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Jehad Abusalim

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Writer. Executive Director of Institute for Palestine Studies-USA ✍️ https://jehadabusalim.substack.com πŸ”— linktr.ee/jehadabusalim

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07.08.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Choreography of Destruction: Inside the War on Healthcare in Gaza Palestine Square

In conversation with @laythco.bsky.social, Dr. @yipengge.bsky.social exposes Israel’s β€œchoreography of destruction,” a campaign that besieges and empties Gaza’s hospitals, turns them to rubble, and targets the doctors who keep them alive.

πŸ”— Read here: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

07.08.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know what's going on in this world but I posted yesterday on "X" that a relative of mine was killed while seeking aid and a zionist account accused me of lying to make Israel look bad...

07.08.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starvation as a Weapon: Gaza’s Slow Death Under Siege Palestine Square

"Children are not starving because food is scarce. They are starving because the borders are closed. Because aid is blocked. Because food convoys are targeted...

Gaza is not starving. Gaza is being starved. And the world is watching."

www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

07.08.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Starvation as a Weapon: Gaza’s Slow Death Under Siege Palestine Square

β€œWhen a student falls unconscious, we just assume they have not eaten for two days. And we move on.”

Eman Basher spoke to Dr. Izzedin Shahin, who works while starving, stitching wounds that won’t heal for lack of protein.

Read More: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

06.08.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Tawjihi in Gaza: The High School Exam That Hangs over the Rubble Palestine Square, ΩΩ„Ψ³Ψ·ΩŠΩ† Ψ§Ω„Ω…ΩŠΨ―Ψ§Ω†

Gaza’s high school students prepare for final exams by candlelight from shelters, under bombardment, grief, and blackout. Others shoulder family burdens after loss. For many, education is not just learning. It is survival.

Suha Sami’s full report:
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

01.08.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Israel’s Famine in Gaza: What the World Must Know
YouTube video by Institute for Palestine Studies Israel’s Famine in Gaza: What the World Must Know

This week we hosted @yara-asi.bsky.social and Bushra Khalidi for a webinar on how Israel's famine is unfolding in Gaza, how it was enabled, and what must be done to address the disaster and its lasting effects. Watch here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk1U...

01.08.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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I Spent Decades at Columbia. I’m Withdrawing my Fall Course Due to Its Deal With Trump Palestine Square

Professor Rashid Khalidi has withdrawn his fall course at Columbia in protest of the university’s deal with the Trump administration & adoption of the IHRA definition. He calls it a surrender of academic freedom and complicity in genocide.

His open letter: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

01.08.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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The Final Cry: "My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Us?" Palestine Square

Urgent letter to Pope Leo XIV from Palestinian journalist Hind Shraydeh, writing from occupied Palestine. She pleads for action as Gaza faces mass death, hunger, and the destruction of churches and lives. β€œGaza is betrayed by everyone it once trusted.”

www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

01.08.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Gaza Diary: Reading to Resist Palestine Square

Amid bombs and blackout, Malak Hijazi finds refuge in books. From Simone de Beauvoir to Muin Bseiso, she reads to endure, to resist, and to remember. A moving account of life, loss, and literature under siege.

Read Malak's diary: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

01.08.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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@nadinebahour.bsky.social examines how Israel has used hunger as a central tool in its campaign against Gaza, blocking aid, targeting farms and food warehouses, and creating deadly aid sites. Starvation is a calculated weapon of war.

Read the policy paper: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

01.08.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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Palestinian cultural life in Jerusalem faces censorship, raids, and erasure. In this new policy paper, Rania Elias documents how Israel targets art, history, and memory while Palestinians continue to resist with creativity, courage, and community.

πŸ”—https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657407

01.08.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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This is the Abusalim Mosque, one of the oldest mosques in my hometown, Deir el-Balah. A beautiful landmark; serene, quiet, peaceful. It was built by my grandfather’s brother and stood tall for years. Today, the genocidal and deranged Israeli regime bombed it with a suicide drone.

