🧵On May 13, 1948 —77 years ago— Jaffa, one of Palestine’s largest and most vibrant cities, fell under Zionist control as its leaders signed a document of surrender to the Haganah.

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Operation Hametz and the Fall of Jaffa (24 April 1948 - 13 May 1948)

Event - Irgun and the Haganah , under Operation Hametz , start the offensive against Jaffa with heavy mortar shelling followed by an inf...

For JPS, Gabriel Levine-Drizin situates Palestinian solidarity among Colombian social movements, trade unions, & leftist President Gustavo Petro in their shared understanding of Colombia’s own internal conflict, one in which Israel has played a key role. https://doi.org/10.1080/0377919X.2025.2457884

In this essay, Rana Anani documents how Western art institutions, despite touting themes of decolonization and post-colonialism have distanced themselves from the Palestinian decolonial struggle and marginalized and excluded Palestinian artists.

🧵A hundred years ago, demonstrations and general strikes erupted all over Palestine to protest the visit of Lord Arthur James Balfour. On the occasion, Balfour had arrived in Palestine to participate in the inauguration of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on 1 April. Palestinian leaders, almost unanimously, boycott the ceremony.

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Anti-Balfour Demonstrations in Palestine (25 March 1925 - 1 April 1925)

Event - Demonstrations and general strikes erupt all over Palestine to protest the visit of Lord Arthur James Balfour who arrives in Palestine to...

In this essay, Aziz Yafi writes about a guerrilla group of Palestinian workers who transformed Jaffa's most famous fruit in 1978 into "a weapon against the very economy built on their dispossession using a small, nonlethal, dose of mercury." 👇🏼🍊

Using recipe analysis, focus group discussions, and interviews, Samar Awaad examines the disruption of the Palestinian agricultural model by displacement and colonization, and how this has impacted Palestinian food culture:

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Culinary Traditions in the Jerusalem Countryside: Communities Displaced by the 1948 Nakba and Those Who Remained

After remarks regarding a U.S. "take over" and the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza last month, Palestinians in Gaza responded. Huda Naim, a journalist in Gaza reports (translated by @judejt_)

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What Do Palestinians in Gaza Say About Plans to Displace Them?

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Evelyn Alsultany examines how U.S. universities’ DEI initiatives in response to the events of October 7 and its aftermath display at least four kinds of obfuscation of the issues related to Israel’s genocide on Gaza: (thread) ⤵️

🧵#NewContent from PalQuest features the major contracts awarded to Zionist enterprises during the period of British colonial rule over Palestine (1917–1948). These contracts constituted a central component of the Zionist project, allowing it to gain control of Palestine's most lucrative natural resources, industrial production, and the provision of essential services—a decisive factor in the Zionist Movement 's conquest of Palestine in 1948.

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Public Contracts during the Mandate

Highlight - Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals - During the period of British colonial rule over Palestine (1917–1948), a series of major c...

🧵Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic hit Palestine, affecting all aspects of life for a couple of years. President Abbas declares a 30-day state of emergency after seven Palestinians test positive for the virus in Bethlehem. Read more about this historical event on #PalQuest:

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COVID-19 Hits Palestine (5 March 2020 - 31 December 2020)

Event - The COVID-19 pandemic hits Palestine and affects all aspects of life for a couple of years. President Abbas declares a 30-day state of eme...