“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.
Here’s a personal video from me filmed this March, months into Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Find my most recent articles and podcast episodes on Palestine here:
Do You Listen to Fascists or Do You Listen to Legal Scholars?
I have never seen so much of disregard and even contempt for International Law from people who we would expect to at least pretend to care about it. That façade crumbles when people start defend Israel’s genocide in Gaza and, by doing so, so often let their Fascist views show. The question for you is:…
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The Double Disregard for International Humanitarian Law When It Comes to Israel’s Destruction of Gaza
Even when we hope for them, there are no limits to Israel’s brutality. Its recent destruction of the Al Shifa Hospital and the killing of World Central Kitchen aid workers prove this point very painfully. Therefore, I invite you to notice all the levels on which disregard for International Humanitarian Law is found when one…
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A Must-Watch Conversation on Gaza with Norman Finkelstein and Mouin Rabbani
If you were looking for a resources to strengthen your advocacy efforts for Palestine or if you would like to see where your gaps in the knowledge of history of the region are (just like it’s been for me), please watch this conversation with Norman Finkelstein, Mouin Rabbani.
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Gaza: Israel’s Moral Abyss and Our Hope in The Movement
Instead of despairing over Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza, I invite you to take meaningful action as part of an awe-inspiring global community.
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From Supporting Zionism to Becoming Prominent Voices of Conscience and Anti-Oppression
As Israel’s genocide in Gaza continues, I invite you listen to more voices of anti-oppression. And not only to listen but to feel inspired by and to remind yourself who you are taking that collective action with. Today, it is my favourite family: the Maté family.
Read hereWhat Supporting Zionism Actually Means
To support an ideology or an ethno-national project means to support it all and just an idea of it. It means to support what it actually looks like on the ground for the people for whom it’s not an idea but a lived experience. That’s why, it has become extremely clear what people who identify…
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A Recommended Resource to Understand What The ICJ Decision Means
The International Court of Justice concluded that the claims that South Africa had brought to the table regarding Israel’s conduct in Gaza have a basis and require provisional measures. But what does it mean? What does it mean in legal terms? How much of a victory is it for human rights? An what to expect…
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Cornel West on Palestine, Landback, and Resistance
Oppression and brutal power over might seem different in different regions. That’s why, we need informed voices of consciousness and anti-oppression to remind us of the connections that the oppressors wouldn’t want us to see. Today or any other day, listen to this conversation with Dr. Cornel West. It is on Palestine but, at the…
Read hereSouth Africa’s Case Against Israel at The ICJ: What Did We Learn?
South Africa’s case against Israel brought to the International Court of Justice – also known as the World Court – is significant and historic in many ways. My podcast episode attempts to answer the question of what we learned from it and what waits ahead.
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Gaza: On The Unimaginable Violence of a Simple Idea
If you like the concept of modern nation-states or not, you might know they’re never based on claims from thousands of years ago. Only one country/colonial project in the world – Israel – makes such claims. I invite you to speak out against the brutality of such claims the epitome of which we’re seeing in…
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Christmas As Gaza Is Being Destroyed
Navigating the holidays as a genocide is continuing in Gaza is something many of us have to do. And I can’t say I know how to do it. But I have several messages for you this end of the year.
Read hereMy Conversation with Vancouver Co-operative Radio about Gaza
We have to keep on talking about the brutal, illegal, and apocalypse-like destruction of Gaza by Israeli forces. This is what I do in my quick conversation with Vancouver Co-operative Radio. Please give it a listen.
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A Must-See Speech on Gaza by Chris Hedges
What else can be said about Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza? By those who have been covering wars for decades and understand the oppressive systems in place: a lot. This is such a speech by Chris Hedges, who’s been an informed voice of conscience for decades.
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It Is OK If Your Heart Is Breaking
This is my personal post on the importance of allowing our hearts to break. Not only because Refaat Alareer, who was just killed by Israeli forces with his family. Because of Palestine itself and our work that needs to continue.
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A Conversation Good For Your Soul
In these dark times, I think we will always remember who were the voices of peace, hope, and humanity itself. This is a conversation between two of them: Gabor Mate and Cornel West.
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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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