Israel Has Killed 6 Hamas Leaders in Gaza. It’s Killed More Than 800 Children.
Entire Palestinian families massacred. Children slaughtered. Threats of a “second Nakba.” Israel’s war on Gaza isn’t a war on Hamas — it’s a war on Palestinian civilians.
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2023 Was the Year the Liberal West, Led by Joe Biden, Betrayed Palestinians in Gaza
As we begin a new year, the horrors in Gaza continue, prosecuted and sustained with a flagrant combination of US weapons and European blessings. History will not look kindly on those who keep running cover for Israel’s war crimes.
Israel Has Already Made Gaza Unlivable. Now the Coronavirus Is Coming.
Israel's blockade of Gaza has turned the strip of land into the “world's largest open-air prison.” And now the overcrowded enclave has its first confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Joe Biden Is Still Giving Unrestricted Support to Israel’s War on Gaza
US officials suggested that Israel would have to shift to a “lower-intensity” campaign in Gaza from the new year. But Joe Biden is still unwilling to apply any serious pressure, even if his support for Israel’s war threatens to hand victory to Donald Trump.
South Africa Is Right to Invoke the Genocide Convention Against Israel’s War on Gaza
South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice to rule that Israel is guilty of “genocidal acts” in Gaza. The architects of the Genocide Convention intended it to be used to stop the mass killing of civilians before it is too late.
AIPAC’s War Chest Is Growing as the War on Gaza Rages
Since the war on Gaza began, the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC has reaped $90 million in fundraising. The organization is using that massive haul to lobby against a cease-fire.
Joe Biden Could Stop Israel’s War on the People of Gaza If He Really Wanted To
As Israel’s war on Gaza’s civilian population becomes ever more brazen, the Biden administration has been trying to wash its hands of responsibility. In reality, Joe Biden simply doesn’t want to use his leverage over Benjamin Netanyahu to impose a cease-fire.
Europe’s Leaders Are Lining Up to Support Israel’s War on the People of Gaza
Israel’s government has declared war on Gaza’s civilians in the name of collective punishment, ordering them to flee their homes or face unrestrained violence. European leaders who have supported this war will bear responsibility for what happens next.
Gaza Will Forever Haunt Joe Biden
Joe Biden’s enabling of a genocide in Palestine was in keeping with a career spent pushing bloody war in the Middle East. His action and inaction on Gaza was brutal, unjustifiable, and unforgivable.
The Gaza Sumud Flotilla Is in Serious Danger
Participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza in defiance of Israel’s blockade knew they were in danger of Israeli attacks — and that was before yesterday’s drone attack. We spoke to one participant from the ship.
Biden’s Defunding of UNRWA Sets a New Benchmark for Cruelty
For Joe Biden, arming the massacre in Gaza apparently wasn’t enough. The US has now defunded UNRWA, the UN agency that provides essential humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees in Gaza and beyond.
On Gaza, Democrats Are Talking One Way but Walking Another
As public disapproval of Israel’s war on Gaza grows, it has become increasingly common for elected Democrats to criticize Israel. Nevertheless, the vast majority of them just voted for a bill that cements support for the onslaught as official US policy.
Israel’s War on Gaza Has Destabilized the Entire Regional Order in the Middle East
Israel’s war on Gaza has sent shock waves echoing throughout the Middle East. Mohamed Naeem, an Egyptian socialist activist, talks about the war’s impact and the way countries like Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Iran are likely to respond.
Israel’s Western Backers Are Still Running Interference for Netanyahu’s War Crimes
The horrific bombing at Gaza’s al-Ahli hospital last night should have been the catalyst for an immediate cease-fire. But Joe Biden has doubled down on his support for a criminal war on the civilian population of Gaza.
A Cease-Fire in Gaza Can End the War on Civilians. A “Humanitarian Pause” Will Not.
The Biden administration’s “humanitarian pause” is not a solution to the horrific war in Gaza, which is killing Palestinian civilians by the thousands. Cease-fires foster a path to peace, while "humanitarian pauses" facilitate continued war.
Germany Is Complicit in Israel’s War Crimes in Gaza
Even as mass atrocities pile up in Gaza, Germany has banned pro-Palestine protests and offered unqualified support to the Israeli siege. With few exceptions, Germany’s media-political sphere isn’t just silent about Israel’s crimes — it actively supports them.
Cable News Keeps Inviting Defense Industry Shills to Explain the War on Gaza
As Israel mercilessly bombs Gaza, cable news channels are inviting defense officials turned industry consultants onto their shows to explain the war — and usually to justify the unjustifiable.
Israeli Airstrikes Killed My Pregnant Cousin and Her Daughter
Nour Alshaer is a Palestinian student living in the besieged Gaza Strip. She told Jacobin about the desperate conditions in Gaza and how Israeli airstrikes have killed several of her loved ones.
Ireland’s Leaders Must Take a Stand in Solidarity With Gaza
Ireland has an image as Europe’s most pro-Palestinian country, but its government hasn’t been representing strong popular solidarity with the people of Gaza. They can change that by supporting South Africa’s International Court of Justice case against Israel.
Israel Has Carried Out Another Civilian Massacre in Gaza
On Saturday, Israel attacked the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza in an effort to recover four Israeli hostages, killing at least 275 Palestinians. Celebrations of the attack by US officials show a grotesquely blatant disregard for Palestinian life.