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.
Indications. Cartoon 21 June 2025 in CTXT The EU concludes that there are "indications" that Israel has violated human rights in Gaza. Finally, diplomats have realised that something is going on in Palestine. In a loose seven-page review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement that entered into force in 2000, these luminaries have found"indications"
Israeli humour. Cartoon of 15/06/2025 in CTXT IDF on X: "Israeli civilians are currently being targeted by the Iranian regime. The world cannot stay silent". On 13 June 2025, Israel unilaterally bombed Iranian territory under the pretext of preventing Iran's nuclear programme from advancing. To this day no one has been able to
Humanitarian" aid. Cartoon of 31/05/2025 in CTXT Translation of the cartoon: “We need a few live ones to keep on killing them”. Summer is still four days away, but the infernal heat is already here. With this scorching heat, you feel like anything but warming up and starting to write. That's why some
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
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