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.
In 1987, Palestinian cartoonist Naji Al-Ali was murdered by an unknown assassin. This 52-minute documentary directed by Kasim Abid traces his life and work from his birth in Galilee to his death in London. It examines the forces that shaped Naji as an artist and as a human being, and shows how his
Until recently, Dwayne Booth was a professor of communication at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Pennsylvania, where he taught courses on political cartooning. Booth is also a cartoonist and publishes his political cartoons under the pseudonym Mr. Fish. In March 2024, he was accused of anti-Semitism
Evil, cartoon of 05/05/2025 in CTXT On Friday 2 May at 00:23 Malta time, the Conscience, a Freedom Flotilla ship, was directly attacked in international waters. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition had been organising a non-violent action under information censorship to avoid any possible sabotage. Volunteers from more than 21 countries travelled to Malta
Mass grave. Cartoon of 19/04/2025 in CTXT. Translation of the cartoon: "As the depth of the mass grave increased, the reaction of the world became shallower". More than 51,000 people killed and more than 116,343 wounded, in addition to the accumulated and worsening humanitarian disaster in Palestine, is the toll of the new
Israel, the murderous state. 06/04/2025 cartoon by CTXT The murderous state of Israel has executed 15 people, including medics and rescue workers, continuing its macabre plan in one of the most brutal massacres since this new phase of genocide began . This story is heartbreaking, as are the many other instances in which
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