Popular Resistance
Jul 30, 2026
One democratic state
for justice in Palestine. We have marched, educated, organized, documented violations of international law, supported humanitarian relief, and challenged systems of oppression. Your dedication has helped transform global awareness. What once seemed unspeakable is now
widely discussed: apartheid, settler colonialism, ethnic cleansing, corruption of the Oslo created regime, and the denial of fundamental human rights.
Public opinions shifted dramatically because a genocide is a game changer. Yet awareness alone is not enough. We must also have the courage to advocate for a political vision that is just, practical, and rooted in universal human rights. That vision is one democratic state in all of historic Palestine. It is the only solution. It is moral, just, and achievable.
Many of us long argued that it was a delusion to think of "two states solution" for the logical reasons you can see in my 2004 book Sharing the Land of Canaan (available here
https://qumsiyeh.org/sharingthelandofcanaan/ ). But even those who supported that idea of "two states" with good intentions oer ut of ignorance have now come to realize the intrinsic nature of Zionism: expanding colonial control (now also Lebanon and Syria), settlements, annexation, fragmentation of Palestinian communities, discriminatory laws, military brutality, pogroms, and the genocide and ethnic cleansing. For decades now, we did have one state from the river to the sea ruled by an apartheid regime. We should not continue to pursue a mythical political formula that does not corresponds to reality. Instead, we must work toward a future that does.
The alternative is not endless conflict but a single democratic state based on equality before the law, equal citizenship regardless of religion or ethnicity, constitutional protections for all communities, and full respect for international law and universal human rights. Such a state would recognize the dignity and security of all people regardless of their religion (or lack thereof) while addressing historical injustices through truth, accountability, restitution,
reconciliation, and the implementation of internationally recognized rights, including the rights of Palestinian refugees. This is a post-Zionist (post-colonialist) world that is the ONLY course short of catastrophic global war that destroyes our civilization.
We learn from history that some 170 countries arrived at a postcolonial history where descendants of colonizers and descedents of colonized share the country (although to various degrees of decolonization). We learn that colonial struggles rarely end-up in scenatrios like those in Algeria (removal of colonies) or the US and Australia (large scale genocide). We also see many examples of societies overcoming entrenched systems of discrimination and racism.
South Africa's transition from apartheid is one example, though every
society must find its own path. Durable peace is built not by
separating peoples behind walls or in concentratoin camps (as
happening here) but by guaranteeing equal rights, shared institutions,
and mutual respect.
This vision rejects supremacy in all its forms. It affirms that no one can achieve lasting freedom by denying the freedom of another. We are destined to share this land. The real question is whether we will do so under a regime of domination or within a democratic society where
every individual enjoys equal rights and equal responsibilities. The international solidarity movement now has an opportunity and a responsibility to help shape this future. Instead of defending unrealistic diplomatic formulas, we should build a broad movement around clear principles:
Equality for every human being.
An end to discrimination and systems of ethnic or religious privilege.
Full implementation of international law and human rights.
Justice for refugees and all victims of displacement.
Democratic governance with constitutional protections for everyone.
Reconciliation based on truth, accountability, justice, and shared humanity.
This is not merely an idealistic aspiration. It is the only realistic democratic and achievable solution. Every year that passes without equality deepens injustice and makes future reconciliation more difficult while bringing teh world to the edge of catastrophe (as is seen now with the ilegal Israeli/US war on Iran and other countries t advance perceived Zionist interests). Movements change history. They begin with ordinary people who refuse to accept injustice or the mindless march to armageddon as inevitable and who organize around a compelling moral and just vision. The campaign for one democratic state requires educators, students, artists, faith communities, trade unions, academics, legal scholars, health professionals, environmentalists, and all people committed to justice.
We invite you to join us in building this movement. Let us replace despair with hope, division with partnership, and exclusion with equality. Let us work together so that every child born between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea or born in exile grows up with dignity and peace. The future belongs not to separation and domination but to democracy, equality, and our shared humanity. Please join the BDS campaign (http://bdsmovement.net) and also the One Democratic State campaign (https://onestatecampaign.org/en/). Read, discuss, organize, educate, and help build the broad international movement that this historic moment demands.
