Israel expands Rafah slaughter
Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant announced Thursday that the bloody onslaught on Gaza will be expanded. With over 600,000 people having fled Gaza’s southernmost city since the ground operation began…
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Breakthrough: Australian Labor Senator Fatima Payman Condemns Jewish Israeli Gaza Genocide, Human Rights Denial & Occupation
Under Labor (presently in government) or the Coalition (presently in opposition) Zionist-subverted, Zionist-perverted and US lackey Australia is second only to America as a fervent supporter of racist and mendacious…
Biden pledges $1 billion in additional military aid, as new report accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza
The Biden administration intends to dispatch more than $1 billion of military equipment to Israel so that it can continue the genocide against the Palestinians. The military package will include…
The Battle For Gaza Begins in Jabalia
The war is intensifying with the Palestinian resistance groups joining together to defeat the Israeli army The battle for Jabalia is raging. This is the fifth day. Despite its onslaught…
Campus Protests in the West Accelerate the Palestinian Quest for Freedom
“If there were not an Israel, we’d have to invent one.” --Joe Biden (Senate Speech, 1986) We are all Palestinians today. Especially in the wake of Israel's genocidal invasion of…
When and Where Will Israel’s Aimless, Endless War End?
If most people are unable to understand the war aims of Israel, they should not be surprised as it is quite possible that even Israel’s rulers pushing this aggression relentlessly…
Half a million Palestinians forced to flee latest Israeli military attacks
More than half a million Palestinians have been forced to flee the southern city of Rafah and areas of northern Gaza over the past week, according to the UN, as…
Beyond Awards and Accolades: Why Gaza Journalists are the Best in the World
By granting its 2024 World Press Freedom Prize to Palestinian journalists covering the Israeli war on Gaza, UNESCO has acknowledged a historic truth. Even if the decision to name Gaza's…
India Palestine Solidarity Forum Condemns The Invasion of Rafah
India Palestine Solidarity Forum (IPSF) condemns the invasion of Rafah and takeover of its border crossing by Israel, and demands the immediate Israeli withdrawal from Rafah and unhindered access to…
The Arsenal of Genocide: the U.S. Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies On May 8, 2024, as Israel escalated its brutal assault on Rafah, President Biden announced that he had “paused” a delivery of…
Humanitarian Situation in Gaza is Worsening
The serious humanitarian situation in Gaza has been at the center-stage of worldwide concerns for several months now. Many senior leaders of world and top UN officials have been repeatedly…
Dodging the Issue: The Biden Administration Report on Israel’s Use of US Weapons
It truly is pushing the envelope of lunacy to assume that this latest revelation was revelatory. US weapons, the wonks in Washington find, are being used by the Israeli Defense…
Israel’s Willing Executioners
Hundreds of thousands of people are being forced to flee, once again, after more than half of Gaza's population took sanctuary in the border town of Rafah. This is part…
Bassem Yousef and Rethinking Holocaust Exceptionalism
One of the more frustrating debates I’ve seen on Gaza in the last few months - and I’ve seen a lot of them - was between Bassem Youssef and Konstantin…
Human civilization is in a real crisis!
I am disgusted by those who frame conflicts in a religious context, and even contribute to fuel them, whether through clear language or sometimes through cunning language. These people do not possess…
Covering Palestine and Journalists Deaths in Gaza
Reflecting on the unprecedented number of journalists killed in Gaza by the Israeli military along with their intentional killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh two years ago, the Arab…
“Where Should We Go From Here?” Displaced Palestinians Pleads
People have become a pawn on the ‘bloody’ chessboard, being ordered to move around according to the whims of the Israeli army The Israeli troop onslaught on the eastern part…
A Clubbable Admission: Palestine’s Case for UN Membership
“I find it rather difficult to make it clear to my children why we are not eligible, for from one point of view it isn’t quite clear to me.” X,…
Israel Lost the War and America Betrayed Humanity in Gaza
Global Mankind vs. Political Wickedness Rationality requires objective reasoning and it is not coming for an impending cataclysm of the Israeli onslaught on Rafah and the United States - the complicit friend in making…
Israeli Spokesman Admits Gaza is The World’s Toughest Battlefield
The Gaza Strip is the most difficult battlefield in the world and the ongoing military operation in Rafah will not guarantee that attacks on Israel will stop, says Danial Hagari,…
From the river to the sea: The “Day After” will be based on equality & justice, not Jewish supremacy
Means of return: “Our weapons are the means of our return/And (they are) our constant companions until the liberation of Palestine”, Arab Liberation Front (circa 1975). Artist: Hassib al-JassemIsrael has…
A Modest Proposal: The UN General Assembly and Palestinian Recognition
Despite being described in some circles as such, the latest vote in the United Nations General Assembly on Palestine’s status is hardly extraordinary. For one, it does not vest the…
1,000 Grandmothers’ Action Calls for End to Genocide
As the UN General Assembly on May 5 announced its adoption of a resolution in support of full-member status for Palestinian Statehood, activists from Code Pink and others were visiting…
Whatever happened to the Israeli Psyche?
