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Brett Wilkins: Israel Kills Daughter, Infant Grandson of Slain Palestinian Poet Refaat Alareer

The daughter, infant grandson, and son-in-law of Refaat Alareer—the renowned Palestinian poet assassinated last year in an Israeli airstrike—were killed Friday in another Israel Defense Forces bombing, this one reportedly targeting a building hosting an international relief charity in Gaza City.

April 30, 2024 · 1 Comment

Jake Johnson: Leaked State Department Memo Says Israeli Assurances ‘Neither Credible Nor Reliable’

“Suspending military aid is the bare minimum the U.S. must do to avoid further complicity in these abuses.”

April 29, 2024 · 2 Comments

Chris Hedges: 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.

April 28, 2024 · 8 Comments

Julia Conley: Violent Arrest of Emory Professor Spotlights Brutality of Police Crackdown on Campus Protests

“To sustain this level of blind support for Israel, the U.S. must erode its own democracy,” said one foreign policy expert. “And that is what we see happening on U.S. campuses now.”

April 27, 2024 · 7 Comments

Jake Johnson: UN Rights Chief Demands International Probe of Mass Graves Near Gaza Hospitals

More than 300 bodies were reportedly discovered in the mass grave near the Nasser facility in Khan Younis, Gaza, and eyewitnesses said Israeli soldiers executed civilians during their two-week-long raid of al-Shifa last month.

April 24, 2024 · 1 Comment

Juan Cole: The US House Just Gave Israel $26 Billion for Its War on Gaza’s Children

The enormous windfall will allow the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to continue to kill or wound a Palestinian child in Gaza every 10 minutes.

April 22, 2024 · 4 Comments

Olivia Rosane: USC Cancels Muslim Valedictorian’s Speech

“USC offers a minor in ‘resistance to genocide,’ this girl minored in it, was named valedictorian, and then they cancelled her speech because she might talk about genocide.”

April 17, 2024 · 13 Comments

Jessica Corbett: Mehdi Hasan Launches Media Platform With Naomi Klein, Greta Thunberg, and More

The journalist says Zeteo will feature “hard-hitting interviews and unsparing analysis” in op-eds, podcasts, and streaming shows.

April 16, 2024 · 4 Comments

James Crews: We Are Constellations

So much coexists in the heart’s container,
as in a carved teak bowl on the table.

April 10, 2024 · 4 Comments

Phyllis Bennis: Why False Accusations of Anti-Semitism Are So Harmful

Bad-faith smears of Rep. Ilhan Omar and many others are being used to crush Palestinian rights, undermine social movements, and divert attention from real anti-Semitism.

April 10, 2024 · 4 Comments

Bob Kunzinger: Moral Absolutism | Do Not Kill Children

Starvation is rampant and the conditions in Gaza have been called by Save the Children one of the “slowest, cruelest deaths” on record. It is a holocaust…

April 5, 2024 · 10 Comments

Joanne Durham: Becoming Educated 

No one spoke
of their exodus, how they fled homes
stolen or burned

March 28, 2024 · 2 Comments

Rebecca Gordon: Trump Showed Us Who He Is the First Time Around

Trump 2.0 Would Be Even Worse

March 16, 2024 · 7 Comments

IMAN MOHAMED: Global Protests for a Free Palestine | Photo Essay

Voices are echoing worldwide as tens of thousands of people take to the streets to demand an immediate cease-fire and an end to Israel’s war on Gaza.

March 14, 2024 · 3 Comments

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