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📢 Call for Papers The #Arab_Center for Research and Policy Studies and the #Institute_for_Palestine_Studies are pleased to announce the call for research proposals for the fifth #Annual_Palestine_Forum, scheduled for late January 2027 in #Doha. 📅 Abstract Submission Deadline: June 1, 2026 📅 Full Paper Submission Deadline: October 15, 2026 🔗 To submit proposals and for more details: acr.ps/1L9B9L2 📧 For inquiries, contact us at: annualpalestineforum@dohainstitute.edu.qa

Postdoc in Palestine Studies at the University of Toronto for next academic year. Applications are due April 6. Please share and apply.

Under cover of the Israeli-American offensive on Iran, which could cost countless lives and plunge the entire Middle East into a spiral of violence and destruction, armed settler militias continue to launch organized violent attacks against Palestinian communities in an effort to expand ethnic cleansing throughout the West Bank. Soon after the first air-raid sirens sounded this morning, settler militias set out to attack Palestinian communities across the West Bank, including in Masafer Yatta and the villages of Duma and Qusra, where only yesterday, two activists were assaulted and injured so severely they needed medical evacuation by helicopter. B’Tselem cautions: Once again, as international attention shifts to the attacks in Iran, Israel will seize the opportunity to escalate violence, advance ethnic cleansing in the West Bank and intensify its genocidal assault on the Gaza Strip.

At least 153 killed in attack on school Fanon once said “when the native hears a speech” about western values “he pulls out his knife-or at least he makes sure it is within reach” given the “violence with which the supremacy of white values is affirmed” theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…

The UN education agency, UNESCO, says that the bombing of a primary school during the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran on Saturday constitutes a grave violation of humanitarian law. news.un.org/en/story/2026/…

*Global Afro/Indigeneities* – A new Call for Proposals from Radical History Review. Abstracts due March 30: radicalhistoryreview.org/global-afro-in…

Israel committed two-thirds of record press killings in 2025: CPJ ctvnews.ca/world/article/…

Taking note of this statement by Foreign Ministers, I share an extract from my Nelson Mandela Lecture. Opposing "Greater Israel" is not a call to destroy Israel; it is a call to dismantle a colonial mindset, in Israel and among those who stand behind or alongside it.

We need a Security Council that reflects today’s world – not the world of 1945. When vetoes become political cover, when geopolitical rivalries override the protection of civilians, the result is the same: Impunity grows. Suffering multiplies. And human rights are trampled.

"Le Maghreb fut, dans les années 1960-1970, un foyer majeur des solidarités révolutionnaires sur le continent africain. De ses capitales surgirent des réseaux politiques, artistiques et intellectuels porteurs d’un élan radical." laviedesidees.fr/Quand-le-Maghr…

THE TIME FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WAS OBLITERATED This story should send shockwaves through the spine of 450M EU citizens not just Germans. Crushing fundamental freedoms/human dignity to protect a genocidal state is a worrying trend these days. Solidarity with the victims everywhere

I condemn the Israeli Government’s decision to resume land registration procedures in the occupied West Bank. The decision could lead to the dispossession of Palestinians of their property & risks expanding unlawful Israeli control over land in the area. I call on Israel to reverse these measures & on all to preserve the only path to lasting peace, a negotiated two-State solution in line with international law.

The U.N. human rights office publicly defended Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese after at least four European governments attacked her and called for her resignation over comments she never made. Marta Hurtado, spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said Albanese “did not characterize any state as an enemy of humanity. I invite you all to go see her remarks.” Hurtado added the office is “very worried” about escalating “personal attacks, threats and misinformation” targeting U.N. officials and independent experts, warning such campaigns distract from “serious human rights issues.” She then pointed to ongoing Israeli ceasefire violations in Gaza, the daily killing of Palestinians, and Israel’s failure to meet its obligations as an occupying power in the West Bank while undermining a two-state solution: “This is what we should be talking about.” @FranceskAlbs | @UNHumanRights

This is UNRWA's compound in occupied East Jerusalem. It is a United Nations premises. Seized and demolished by the Israeli authorities, in an unprecedented violation of international law. Water and electricity to UNRWA's East Jerusalem facilities have also been cut, including schools and health centres. Meanwhile, new measures will further tighten Israeli control over the occupied #WestBank. They must be withdrawn. UNRWA services must be allowed to continue. UN Member States must act.

The first library to be built during the genocide in Gaza.

Help us reach 10,000 signatures! Tell parliament that Canada stands with Cuba! Sign the petition: ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/P…

What are the steps of the #ICC process? As an international court, the ICC's legal process may function differently from that in your national jurisdiction. Learn more ➡️ icc-cpi.int/about/how-the-… #ICCProcess

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Call For Papers: On Palestinians' Terms pastandfuturepresents.blogspot.com/2026/02/call-f…

Breaking | Britain, France, and Canada issue a joint statement strongly condemning Israel’s demolition of the UNRWA headquarters in occupied Jerusalem.