Category Archives: Poems

The Dance with Power’s Shadow

Phalapoem editor, 4/01/25 To the lands where conflict brews,Where the cries of war infuse,He aligns with power’s face,Netanyahu’s embrace. Critics watch with eyes so keen,As he steps where few have been,Supporting those with hands stained red,From a war where peace … Continue reading

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A Call to Challenge Oppression

Background Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) is a Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality. Where strife and oppression fiercely brew, Occupation’s grip, a tyrannical view. Israel’s actions, a blatant affront, Palestinians’ rights, brutally shunned. Inspired by history, South Africa’s defiant … Continue reading

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Innocence Erased: The Tragedy of Stolen Lands

Palestinians carry their possessions on their heads as they flee from a village in Galilee about five months after the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 File: Reuters Background The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed tens of thousands of lives and … Continue reading

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Israeli Occupation; The Serial Hospital Bomber

Background:500 innocent people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza.  In the crowded hospital, where silence weeps,The Serial Bomber in sorrow’s keeps.Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, a fortress of pain,500 souls lost, in a relentless rain. Israeli … Continue reading

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Plan Dalet’s Shadow: Echoes of Displacement

BackgroundPlan Dalet was a Zionist military plan executed in the civil war phase of the 1948 Palestine war for the conquest of territory in Mandatory Palestine in preparation for the establishment of a Jewish state.  Zion’s early strife profound,“Transfer” whispers, … Continue reading

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The Mask of Sir Kid Starver

By Admin, 15/11/2024 Sir Kid Starver stands with words sharp and sly,A human rights lawyer, a mask, a lie.In Gaza, two million, starved and confined,Children and mothers left shattered, maligned.He denies the siege, turns away from the cries,Beneath falling rubble … Continue reading

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Tears of Rafah

Voice of Palestine, 26/5/24 No heart can bear this ceaseless ache,No soul withstand such desolation,Rafah, where sorrow mirrors pain,City of pride, of sacrifices made. Hearts bleed the hue of twilight skies,A massacre in crimson veins,How many martyrs, beloved ones,Rest beneath … Continue reading

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Israeli Occupation: The Serial Child Killer 

Israeli forces, a lethal might,Claim innocence, but hearts ignite.Palestinian children, young and fair,Facing death with a silent prayer. Human Rights Watch, with eyes keen,Investigates a grievous scene.Mahmoud al-Sadi, a youth so young,Struck down, his song unsung. Wadea Abu Ramuz, a … Continue reading

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Israel must be held accountable for it’s genocides against the Palestinians

Beneath Gaza’s shattered sky so stark, Israel’s might, a force in the dark. Civilians yearn for safety’s spark, Yet accountability takes a hesitant embark. Can Israel be held to account? A question in the tumult, a mounting fount. Can accountability … Continue reading

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Media Complicity in Gaza’s Struggle

Background:Many of the US and western media have been reluctant to use the word genocide in relation to Israel’s onslaught on Gazans. Since 7/10/23 they have been downplaying Israeli crimes against Palestinians, and signalling to Israel that it can continue … Continue reading

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