Palestine

Free Palestine march says end the occupation on May 16, 2021
Domestic News

From Detroit to Palestine Occupation is a Crime!

June 11, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Thousands more people took to the streets for the second straight day in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb right across the southwest border with Detroit on Sun. May 16, 2021. The rally […]
Dearborn demonstration against the Israeli occupation of Palestine, May 15, 2021
Domestic News

Free Palestine on Al-Nakba Day

June 11, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Thousands took to the streets in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb just west of the border with Detroit on Saturday, May 15, 2021, to commemorate al-Nakba, the catastrophe for Palestinians and other […]
Palestine Brooklyn rally 20210508_5
Domestic News

Joint Statement by Palestinians in North America on Nakba Day

May 19, 2021 fwstaff
By Palestinian Youth Movement As we mark the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba, we, the undersigned, join together to reaffirm our commitment to the Palestinian people’s struggle for justice, return, and liberation. We commemorate the […]
Polisario Front women soldiers march in formation
International News

United States and Morocco Redraw Map of North African Territory

January 1, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There is a major effort underway to convince and coerce African and Asian nations to “normalize” relations with the State of Israel in exchange for promised United States financial, military and diplomatic […]
Demonstrators begin march in Dearborn, MI on Aug 8
Domestic News

Palestinian and Black Lives Matter

August 21, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff Hundreds marched and rallied in Dearborn, Michigan on August 8 to show solidarity between the Black Lives Matter movement and the Palestinian struggle against U.S. financed Israeli occupation. The Palestinian […]
UAE-Palestine-protests-AP
International News

The UAE-Israel Deal Is a U.S. Strategy to Isolate Iran, Pro-Palestinian States

August 19, 2020 fwstaff
By Randi Nord, GeoPoliticsAlert Abu Dhabi (GPA) – The United Arab Emirates and Israel signed what President Trump called a “breakthrough” comprehensive diplomatic agreement last week. Abu Dhabi has whitewashed the deal as a net […]
Detroit Palestine Solidarity demonstration at the Joe Louis Fist on Jefferson downtown
International News

Palestine Solidarity Demonstration Held in Response to Trump’s “Deal of the Century”

February 22, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe These photographs were taken at a demonstration in downtown Detroit on Sat. Feb. 8, 2020. The protest was in opposition to the recent “Deal of the Century” where the United States regime […]
Palestinians protest Trump's "fraud of the century' in Rabat, Morocco.
International News

Palestine Will Be Free!

February 4, 2020 fwstaff
By David Sole U.S. President Donald Trump proudly announced his long awaited Middle East “peace plan” on January 28. Standing next to him was a beaming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Conspicuously missing, however, were […]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) speaks to the media during "Shabbat in the Park with Rashida"
Domestic News

Support Rashida Tlaib rally

September 4, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit FW Staff This text came at 1:53 on Friday, August 16, from Jewish Voice for Peace: “Join us tonight for Shabbat in the Park with Rashida”. By 5:30 the crowds began to gather […]
Woman holding Palestine flag
Domestic News

BDS activists turn their sights on Hewlett-Packard

April 4, 2019 fwstaff
By Tyler Vosgerchian On March 17 in Dearborn, Michigan, over 100 activists attended a town hall meeting at the Arab American National Museum hosted by New Generation for Palestine on the topic of the Boycott, […]