https://znetwork.org/author/jamal-kanj/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:55:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/jamal-kanj/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/gazas-board-of-peace-a-circus-to-normalize-a-new-phase-of-mass-dispossession-and-genocide/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/gazas-board-of-peace-a-circus-to-normalize-a-new-phase-of-mass-dispossession-and-genocide/#respond Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:45:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294070 The so-called ceasefire in Gaza was a cynical ruse to secure Israeli captives while giving Israel free rein to starve, murder and assassinate at will. The world was duped into swallowing yet another Zionist deception, orchestrated by Israel-first Americans, financed with U.S. taxpayer dollars, and drenched in Palestinian blood. Since the ceasefire was announced, north [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/gazas-board-of-peace-a-circus-to-normalize-a-new-phase-of-mass-dispossession-and-genocide/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/genocide-by-other-means-palestinian-babies-murdered-by-exposure-not-bombs/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/genocide-by-other-means-palestinian-babies-murdered-by-exposure-not-bombs/#respond Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:01:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1292687 The bombs may have eased, but Palestinian children are still dying. This time, not by Israeli airstrikes, but from cold, and collapsing damaged structures. Israel have violated the ceasefire agreement by  obstructing entry of vital services for children, and essential shelters to protect civilians whose homes were destroyed by two years of genocide. A war crime by other [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/genocide-by-other-means-palestinian-babies-murdered-by-exposure-not-bombs/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-deafening-silence-arab-complicity-and-the-normalization-of-evil-in-gaza/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-deafening-silence-arab-complicity-and-the-normalization-of-evil-in-gaza/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:14:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1282548 The world is witnessing an unconscionable silence as Israel, an occupying power, imposes a total food blockade on Gaza—an act of collective punishment against a captive civilian population. As famine tightens its grip and American-made bombs rain from the sky, global leaders stand by—paralyzed, indifferent, or willfully complicit—while Israel renders Gaza uninhabitable. Earlier this week, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-deafening-silence-arab-complicity-and-the-normalization-of-evil-in-gaza/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/another-heinous-war-crime-israeli-army-kills-15-first-responders-in-gaza/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/another-heinous-war-crime-israeli-army-kills-15-first-responders-in-gaza/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:01:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1281872 In yet another brazen war crime, the Israeli army has murdered eight medics, six civil defense responders, and a United Nations employee. The bodies of the first responders and the UN staff were buried in the sand, and rescuers were prevented from reaching the site for a week in an unscrupulous attempt to obstruct efforts to save [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/another-heinous-war-crime-israeli-army-kills-15-first-responders-in-gaza/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestine-through-the-lens-a-visual-chronicle-of-a-vibrant-society-1898-1946/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestine-through-the-lens-a-visual-chronicle-of-a-vibrant-society-1898-1946/#respond Sun, 09 Feb 2025 16:21:33 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1279494 This is a review of an exceptional photo book, Images of Palestine (1898-1946). The book is a collection of photographs that spans nearly five decades, captured in the period leading up to the Palestine Nakba. Together, these black-and-white images chronicle a vibrant and diverse Palestinian society, highlighting its connection to the land, its achievements in commerce, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestine-through-the-lens-a-visual-chronicle-of-a-vibrant-society-1898-1946/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/contrasting-reality-treatment-of-israeli-and-palestinian-prisoners/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/contrasting-reality-treatment-of-israeli-and-palestinian-prisoners/#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:46:14 +0000 The release of three Israeli women held captive in Gaza on Sunday attracted significant global media attention. However, there was comparatively limited coverage of the freed Palestinian women, who had been kidnapped and detained by Israel without charge. This disparity reflects the normalization of the dehumanization of Palestinians, perpetuating a narrative that enables Israel to murder [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/contrasting-reality-treatment-of-israeli-and-palestinian-prisoners/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/western-media-whitewashing-israeli-genocide-and-manufacturing-consent/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/western-media-whitewashing-israeli-genocide-and-manufacturing-consent/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:01:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1275623 A UN Special Committee has characterized Israel’s war in Gaza as genocide, while Western “free” media has abandoned its ethical responsibility to cover and or report objectively on the conduct of Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon. Western corporate media outlets, without exception, acquiesced to Israeli directives barring reporters from entering Gaza. Journalists embedded with the Israeli [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/western-media-whitewashing-israeli-genocide-and-manufacturing-consent/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/de-escalation-vs-self-defense-double-standards-or-racism/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/de-escalation-vs-self-defense-double-standards-or-racism/#respond Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:48:24 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1270691 On the evening of July 30, an Israeli drone targeted a residential building in South Beirut, killing a woman and two children, and injuring 74 civilians. Israel claimed the attack was aimed at an officer of the Lebanese resistance. Targeting residential infrastructures outside a war zone is part of the Israeli army’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) program, known [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/de-escalation-vs-self-defense-double-standards-or-racism/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/rafah-is-netanyahus-last-fig-leaf/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/rafah-is-netanyahus-last-fig-leaf/#respond Tue, 02 Apr 2024 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1264515 Rafah is not a military base, nor does it have any geopolitical significance. It is, however, Netanyahu’s last chance for political survival and exoneration from criminal charges. Rafah’s only symbolic importance is being a potential gateway to forcibly exile Palestinians from Gaza. Thus, Netanyahu’s vision of “total victory” entails the complete occupation and then the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/rafah-is-netanyahus-last-fig-leaf/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/dehumanizing-palestinians/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/dehumanizing-palestinians/#respond Tue, 26 Dec 2023 15:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1259844 Last week we witnessed what the Bible calls “you reap what you sow” when the Israeli army killed three fleeing Israeli prisoners. Israel sowed a culture of hate where the life of Palestinians, or non-Jews, was expendable. The Israeli soldiers in the neighborhood of Shejaiya, Gaza, followed standard army procedures by shooting three shirtless individuals waving white [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/dehumanizing-palestinians/feed/ 0