The history of Palestine is inevitably linked to resistance and suffering in the face of Israel's occupation and forced displacement. In 1947, the United Nations Plan for the partition of Palestine divided the territory into a Jewish and an Arab state. This led to the creation of Israel in 1948, an event Palestinians call the Nakba ('catastrophe'), which involved the forced displacement of more than 700,000 Palestinians and the destruction of hundreds of Arab villages.
In the years that followed, Israel occupied 77% of the original territory, including West Jerusalem, while the Gaza Strip came under Egyptian control and the West Bank under Jordanian rule. The Israeli occupation intensified after the Six-Day War in 1967, with the annexation of East Jerusalem and the expansion of illegal settlements in contravention of international law. To this day, settlers continue to commit crimes of all kinds to appropriate Palestinian land and property.
In Gaza, the bombardment and blockade have created catastrophic conditions, exacerbating civilian suffering. The International Court of Justice has called on Israel to "avert" the genocide by which it is restricting basic rights and essential services in this region.
Palestine remains a symbol of the struggle for the right of return and self-determination in the face of decades of oppression, occupation, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Truce in Gaza. Cartoon of 18/01/2025 in CTXT The truce agreement was approved with 24 votes in favour and eight against after a long meeting that lasted well into the early hours of Saturday morning. The ceasefire will come into effect at 8.30am Gaza-Israeli time (06:30 GMT) on Sunday 19 January. The agreement
The promised land. The cartoon of 28/12/2024 in CTXT Cartoon translation: They called a large open-air extermination camp a 'promised land'". I take advantage of the last typing of the year to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your occasional or regular visits to this blog. 2024 has a while
Famine in Gaza. Cartoon of 01/12/2024 in CTXT UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, warns that hunger in Gaza has already reached "critical levels" and that the arrival of cold weather will further worsen the already dire living conditions of Palestinians. For months now,
No News from Palestine is the title of this exhibition at the Communication Library and General Newspaper Library of the UAB on the profession of journalist in Palestine, which aims to denounce the current information blockade imposed on this territory, preventing the entry of international media, massacring Palestinian journalists and closing television channels;
Criminal. Cartoon of 23/11/2024 in CTXT The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant for war crimes against humanity for acts committed between 8 October and 20 May 2023. ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I thus rejects the State of Israel's jurisdictional challenges and issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu
