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Mahmoud El-Yousseph
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Mahmoud El-Yousseph is a Palestinian freelance writer and a retired USAF veteran. He can be reached at elyousseph6@yahoo.com.
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Expelling the Soliman Family to Egypt Makes a Mockery of Our Democracy
Last June, immigration officials detained an Egyptian mother and her five children and held them for nearly a year in a notorious Texas detention facility known for poor conditions — the longest detention of any family since the center reopened last year under President Trump. To expel a family to…
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Fatima Al‑Rayyes: My Entire Family Was Erased from the Gaza Civil Registry
The Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported staggering new figures revealing the extent of the devastation inflicted by Israel’s ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip. As of July 1, 2025, the Israeli occupation army has committed 7,160 massacres targeting Palestinian families, highlighting a systematic…
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In Defense of Thiago Ávila and Saif Abu Keshek, the Two International Peace Activists Held Hostage in Israel
An Israeli court has extended the detention of two activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla, who were brought to Israel for interrogation and torture. Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian national Thiago Ávila were arrested after Israeli forces intercepted their boat in international…
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Israeli Forces Hijack Sumud Flotilla in International Waters Again
The first and only time the siege on Gaza was successfully broken was when two small wooden boats—the Free Gaza and the Liberty—sailed from Cyprus to Gaza carrying 44 international solidarity activists and medical supplies. At the time, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aviv Shiron said the…