The time is now.
Mazin Qumsiyeh
دولة ديمقراطية واحدة
May 24, 2026
Curse of the intellectual

How do we reconcile facts of genocide, ecocide, scholasticide, medicide, veriticide and indeed omnicide in the 21st century? The apathy of millions and the collusion of governments under lobbies? The relentless public relations lies and distortions dehumanizing victims and blaming them for their own misery. The easier availability of data for example via Aritficial Intelligence/Machine Learning (with all its faults) can compound the challenge for the thinking mind. Part of the problem for us scientists is that we understand a bit about the human evolution and human frailty. People are driven by their background and upbringing including their biases, blind spots, and misdirected energy. That is why we admire people who manage to break away from damaging ideas like ideas o chosenness, racism, Zionism, colonialism, capitalistic greed and more. We read the writings of such brave souls looking for clues as to how and why they managed to break free of the chains and bonds their society imposed on their brains. We also wonder if things are predestined to work as they have worked historically rather than our wishful thinking and actions. For example was it inevitable that some Jews moved towards humanism and some moved towards Zionism (and why the difference). Similarly, is it inevitable that some Muslims moved towards Islamism while other to humanism. Were Nazism, Capitalism, Crusaderism and Christian Nationalism inevitable human phenomena? And if we academic and intellectual activists arrive at certain logical conclusions about what is good for peace and sustainability, then how do we advocate for it? For example, 50 years of knowledge a belief I had that religiousity (not religion), fundamentalism, and extremism are harmful to peace and coexistance. I wrote a book called "Sharing the Land of Canaan" published 2004. But how do you convince secular Israelis and secular Palestinians that their interests are to work together against Zionism and fundamentalism and towards one democratic state? And if we are unable to convince those, what hope is there for changing the fundamentalists? I with interns/volunteers wrote many research papers, some of them are relevant to this: for example we wrote papers on liberation from mental colonization (both for the oppressor population as well as the oppressed/occupied people). Some read and few change. And sometimes change is regressive: for example more and more people in Western Asia/our region have moved towards irrational religiosity and away from logic. It is not difficult also to see how Zionism and colonialism engendered religious fundamentalism.
Pending better answers, I personally split my time now roughly 60% to building institutions that serve human and natural communities (our Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability palestinenature.org among other ways to support people and nature) and 40% to challenging systems of oppression. To do both areas requires digesting a lot of sad information and many of my readers (55,000 people) comment on how I find time to gather all the links and info for the posts I have been sending (about two a week for the past 30 years). It is overwhelming (volunteering 15 hours a day, seven days a week, no time-off). They ask how I keep my sanity considering this knowledge. The answer is that I am neither sane nor adjusted to the volume of work I must do. But the children here around us and the daily contact with friends in Gaza and around the world among many things push us forward even when the old body demands some sleep time or the mind demands at least some time to digest and plan better. The urgency of the situation drives us. No perfect answers or good "solutions" but a drive to press on.
From a friend's post
"The lack of food in G@S@ is now critical. Starvation has begun in areas. Remember, now 60% of G@S@ has shrunk and the land stolen. This is what colonialism looks like. Absolutely NO regard for human life and suffering.
https://youtu.be/eLsX-fGVM1E
https://youtu.be/ZAufRb0doTo
Here’s Bisan Owda on life in G@S@, but this is at least a week old.
