MEMORY IS A FORM OF RESISTANCE

Today, April 20, 2026, is the 90th anniversary of the moment mounting unrest in Palestine crystallized into strike calls that helped launch the uprising known as the “Great Palestinian Rebellion” or the “Great Arab Revolt.” From 1936 to 1939, the revolt spread from cities like Jaffa, Haifa, Nablus, and Jerusalem to villages and highlands, as Palestinian Arabs battled against British rule and Zionist colonization. 

Britain crushed the revolt with mass arrests, detention camps, demolitions, torture, executions, and allied armed forces. More than 5,000 Palestinians were killed and nearly 15,000 wounded, while Palestinian leaders were exiled, imprisoned, or assassinated, and Zionist institutions emerged stronger on the eve of 1948.

from PALEZINE curated and published by Barry Hock

Sheba out of Massachusetts

On April 17th, thirty-five people picketed at the Harvard School of Public
Health while Sheba Medical Center charmed the Governor into collaborating on health tech startups. Sheba is complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Sheba out of MA!

Updated Map of Israeli Settlements in the West Bank through 2026

No source provided other than the copyright in the name of Shaul Arielli (in Hebrew) on the map. Here is a link about him:https://www.shaularieli.com/en/about-shaul-arieli/

Updated Map of Israeli Settlements in the West Bank through 2026. 

Beyond the long-outdated A, B, and C classifications, which no longer reflect the reality, this map illustrates the actual structure of territorial control:

* 34 new settlements: representing a deliberate strategy to establish irreversible facts on the ground.

* 127 existing settlements: forming the backbone of the settlement system, increasingly treated as a de facto reality.

•  122 unauthorized outposts: technically illegal under Israeli law, but in practice integrated into the broader settlement enterprise.

* 199 unauthorized settlement farms: gradually expanding territorial control under the guise of agricultural and grazing activity.

Notably, activities labeled as “illegal” within the Israeli legal framework often function as key instruments of expansion on the ground, frequently developed, protected, and allowed to expand, including through groups such as the so-called “Hilltop Youth.”

The figure of 127 settlements does not accurately reflect the situation on the ground. According to Palestinian spatial data, the total number of settlements in the West Bank, including east Jerusaelm stands at 192.