I was not surprised that the suspect behind the cowardly assassination of two young Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D.C. last night screamed “Free, free Palestine,” as he was apprehended. I’m a Palestinian American who grew up in Gaza. I speak regularly on college campuses about Hamas and Gaza, the realities of life under a... […]
When I first saw headlines about the cold-blooded murder of two Israeli Embassy workers in Washington, D.C, I knew this horrific act of domestic terrorism was enacted in the name of Palestine. As I watched the suspect confirm my intuition, chanting loudly in the drum-beat cadence I’ve come to know well — “Free, Free Palestine!”... […]