May 7, 2026
Inspiring people
Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4 Video 5
Not far from Shatila, a story of a paramedic (one of thousands from the ongoing genocide but this one especially touched me)
Israeli mossad behind (failed) riots in Iran
[The number killed both among the rioters. among police, and the uninvolved civilians shot by rioters were tallied by Iran's health ministry which challenged the Western media and politicians to provide names of any of the ones the west claimed were killed in their 10 fold exaggerated numbers]
This is the indoctrination that allows people to label us as anti-Semites for seeing Jews as equal (not special entitled to impunity and committing genocide)
Prof. Jiang's useful analysis
Zionists staging fake "antisemitic attacks" - Caitlin Johnstone
Head of the Israel Academy of Sciences and humanities tells it like it is
Ex-Mossad Chief 'Ashamed to Be a Jew' in light of atrocities against Palestinians here in the West Bank (I faced this myself)
Israeli soldiers engaging in genocide and committing suicide
Apr 16, 2026
Love
Qumsiyeh, M. B., & Bibee, A. (2026). The nexus of environmental justice and potential for sustainable tourism under colonial occupation in Palestine. Pp 167-185 In F. Higgins Desbiolle et al (Eds.), Climate Justice in Tourism. Channel View Publications, Bristol, Jackson.
"Love without courage and wisdom is sentimentality, as with the ordinary church member. Courage without love and wisdom is foolhardiness, as with the ordinary soldier. Wisdom without love and courage is cowardice, as with the ordinary intellectual. Therefore one who has love, courage and wisdom is one in a million who moves the world, as with Jesus, Buddha and Gandhi." Ammon Hennacy, The One-Man Revolution
The genocidal war on the people of Western Asia is about money and resources (as all wars are) in tis case to control global oil and gas and make you dependent on those (also by killing alternative energy options).
The genocide in Gaza is being replicated in Lebanon and Gaza Grieves More Children Killed by Israel
while Defense of Children International forced to close by Israeli apartheid authorities. The UN issued report on Israeli systematic violations of human rights.
From a Jewish friend: "Kevin Warsh was nominated by Trump to replace Jerome Powell as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. It came to light yesterday that not only is this man with disclosed financial assets worth between 131 and 209 million dollars but that Forbes estimates his wife’s net worth at 1.9 billion dollars! Who is Warsh’s wife? The granddaughter of Estee Lauder and the daughter of Ron Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress, one of the world’s principal Zionist organizations promoting Israeli apartheid. Some people believe that this billion dollar power couple (Kevin & Jane) already have too much influence over the American government and the promotion of their Zionist objectives that include restrictions on free speech using the legal system to intimidate those who speak out on behalf of Palestinian rights and an end to Israeli apartheid."
A brilliant rapper from Gaza.
Analysis
Medhurst explains the economics of war
and Prof Jiang explains the connectivity to Israel well
Abby Martin on the rogue state than needs to be isolated
Max Blumenthal also on Israel's connections
Pro-Israel ‘Thinktanks’ and Individuals who shape U.S. Foreign Policy
The lego style videos coming out of Iran have been going viral to explain US hegemony done for Israel and the billionaires. Here is an example
Mar 29, 2026
Land Day
The US/Israeli Epstein regime illegal wars on people of the Arab World and Iran cost millions of lives and hundreds of billions of damage to houses, schools, universities, hospitals etc but also has bankrupted the US government which is now nearly 40 trillion in debt (half of it due to wars for Zionism). The Epstein regime is pirating assets from Venezuela to Ukraine and other western governments (which is next Greenland, Panama, Canada, Cuba?) hoping to save its failing empire of greed. But the whole world is now united against the Epstein regime and the empire is declining faster thanks to the orange buffoon.
Sumud Global Flotilla is sailing again in April
Suffering in Gaza continues link and link and a wrap-up from Electronic Inftifada
Lawrence Wilkerson: Israel May Cease to Exist & Launch Nuclear Strike
Carlson interviews Avrum Burg
Prof. Ted Postol: Israel’s Air Defense in TOTAL COLLAPSE
Reflections from the Heart of the Empire: Delusions, Magic Tricks, and Resistance
Billionaire Zionist John Gandel’s influence in Australian public schools
And how do these people get rich. No one becomes a billlionnaire by being honest.
There is also insider trading
Chris edges interviews Gideon Levy
and Alon Mizrahi
In 14 days of war, the US/Israel military produced 5 m tonnes of CO2
The secret plan behind the war on Iran
This is why Iran is fighting for all people on earth since the empire is an empire of profit and the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer
Affidavit: The Israeli Torture of 22-Month-Old Jawad
The Ayatollah's words to a grandson
Do not forget what is Zionists are till doing in the illegally occupied Palestine where colonial Settler violence reached new heights: pogroms, killings, ethnic cleansing and more. THAT IS REALLY THE REASON FOR most of the global troubles. Peace (predicated on justice) for Palestine ===> peace for the world!!
