podcast episodes on Palestine here:
What, According to My Government, Other Countries Can Learn from Israel
This is the most straightforward way I can put it: just like there are countries in history known for their collaboration with the Nazi regime, my country, Lithuania, has inscribed itself as one of the staunchest supporters of Israel, no matter the scale, depravity, or geography of its crimes. See if my rage resonates with…
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Invest in Decolonising Narratives
Something incredible is happening in Panama – in that how anticolonial it is. I’m inviting you to support it.
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What Israel’s Destruction of Lebanon Is Showing Us Painfully Clearly
When Israel shows only contempt for what its greater ally wants, we need no more proof is there’s anything above Israel’s colonial expansionist ambitions.
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On Iran, (Ir)rationality, and Those Who Didn’t See Any Destabilisation of The Region in Israel’s Genocide
Remember when Iran used to be called an irrational, unpredictable actor? Well, I invite you to notice any changes when it comes to irrationality, constructed narratives, and how war propaganda looks these days.
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On One of The Gravest Crimes against Humanity That Not Every Country Chose to Condemn at The UN
The UN just voted to describe the transatlantic slave trade as ‘the gravest crime against humanity’. Yet not every country, according to its vote, agrees. My commentary is on what the abstentions show.
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Your Antiwar Voice Is Needed More Than You Might Think
The war machine won’t stop until it’s stopped, just as its propaganda won’t just disappear on its own. It was to be actively pointed to, deconstructed, and rejected as loudly as possible. And this is where everyone’s voice matters.
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Good News: We Are on a Boat Ride Together; Bad News: It’s Being Steered by Psychopaths
We’re on a boat steered by psychopaths — and they’re not taking us anywhere nice. As the U.S. and Israel are destroying Lebanon and Iran, one thing can’t be clearer: it is the whole world that has to make them stop.
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There Are Those Who Celebrate Women’s Day and Cheer for the Bombing of Schools
Using the “liberation of women” is not new when it comes to justifying the unjustifiable. Notice how it is used again in Iran, including by those who are known to intentionally harm women and children.
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My Invitation to Rebuild a Media Company from Gaza
If you are looking for a very concrete opportunity to change someone’s life, here it is. I am inviting you to join me in rebuilding a media company that used to operate in Gaza. We don’t need that much — but we need you to be in.
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How the European Broadcasting Union Just Gave Eurovision Fans an Opportunity to Show Some Spine (Thanks to Israel)
Israel was just allowed to compete at Eurovision in 2026. This shows nothing new about Europe’s literally unstoppable desire to maintain good relations with Israel. Now, the spotlight is on all the fans of Eurovision itself: we’ll see how unstoppable their love for this contest is, and whether it is above a genocide that has…
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What Calling Israel’s Continuation of Its Mass Murder a ‘Fragile Ceasefire’ Shows
There is no ‘fragile ceasefire’ when children’s bodies continue to be laid on dirty, destroyed hospital floors.
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How Football Reminded Us about Two Parallel Worlds Recently — And Invited Us to Choose One
People like to talk about teams: “What team are you on?” In my video about two football matches that happened recently in Spain and Lithuania, quite literally, there are two teams. You can either be with those who organise a charity game for the people currently undergoing genocide, or you can be with those who…
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How Talking About Ecocide in Palestine Helps Us Better Describe What Is Being Done — And By Whom Exactly
To describe Israel’s complete annihilation of Gaza better, I invite you to add one more word to your vocabulary: ecocide. Not to by any means diminish the horrors of the intentional massacres committed, but to expand the definition of this total destruction.
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Israel Is Bombing Gaza Again (The Coloniser Continues to Colonise)
Israel won’t stop until it’s stopped. It will colonise, occupy, dominate, and murder until it cannot do so. This exactly what its new airstrikes on Gaza show, and it is exactly why our solidarity work remains important.
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To What “Peacetime” We Might Be Seeing Palestine Return
It is clear that Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan promises anything but peace if justice, equality, and accountability are not there. Interestingly, it is exactly the hollow “peace” Palestine knew before October 2023. In my episode, I talk about the gruesome events of the past weeks and how they echo what “peacetime” in Palestine was before.…
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What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Palestine?
Podcast mini-series
What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Palestine? Part 1: Controversy
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is oftentimes presented as surrounded by controversies. We need to debunk that.
Read and listen hereWhat Do We Talk About When We Talk About Palestine? Part 2: Hypocrisy
What might we find at the very core of debates surrounding this conflict? Certainly not always, but sometimes, there is a layer of hypocrisy we need to cut through.
Read and listen hereWhat Do We Talk About When We Talk About Palestine? Part 3: Media Silence
What is the role of the media in portraying what’s happening in Palestine? Can its role be “neutral”? Definitely not.The media is not a part of the debate; it is the debate.
Read and listen hereWhat Do We Talk About When We Talk About Palestine? Part 4: International Organisations
Human Rights Watch has just released its report on the Israeli policies in the Occupied Territories and in Israel itself. The verdict: these policies make up a system of apartheid. In my episode, I talk about this report and what broader questions we should ask when it comes to how international organisations assess any Israeli…
Read and listen hereWhat Do We Talk About When We Talk About Palestine? Part 5: Colonialism
What is happening in Sheikh Jarrah?And what has been happening in East Jerusalem in general? We can’t analyse this situation without assessing its context. In this case, that context is colonialism.
Read and listen hereWhat Do We Talk About When We Talk About Palestine? Part 6: Gaza and The Fake Security vs. Equality Dichotomy
Israeli bombings of Gaza have a context that we need to address and, when needed, deconstruct. Building on my previous episodes, this is exactly what I do in this one.
Read and listen hereWhat Do We Talk About When We Talk About Palestine? Part 7: Impunity
Gaza might not be bombed anymore yet so much remains. The blockade, the occupation with all of its mechanism, apartheid, and so many questions.
One of these questions sounds simple but it so important to ask:
Who can hold Israel accountable?
Read and listen hereWhat Do We Talk About When We Talk About Palestine? Part 8: Erasure
Attacks on Palestinians have intensified during the holy month of Ramadan again – they resemble what we saw last year. And the year before. I’ve written a lot about Palestine but it’s time combine several things that I’ve partly mentioned in my previous episodes and focus this one on something rather obvious: the concept of…
Read and listen hereThis Year Has Been The Deadliest for Palestinian Children in The West Bank – What Should We Know?
2022 has been the deadliest year for Palestinian children in the West Bank in 15 years. To fully understand how the Israeli state policies work, we have to understand how they affect – not unintentionally, but by design – the Palestinian children.
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My articles in Lithuanian:
- Bombardavimas sustabdytas, okupacija – ne
- „Okupacija turi baigtis”. Taikos paieškos Izraelyje ir Palestinoje
- Nepriklausomybės siekiai skirtinguose Pasaulio kampeliuose
- Neramumai Izraelyje ir Palestinoje: esminis ir kartais nutylimas kontekstas
- Metai po Apsauginės Ribos: Gazos atstatymo sunkumai
- Metai be reikšmingos pažangos Gazos ruože
- Gazos ruožo atstatymo paradoksas
- Trupantis Izraelio fasadas
- Gazos Ruožas: problema su išeitimi, nepatogia Izraeliui
- Taikos derybų pabaiga: Tamsi Palestinos ateitis
- Gazos Ruožas: praėjus metams po karinės operacijos – humanitarinė krizė
- Taikos derybos, bet ar taikos sąlygos?
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