The slaughter of Gaza has shown the world that Israel, those circle around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, no longer function rationally. Their daily acts of ordering mayhem and destruction on…
Civilizational Unity, Not Clash: How Gaza Challenged Samuel Huntington’s Fantasies
Identity is fluid, because concepts such as culture, history and collective self-perceptions are never fixed. They are in a constant state of flux and revision. For hundreds of years, the…
Who Can Make Netanyahu Not Enter Rafah?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be committing suicide if he orders his army to enter Rafah. This is because the military objectives would be too high and nefarious. This…
Put Labor Last: End Anti-Jewish Anti-Semitic & Gaza Genocide-complicit Australian Labor Government
The Australian Labor Government is racist, militarist, anti-Arab anti-Semitic, anti-Jewish anti-Semitic, holocaust-denying, genocide-complicit, cowardly, ignorant, mendacious, corrupt, traitorous, child-abusing, mother-abusing, women-abusing, anti-Indigenous, nuclear terrorist, climate criminal, ecocidal, speciescidal, Humanity-betraying, and…
Biden endorses Israel’s assault on Rafah
On Monday, Israel launched its long-planned assault on Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, issuing orders for the population to evacuate and initiating an intense bombardment of the city. More…
Israel Wants to Destroy Gaza, Annex the West Bank: But What Does Gaza Want?
What is taking place in occupied Palestine is not a conflict, but a straightforward case of illegal military occupation, apartheid, ethnic cleansing and outright genocide. Those who insist on using…
Israel Ignores Ceasefire Deal, Poised to Enter Rafah
Editor’s Note: Hamas has agreed to a ceasefire deal through Egyptian and Qatari mediators with the backing of the United States CIA Director William Burns who extended his stay in…
‘Unlawful and Catastrophic’: IDF Begins Forced Evacuation of Rafah
Israel's army on Monday ordered roughly 100,000 people living in eastern Rafah to evacuate ahead of an imminent military assault on the area, terrifying families who have been forcibly displaced to the…
UN Food Chief Says Northern Gaza Suffering ‘Full-Blown Famine’
United Nations World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain said Friday that Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip are experiencing "full-blown famine" after nearly seven months of Israeli bombardment and invasion—and that…
“Palestinian Embassy” Participates in Passport DC
One of the most popular and anticipated annual events in Washington is Passport DC when embassies in the city open their doors to the public for one day to showcase…
As Biden backs police assault on anti-genocide protests, Netanyahu prepares Rafah bloodbath
Over the past week, police forces throughout the United States, working in coordination with the Biden administration, have beaten and arrested hundreds of students and faculty on university campuses for…
ICC Condemns Efforts to ‘Intimidate’ the Court as Netanyahu Arrest Warrant Looms
The office of International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan issued a statement Friday denouncing threats of retaliation after Israel's prime minister and U.S. lawmakers attacked the intergovernmental body over reports…
“Best-case” UN assessment says rebuilding Gaza homes destroyed by Israel’s genocidal onslaught will take close to two decades
Rebuilding the approximately 80,000 housing units, destroyed throughout the Gaza Strip by the imperialist-backed Israeli regime’s bloody assault, would take until 2040, according to an assessment by the United Nations…
How To Free Palestine: End Apartheid Israel, Human Rights Denial, Gaza Massacre, Child Killing, Occupation And Palestinian Genocide
Anti-racist supporters of Palestinian human rights call for a Free Palestine that can be accomplished by the World effecting an end to Apartheid Israel, human rights denial, the Gaza Massacre,…
American Intifada for Gaza: What Should We Expect?