Mar 22, 2026
48 hours and what you can do
It is hard to come-up with adjectives to describe the lunatic president of the US who is a puppet of Netanyahu (Epstein Mossad files), another lunatic who just noted that Jesus Christ does not have an advantage over Genkiz Khan. Israeli colonial settlers went on a rampage yesterday torching property in nine Palestinian villages while destroying Lebanon and starving Gaza. Now Iranian missiles arrive here with no sirens since most US/Israeli detection radars were knocked out. Desperate flailing Trump just threatened to attack Iran's energy infrastructure within 48 hours, a country of 93 million people! Iran in turn, said that if this happens, the infrastructure tied to the US and Israel will be attacked (energy and water desalination). Global starvation and destruction to follow (see links below). As I and many others have demonstrated for years, the apartheid genocidal regime will drag the US and potentially the world to ruins. It is a suicidal, genocidal, and ecocidal regime. The ongoing Zionist onslaught on Gaza that accelerated in 2023 with total destruction and genocide indeed unleashed a chain of events that only the one God (Allah in Arabic to Christians and Muslim) (if you believe) knows where they leads. No one predicted the course of WWI or II when they were unleashed. But as I always pointed out this war, unlike all others, will not have people who declare themselves winners. While all wars are lose-lose scenarios, this war will mean the end of civilization as we know it. Cockroaches maybe the only winners (resistant to nuclear radiation). The public and anyone in authority in the Arab world, in the US, in the whole globe (including Israelis worshipping the golden calf of Zionism) need to wake up to the imminent danger we face globally. The western media regurgitating government lies (Israeli/USA joint Epstein regime) are actually flailing and news like the links below is getting out to the people of this planet. The global uprising is growing. Will it be enough and in time to stop the rush to self-fulfilling myths of armageddon and end of world?
9/11 and potential false flag attack in Los Angeles (link) use AI to find the links to evidence of all the other Israeli false flag operations and now even US high level officials admit ISIS/Daesh were US/Israeli created groups who did their job and now are being rehabilitated getting to rule Damascus to begin with).
Worth the time to LISTEN if you want facts
Prof. Marandi
The Brilliant Ali Alizadeh
How Israel Will Collapse
Tucker Carlson video and video
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs
Rachel Meadows
Charlie Kirk
Anthony Aguilar
Saul and Seymour
Joe Kent resigned as Director of National Counterterrorism office because the US is fighting Israel's wars against US national interests: video and video
William Robinson on Pax Slica
About oil (my message from January)
Qumsiyeh about the zionist lobby in the USA (link)
Chris Hedges describes the envisioned system run the US/Israel/Epstein regime: "The new [?updated] world order is one where the weak are obliterated by the strong, the rule of law does not exist, genocide is an instrument of control and barbarism is triumphant.The war on Iran and the obliteration of Gaza is the beginning. Welcome to the new world order. The age of technologically-advanced barbarism. There are no rules for the strong, only for the weak. Oppose the strong, refuse to bow to its capricious demands and you are showered with missiles and bombs. Hospitals, elementary schools, universities and apartment complexes are reduced to rubble. Doctors, students, journalists, poets, writers, scientists, artists and political leaders — including the heads of negotiating teams — are murdered in the tens of thousands by missiles and killer drones." BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A REALLY NEW WORLD ORDER, one that is based on justice, human rigts, peace, & sustainable planet - not genocidal, ecocidal and ultimately suicidal wars and colonialism.
ACTION IS THE BEST ANTIDOTE TO DESPAIR
For Europeans: Sign petition demanding suspension of EU-Israel Association agreement
Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By: Jews of Conscience on Palestine, by Susan Landau - there is print for fee and PDF for free. (link)
And here are 74 things you can do from where you are:
Stay Humane, act, and keep hope and Palestine alive


