"Internationally, most European countries have been undermining the multilateral system and international law in their complicity and participation in Israel's genocide," Ahmad Halima writes. "While European leaders are in panic mode over the breakdown of U.S. support for Ukraine, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said that it is up to Europe to take up the role of 'leader of the free world.' Putting aside the question as to whether it is desirable to have a leader of the free world at all, the EU lacks credibility due to its participation and complicity in Israel’s war crimes."

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"With the U.S. out of the U.N., maybe the rest of the General Assembly could reclaim the diplomatic ground lost in the years since Oslo and give Israel the South African/apartheid treatment it deserves," Ian Williams writes. President Donald Trump recently withdrew the nomination of Rep. Elise Stefanik (pictured above) as U.S. ambassador to the U.N. in order to protect the slim Republican majority in the House of Representatives.

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The Palestinian Sound Archive traces its origins to an unexpected discovery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mo’min Swaitat returned to his hometown of Jenin to film a documentary and became stranded due to the lockdown. Wandering the quiet streets, he came across Tariq Cassettes, a shuttered music shop he frequented in his youth. Curious about its contents, Swaitat received permission to explore the shop’s stock​. Inside, he discovered a treasure trove of 7,000 cassettes and vinyl records. “So much Palestinian culture has been lost or locked up in Israeli military archives, so it was magical to find this. It’s a journey through the past and the future of a whole people,” he said. 

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"Much of the Western world views us Palestinians as victims or terrorists, and nothing in between," Tala Aloul writes. "In Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal, activist and poet Mohammed El-Kurd unapologetically dissects all the ways in which American media and politics refuses to humanize us, but instead prefers to pity or villainize us. The book flows through chapters that highlight the dehumanization of our people and the necessity of reclaiming our identity as Palestinians."

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