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Tariq Al-Bab, Aleppo, 2013. (Basma/Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

Downstairs, from heavenly Aleppo

Aleppo, your stories will come back to my ears, like a child who sits on his grandmother’s knees. By Mati Shemoelof Aleppo, I, Matityaho Ibn Shifra, your old daughter, a grandson of your Arab-Jews, mourn the erasure of your city of poetry, Aleppo, how did they forget to save your libraries? Aleppo, was it not…

By +972 Magazine February 18, 2017

Protesters demonstrate in solidarity with Syrians, Tel Aviv, December 18, 2016. (Keren Manor/Activestills)

PHOTOS: Hundreds of Israelis demonstrate in solidarity with Syrians

Hundreds of Israelis form a ‘human chain’ between the Russian and U.S. embassies in Tel Aviv, protesting the slaughter of civilians in Syria. Photos and text: Keren Manor / Activestills Hundreds of Israelis assembled in Tel Aviv on Sunday night to protest the ongoing slaughter in Syria and to show solidarity with Aleppo and with…

By Activestills December 19, 2016

Syrian refugees march toward the border between Hungary and Serbia, September 15, 2015. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

What I’m doing to help the Syrian people

Read up, share information, attend protests, donate to NGOs. This is what we can do to help Syrians. By Elizabeth Tsurkov A number of people have asked me what they can do about the situation in Aleppo or Syria. My answer to them is to donate money and spread information about what is happening there. Although…

By +972 Magazine December 17, 2016

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Bombed out buildings in Aleppo, Syria. December 26, 2012 (Freedom House/CC)

Syrian blood is worth no less than Palestinian blood

It is time to boycott all Palestinian leaders in Israel who support Assad’s war crimes or do not publicly take a stand against them. By Marzuq Al-Halabi There is not much left to say about Aleppo. But there is still much left to say about the campaign of destruction of the city. The disaster befalling the…

By Haokets December 17, 2016

Illustrative photo of a bombed out building in Homs, Syria (FreedomHouse/CC)

The Syria that was once an icon of enlightenment and education has been erased, crushed under barrel bombs and proxy power struggles, as the world watches and waits to see how it will all end. What, after all, have we learned from history? Run, run away all you strong and invulnerable Israelis, and all you Palestinian…

By Samah Salaime December 16, 2016

Jewish residents of the illegal outpost Amona, November 17, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

What’s an illegal settlement?

The Israeli government is working tirelessly to retroactively legalize over 100 illegal West Bank outposts. They’ll probably get away with it. Is that such a bad thing? The biggest story in Israel this past week — bigger than Trump or Aleppo — was the impending eviction of the illegal settlement outpost of Amona, and parallel efforts…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man November 20, 2016

Nurses console each other as they evacuate babies during a regime attack on a children’s hospital in Aleppo. (Al Jazeera screenshot)

Al Jazeera video captures horror at Aleppo children’s hospital

The attack, scenes of which have been airing all day across the Arab world, comes after a week of relentless bombardment by the Assad regime, during which Aleppo’s battered medical facilities have been forced out of service or underground. In a devastating video broadcast by Al Jazeera Saturday, two nurses in an Aleppo children’s hospital break…

By Samer Badawi November 19, 2016

An anti-regime demonstration in Menbej, in the Aleppo countryside, March 8, 2013. (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

Western democracies, it’s on you to end the carnage in Syria

Only once Western democracies have committed their resources to ending the atrocities in Syria can they turn inward to rid their societies of the hate and bigotry that plagues them. By Ilan Manor Words matter. Words help us understand the world we inhabit and shape our response to events far and near. Some refer to the events unfolding in Syria…

By +972 Magazine October 7, 2016

A Syrian teenager in front of his shelter in one informal camp for Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley, near the village of Jib Janin, eastern Lebanon, April 14, 2016. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Who speaks for Syria?

We who are Syria’s neighbors, among whom so many of Syria’s victims have sought shelter, owe it to them — and to ourselves — to speak honestly and without shame about this singularly Arab tragedy. In so doing, we must create space for our Syrian sisters and brothers to lift their voices above those of…

By Samer Badawi October 5, 2016

Last man standing? Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad (Picture: Agencia Brasil)

‘100 Days in Syria’: An eyewitness account of a country imploding

By Yacov Ben Efrat In seeking the “truth” about Syria, I came across a book by Lebanese reporter Ghadi Francis, “My pen and pain: One hundred days in Syria” (Beirut: Saqi Books 2012), in Arabic. I did not find the “truth” but I did find many things which explain the outbreak of revolution in Syria, and especially its…

By +972 Magazine June 21, 2012

To liberate Syria, the West must curb its savior fantasy

While it is increasingly evident something must be done to stop the violence in Syria, the history of intervention in internal conflicts has shown there are no quick fixes. Western powers must realize that in order to liberate Syria all they can do is help the Syrians help themselves. By Yoni Eshpar | From Hebrew:…

By +972 Magazine March 5, 2012