Taiwan and Palestine

A Taiwanese Doctor’s “Surreal” Humanitarian Journey in Gaza

Peiyi Yu
“Leaving Gaza was surreal. As we left the buffer zone from Gaza, people care little about throwing away half a bottle of soda, or flicking a cigarette, like how things are in a normal world,“ said Dr. Wu. According to Dr. Wu, just about 10 kilometers away from the blockade, only one out of the four sinks at Dr.Wu’s workstation in Nasser Hospital supplied a somewhat stable source of clean water. According to CSIS, Oxfam International, The United Nations Children’s Fund, BBC, CNN, there were barely any sanitation standards for water outside of hospitals because of Israel’s targeted strikes on Gaza’s infrastructure....
EnglishJanuary 2025Politics14 min read

Criticisms of Obasan Alliance After Gaza March Show Partisan Divisions in Taiwanese Politics

Brian Hioe
After a march marking the one-year anniversary of the start of Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza earlier this month, the Obasan Alliance has come under criticism from pro-independence groups over the third party being perceived as standing with pro-unification groups. This has included allegations that the China Unification Promotion Party (CUPP), which is associated with the Bamboo Union organized crime group, was in attendance at the march. This is not true, in that the CUPP was not present...
EnglishOctober 2024PoliticsSelf-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements4 min read

Taipei Holds March to Commemorate One Year of Genocide in Gaza

Brian Hioe
A march took place today in Taipei to mark the one-year anniversary of Israel’s genocide of Palestine in Gaza. The march today took place after a vigil last week on October 6th, focusing on the lives and stories of martyred Palestinians, as well as a flash mob outside of the Israeli Economic and Cultural Office on October 7th...
EnglishOctober 2024PoliticsSelf-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements6 min read

Taipei Holds Vigil, Rally Commemorating One Year of Genocide in Gaza

Girard Mariano Lopez
Local and international community members across Taipei gathered on Sunday at Liberty Square in Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall to commemorate the 42,000 Palestinian lives that have been murdered by Israeli offensives in the past year, as well as the hundreds recently killed in recent Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon. On the morning of October 7th, organizers from the Taiwan Alliance for a Free Palestine also held a flash mob outside of the Israeli Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei in the World Trade Center...
EnglishOctober 2024Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements5 min read