The mass protests at dozens of US universities cannot be reduced to a stifling and misleading conversation about antisemitism. Thousands of American students across the country are not protesting, risking…
The absurdity and Cruelty of Netanyahu saying Israel will Invade Rafah ‘with or without a deal’
Do you negotiate for a peace deal with a threatening gun in one hand and a bomb in the other? Is this the way to pursue truce and ceasefire? Such…
Birding in Gaza
He’s a funny little chap: a sharp dresser with a sleek grey jacket, a white waistcoat, red shorts, and a small grey crest for a hat. With his shiny black…
US condemns International Criminal Court investigation of Israeli war criminals
The Biden administration Monday condemned an ongoing investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of senior Israeli figures who masterminded the Gaza genocide. Israeli media sources reported in recent days…
The Jewish Solidarity behind the Palestinian Resistance in the US
In one of the strangest contradictions, while the US's support for Israel has always been unwavering, driven largely by many influential supporters of Israel, a section of the American Jewish…
Netanyahu’s Rafah Dilemma
Daifallah, a one-year-old baby, killed in an Israeli strike on Rafah, is trending on the X platform. Just for posterity, his name is Daifallah Mohammad Taha, one of the countless…
Mounting Pro-Palestinian Student Protests in American Universities
Students across United States in campuses from Columbia to Emory to California are protesting in solidarity with Palestine. Protests expressing anguish Israeli genocide are now spilling over to university campuses…
Netanyahu Awaits ‘Arrest Warrant’ Against Him
The Jewish Maariv daily based on senior sources says Benjamin Netanyahu is deeply worried the ICC is on the verge of issuing a warrant for his arrest and other senior politicians in…
Sermon for Gaza
This is a sermon I gave Sunday April 28 at a service held at the encampment for Gaza at Princeton University. The service was organized by students from Princeton Theological…
Basic Points About The Zionist Israeli-Arab Palestinian Conflict
What is conflict about? The Zionist Israeli-Arab Palestinian conflict today is one of if not the most significant global security problems to be dealt with.[1] However, this conflict is historically…
Israel’s Anti-UNRWA Campaign Falls Flat
The Israeli authorities, in their campaign of remorseless killing, doctoring and adjusting the numbers of the Palestinian populace for whatever future awaits, have been found wanting on accusations that Hamas…
‘Miracle Baby’ Rouh Dies Days After Brought Out of Dead Mom’s Womb
It was supposed to be a miracle that unfortunately didn’t last for the Gaza baby Rouh (meaning life) Joudeh died four days after the doctors brought her out of the…
‘We are all Gaza’ US Students Chant Across America
Mass pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States are developing with great intensity. The protests, now in their second week, show no signs of abating despite the bloody…
Feeding War, Killing Peace: Why the US Vetoed ‘Palestine’?
The outcome of the Palestine vote and the American veto at the United Nations Security Council on April 18 was predictable. Though European countries are becoming increasingly supportive of a…
Campus Activism for Gaza Ignites
Students at more than 40 universities and colleges in the United States and around the world have lit a fire under the Palestine solidarity movement by setting up encampments on…
Israel escalates war with Lebanon, plans Rafah invasion, as Nasser hospital atrocity details emerge
Israel’s conflict with Lebanon is entering a “different phase” of “higher-intensity conflict”, in the assessment of Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from Marjayoun in southern Lebanon. She writes that, on Wednesday,…
Revolt in the Universities
University students across the country, facing mass arrests, suspensions, evictions and expulsions are our last, best hope to halt the genocide in Gaza. PRINCETON, N.J. — Achinthya Sivalingam, a graduate…
The Ideological Coup: How Disciples of Kahane Became the New Face of Israel
Throughout history, fringe religious Zionist parties have had limited success in achieving the kind of electoral victories that would allow them an actual share in the country’s political decision-making. The…
Israel constructs tent camps to hold Gazans displaced by imminent Rafah onslaught
Israel has constructed tent encampments in central Gaza to warehouse Palestinians displaced by its looming assault on Rafah, according to satellite and ground-based images. The camps are part of far-reaching…
India-Palestine Relations: Recent Development Post Gaza War
Introduction India and Palestine have a history that begins with decolonization and the creation of sovereign nation-states. Early demonstrations of solidarity and support for the Palestinian cause originated from India's…
Lessons from the pro-Palestine campus movement in the US for India
By all accounts, the US is a highly policed and regulated state. There are rules, limits and boundaries for everything, including social protests. How to picket on a sidewalk (no…
The Already High Number of Palestinian Prisoners Has Doubled During the Last Six Months
Gaza and West Bank have been recording one of the highest rate of imprisonments and detentions in the world for several years. However this has increased at perhaps the fastest…
Escalating Conflicts on US Campuses: Numerous Arrests Amid Pro-Palestinian Demonstrations
The campuses of many American universities have turned into arenas for escalating protests and demonstrations against the backdrop of Israel's war on the Gaza Strip, causing widespread arrests of students…
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