31.07.2025 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Zohran Mamdani Won’t Be Silent on Palestineβ€”Even If His Party Is Palestine Square

Zohran Mamdani has never shied away from speaking out for Palestine. In a climate where most stay silent, his victory in the NYC mayoral primary marks a major shift. His campaign proves that standing for Palestinian rights can be a winning stance.

www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

17.07.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Graffiti of Control Palestine Square

In Gaza, even language is weaponized. Israeli soldiers leave behind graffiti that degrades, mocks, and haunts. Donya Abu Sitta reflects on how words, like bombs, can wound and occupy the ruins of homes and minds.
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

25.07.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Candies, Poetry, and Love: Memories of a Life Lost to War Palestine Square

She once studied poetry under Refaat Alareer. Her mother made her egg sandwiches every morning. Her home and university are now rubble. Her mother and professor were taken in the war. In Gaza, Shahad Ali writes about all that was lost, and what survives.

www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

25.07.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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When the Classroom Is a Tent and the Dream Is Survival Palestine Square

When the classroom is a tent and the dream is survival. In Gaza, students study by flashlight, under bombs, and through grief. This powerful essay by Taqwa al-Wawi honors their defiance and asks: how do you dream when your school no longer exists?

www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

25.07.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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This week on Palestine Square: voices from Gaza that refuse to be silenced. From the grief and memory of a student writer, to Hebrew graffiti used as a weapon of control, to students preparing for exams in tents and ruins, these are stories of survival, dignity, and resistance🧡

25.07.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Targeting Printing and Publishing Houses in Gaza: A Cultural Violation and a Memoricide Palestine Square, ΩΩ„Ψ³Ψ·ΩŠΩ† Ψ§Ω„Ω…ΩŠΨ―Ψ§Ω†

Israel destroyed Gaza’s printing presses, publishing houses, and bookstores. These were homes to memory, knowledge, and cultural continuity. Ink and manuscripts turned to ash. Presses were silenced mid-sentence.

Report by Fatma Al Zahraa Sehwail:
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

14.07.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 182    πŸ” 120    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 12
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Education in a Time of Genocide *JOIN US ON ZOOMΒ ON TUESDAY JULY 22 AT 12 PM EST/7 PM PALESTINE* Educational institutions across North America and Europe continue to be sites of rampant repression and criminalization of student and ...

What does it mean to teach, write, and learn under in a time of extreme censorship?

Join us for a JPS webinar on July 22 featuring Lara Deeb, Muhannad Ayyash, Rebecca Karl, and Sherene Seikaly in conversation with Nadim Bawalsa.

Register here:
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

15.07.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Palestine and the Production of Ignorance Palestine Square

β€œPalestine and the Production of Ignorance” by Muhammad Ali Khalidi traces how US institutions are suppressing knowledge about Palestine through censorship, false narratives, and smear campaigns. A must-read on the war against truth.

www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

16.07.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Honoring Professor Walid Khalidi at 100: A Life of Scholarship, Integrity, and Dedication to Palestine Palestine Square

Today we honor Professor Walid Khalidi on his 100th birthday! Scholar, teacher, and co-founder of IPS, he shaped global understanding of the Nakba and Palestinian history, and devoted his life to preserving Palestinian memory against erasure.

www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

16.07.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Gaza: Pursuit of Survival Palestine Square

Alaa went to get flour for his family. He came back wrapped in empty flour bagsβ€”shot dead by Israeli forces. In this heartbreaking essay, his sister Areej Almashharawi writes about famine, survival, and the cruelty of engineered hunger in Gaza.

πŸ”— www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

12.07.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 116    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

Recognition without rights is not justice. As Western governments symbolically β€œrecognize” Palestine, this essay by Jwan Zreiq asks: what is being recognized, and at whose expense?

www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

12.07.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

A detailed and heartbreaking report on how Israel systematically destroyed Gaza’s bookstores, printing presses, and publishing houses. It turned centers of learning and knowledge production into ruins and ashes.

Please share widely.

14.07.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 170    πŸ” 130    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

He planted cucumber, dill, and mint. He was shot bringing home flour. His daughter’s sunglasses were still on his head. This is one of the most devastating things you’ll read.

12.07.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Does Israel Orchestrate Criminality Through Its Agents in Gaza? Palestine Square, ΩΩ„Ψ³Ψ·ΩŠΩ† Ψ§Ω„Ω…ΩŠΨ―Ψ§Ω†

Israel isn’t just bombing Gazaβ€”it’s arming gangs to sow chaos, starve civilians, and sabotage aid. In this harrowing report, Mohammed al-Naami exposes how the occupation weaponizes collaborators and criminal networks to dismantle Gaza from within.

www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

12.07.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

In Gaza, time passes through death, pain, and destruction. I can’t experience time the way I used to. While I work, read, or write, I know a child may be burned alive or a family wiped out. That knowledge never leaves me. I can’t stop thinking about it. It’s sickening.

05.07.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

ISRAEL KILLED 64 PALESTINIANS IN GAZA SINCE THIS MORNING.

05.07.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€˜They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babies

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

05.07.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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