Jaw-dropping essay on being the only Arab at the New Yorker, from editor David Remnick refusing to call Gaza a genocide to another editor saying he had trouble editing a story because “Israeli characters seemed evil, while all the Palestinians were angels” bidoun.org/articles/house…

We live in insane times

In other state violence news, Toronto Metropolitan University is now using its security to beat up students: instagram.com/reel/DOzEHEOke… This is absolutely repulsive and not only should this security guard be fired, but we warned this would happen and now it has and it is the admin's fault.

In the last 30 years, Netanyahu has been Prime Minister of Israel for more than 17 years (i.e. 56 per cent of the time). He's served in that office longer than any other politician. The major opposition leaders share his core belief there should be no Palestinian state ever. The

This ruling highlights the extent to which the World Bank can be seen as safeguarding the interests of established economic powers, often at the expense of the policy autonomy of Global South states. Rather than functioning as a neutral arbiter, such decisions reflect the

Trump’s so-called 21 points include the “de radicalization” of the victims of genocide but not the perpetrators, the release of all Israeli captives but only some Palestinian captives, the possible continuation of the murderous GHF scheme, colonial governance by a body

Anita Anand yesterday: "The future of Ukraine must be decided by Ukraine alone" Anita Anand today: "The future of Palestine must be decided by Tony Blair alone"

If you see a group of unarmed people on little boats trying to deliver aid to a starving population, and then you see a powerful military blocking them and calling them terrorists, and you don't know which side you're on, I don't think there's any hope for you.

Five lawyers, acting pro bono, just filed a $10 million lawsuit against Toronto Metropolitan University alleging that Toronto Metropolitan University's administration falsely accused their clients of antisemitism. Our clients are current and former Lincoln Alexander School of Law students. Their full statement

💥 If you read one thing today, make it this story by Italian journalist Lorenzo D’Agostino — captured aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla: beaten, blindfolded, mocked with homophobic slurs, and held half-naked in freezing vans and scorching cells. According to D’Agostino and

The amazing investigators at Citizen Lab figured out that a lot of the Twitter accounts ostensibly representing Pahlavi, calling for the Iranian people to rise up against their government, were actually Israeli bots. citizenlab.ca/2025/10/ai-ena…

Harmony Holiday A lot of BPOC and Palestinian women were among the 500 on the Sumud Flotilla. This was a collective struggle to free Palestine. What Greta has done at 22 was brave but not exceptional. Everyone has been freed except for four Black South Africans. Let’s demand their freedom now✊🏿

Until a few years ago, it was a criminal offence in Canada to scare the Queen of England The Carney government's new hate crime proposals have a similar aim—to protect the ruling classes from discomfort and political dissent My latest for The Breach breachmedia.ca/new-hate-crime…

My colleague and Parkdale-High Park neighbour Mskwaasin Agnew has been released by the Israeli government. I'm ashamed that our Parkdale MP, Karim Bardeesy, would not speak to her advocates about her detention. Instead, his staff called the police, and eight people were arrested.

Director of Forensic Archaeology notes that Israel’s withdrawal line leaves Israel in control of the absolute majority of Gaza’s agricultural areas and fertile soils.

Beautiful and powerful homecoming for Mskwaasin Agnew in Toronto, Canada. She was welcomed with drumming, love, and community. I saw a mother and son waiting for somebody at the airport. The child looked about 4 or 5 years old. He asked who Mskwaasin was and his mother

I'd just like to say, that after two years of conducting a literal genocide—wanton slaughter, engineered starvation, unrelenting terror—Israel failed to accomplish a single stated objective. The most advanced military in the region, and perhaps the world, bolstered by the only

We have lost too many Journalists in Gaza. This video of Saleh Al-Jafarawi and Anas Al-Sharif celebrating the first ceasefire breaks my heart. May God have mercy on their souls 💔

This was Palestinian journalist Saleh Al-Jaafarawi's Last message before he was killed today. He shared this video yesterday, a heartfelt message of thanks to everyone who supported, stood by, and protested for Gaza and the Palestinian cause. Rewatching it broke my heart

NEW | Instagram has removed the verified account of Gaza slain journalist Saleh al-Jafarawi, who had 4.5 million followers. Archived snapshots of his page on the Wayback Machine, the largest public internet archive, also appear to have been wiped or disabled, raising concerns