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Two students from San Francisco State University's Free Gaza encampment spoke with YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about why they are protesting and give a visual tour of the encampment.

Students Speak Out From Free Gaza Encampment

Students at San Francisco State University鈥檚 Free Gaza encampment share why they are demanding divestment from Israel.

| May 1, 2024

Shana L. Redmond, a professor of English and Comparative Literature at the Center for the Study of Ethnicity at Race at Columbia University, speaks with YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about campus repression and false accusations of antisemitism.

Inside the Campus Uprising for Palestine

Students and faculty at colleges nationwide are walking out, occupying their campus grounds, and demanding an end to the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza.

| Apr 24, 2024

Making Arab American Heritage Month Meaningful

Justice for Gaza can be a perfect focus for this year鈥檚 Arab American Heritage Month, says Stephanie Abraham.

| Apr 17, 2024

Rethinking Arab American Heritage Month

Cultural heritage months are most useful when they鈥檙e leveraged as an opportunity to demand justice.

Stephanie Abraham | Apr 16, 2024

Activists Organize Gaza 鈥淔reedom Flotilla鈥�

In the face of global inaction on Israel鈥檚 genocide, activists will sail to Gaza to bring desperately needed aid directly to Palestinians.

| Apr 10, 2024

Ending Water Apartheid in Palestine

Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank fighting for the right to a homeland, and for their basic right to water鈥攚hich Israel continues to deny.

Marianne Dhenin | Apr 8, 2024

Iman Husain spoke with YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about the fascinating story behind Zeinab Shaath鈥檚 song "The Urgent Call of Palestine"

Video | Gaza | YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Zeinab Shaath | Israel

The Resurgence of a Palestinian Protest Song

Zeinab Sheath鈥榮 1972 protest song, 鈥淎n Urgent Call for Palestine,鈥� finds new life as artists begin to speak out against the Gaza genocide.

| Apr 4, 2024

Investigative Report Undermines Israel鈥檚 Mass Rape Claims

Investigative reporter Arun Gupta delves into his new, explosive story for YES! about Israeli claims of mass rape on Oct. 7, 2023.

| Mar 6, 2024

Biden's unflinching support for Israel's genocide of Gaza threatens both Biden鈥檚 reelection and the United States amid fears that Donald Trump will win a second term.

Video | Donald Trump | Joe Biden | YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Norman Solomon

Is Biden Determined to Lose the Election Over Israel?

Biden's unflinching support for Israel's genocide of Gaza threatens both Biden鈥檚 reelection and the United States amid fears that Donald Trump will win a second term.

| Feb 21, 2024

Queer liberation goes hand-in-hand with anti-colonialism and anti-Zionism, says a growing movement working to expose Israel's pinkwashing.

Exposing Israel鈥檚 Attempted Pinkwashing of Genocide

Queer liberation goes hand-in-hand with anti-colonialism and anti-Zionism, says a growing movement working to expose Israel's pinkwashing.

| Feb 8, 2024

As Israel's genocide in Gaza rages on, U.S. Jewish college students say their faith inspires them to pray for a cease-fire, and an end to apartheid.

Jewish Students Organize 鈥淪habbat for Ceasefire鈥�

As Israel's genocide in Gaza rages on, U.S. Jewish college students say their faith inspires them to pray for a cease-fire, and an end to apartheid.

| Feb 7, 2024

No Pride in Genocide: Calling Out Israel鈥檚 Pinkwashing

Israel continues to paint itself as a pro-LGBTQ haven in the Middle East, using this alleged tolerance as justification for its genocide in Gaza. Queer activists around the world are pushing back.

Sara Youngblood Gregory | Feb 5, 2024

Israel Is Using an Old Playbook to Justify Gaza Genocide

Author Shane Burley examines how Israel is attempting to employ the same justification in Gaza that Nazis used against Jews.

| Jan 24, 2024

Global Protests for a Free Palestine: Photo Essay

Voices are echoing worldwide as tens of thousands of people take to the streets to demand an immediate cease-fire and an end to Israel鈥檚 war on Gaza.

Iman Mohamed | Jan 23, 2024

Don鈥檛 Let Zionists Weaponize Jewish Suffering

Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, it鈥檚 essential to remember that 鈥渘ever again鈥� means for anyone.

Shane Burley | Jan 22, 2024

Yemeni Houthis Take Direct Action Against Gaza Genocide

As the U.S. and UK launch airstrikes on Yemen, Isa Blumi explains why the Houthi rebels are attacking cargo and oil ships in the Red Sea.

| Jan 18, 2024

In Ankara, Turkey, people carry pictures of the journalists killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza. The commemoration was organized by Ankara Palestine Solidarity Platform, for Working Journalists鈥� Day on Jan. 10, 2024.

Reporting From the Front Lines of a Genocide

Being a Palestinian journalist has never been easy, but Israel鈥檚 escalation of violence against members of the press in Gaza is unprecedented, say press freedom advocates. Can global solidarity help stop the bloodshed?

Marianne Dhenin | Jan 17, 2024

A screenshot of the video for Sonali Kolhatkar's interview with Huwaida Arraf on Rising Up With Sonali.

What Will It Take to End Gaza Genocide?

Huwaida Arraf explores possible solutions to Israel鈥檚 genocidal assault on Gaza, including enforcing international law and mass global solidarity with Palestinians.

| Jan 3, 2024

A photo of student protests, detail on megaphone with the Palestinian flag over it.

The Palestine Exception to Campus Free Speech

Writing under a pseudonym to protect herself, a high school student details the intimidation she and her peers have faced from schools for protesting the Gaza genocide.

Aila Haqq | Dec 20, 2023

Murmurations: There Will Be Living, After All

If we do not turn away from our grief, we can use it to craft armor, building a new demographic that will rise from the rubble to dance like dust.

Malkia Devich-Cyril | Dec 19, 2023

All I Want for Christmas Is a Ceasefire

Instead of cancelling Christmas in the face of the genocide in Gaza, this observant Christian Arab American author shares proactive steps to press for peace.

Stephanie Abraham | Dec 12, 2023

A Jewish American Says 鈥淣ot in My Name!鈥�

Many Jewish Americans鈥攊ncluding the thousands who have been arrested protesting Israel鈥檚 war on Gaza鈥攃onsider solidarity with Palestinians to be a moral imperative.

Penny Rosenwasser | Nov 30, 2023

Meet the Gaza Mom Suing the U.S. Over Israel Military Aid

Award-winning Palestinian American author Laila Elhaddad is one of the lead plaintiffs suing the Biden administration over its funding of Israel鈥檚 unfolding genocide in Gaza.

| Nov 29, 2023

There鈥檚 No Justification for Destroying Gaza鈥檚 Health Infrastructure

In this op-ed鈥攚hich the Journal of the American Medical Association rejected鈥攖hree doctors say the medical establishment should be morally unambiguous on bombing hospitals.

Dr. Leigh Kimberg, Jess H. Ghannam, Rupa Marya | Nov 28, 2023

Native Water Warriors Help Delay U.S. Warship, in Solidarity with Palestinians

Coast Salish water warriors in canoes delayed a U.S. military ship believed to be carrying weapons from the Port of Tacoma to Israel.

Luna Reyna | Nov 20, 2023

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