The IDF Can’t Wait to Go to War
Israel wants you to believe "Iranian-backed forces" are the threat to peace in the region. That's pure propaganda — it's Israeli aggression that we should really be worried about.
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The IDF’s Grotesque Practice of Ransacking Palestinian Homes Is Israeli Apartheid in Action
A new report from a coalition of human rights groups details the horror of Israel’s apartheid-style home invasions in the West Bank — yet another revelation about the horrifying realities of what US military aid to Israel is funding.
An Investigation Shows How the IDF Killed Hind Rajab
Hind Rajab is one of at least 14,500 Palestinian children killed in the war in Gaza. An investigation by the research collective Forensic Architecture exposes the IDF’s blame for this six-year-old’s death — but most Western media has ignored it.
Suppliers of the Israel Defense Forces Are Doing Profitable Business Throughout the US
Pro-Palestine activists have been working to disrupt arms manufacturers and other companies enabling Israel’s assault on Gaza. Plenty of those suppliers are also raking in profits selling to US law enforcement and private consumers.
Israel’s War Is Not About Bringing Down Hamas
Israel clearly has little interest in recovering the hostages taken on October 7. The real objectives: protecting West Bank settlements, further eroding the judiciary, rehabilitating the military’s image, and simple revenge.
Taking a Stan
An interview with the anonymous owner of @LegitTayUpdates. She’s a nineteen-year-old Taylor Swift fan in Israel — and she just finished a two-month prison sentence for refusing to enlist in the Israel Defense Forces.
Israel Is an Army With a Country Attached
A new book by an Israeli scholar dissects the extraordinary hold that the country's military — and militaristic ways of thinking — have on Israeli society, and the ideological myths that keep the project afloat.
Canadian Charities Are Funding Israeli Apartheid
Under the cover of charity, organizations in Canada are bilking unknowing Canadian taxpayers out of public money and directing it to Israel. These charities support settlements in the West Bank and the Israeli military — they do not deserve tax exemptions.
Israel Is Extending Its Genocidal War to Lebanon
With US arms continuing to flow to Israel as it slaughtered more than 500 people in Lebanon since yesterday, Benjamin Netanyahu seems to have few qualms about igniting a full-blown regional war — and US officials aren’t stopping him.
Documenting Six Months of Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
For six months, Israel has been deliberately killing civilians in Gaza and destroying infrastructure to make the area uninhabitable. Israeli academic Lee Mordechai summarizes the horrific results of an operation that is wholly immoral and criminal.
If the US Values Free Speech, It Will Investigate the Murder of Shireen Abu Akleh
From the persecution of Chevron opponent Steven Donziger to the murder of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the US government disregards free speech in situations where corporate allies stand to benefit.
Mainstream Media Is Ignoring Israel’s Sexual Torture
For the past two weeks, a sickening scandal around Israeli torture of Palestinians has roiled the country’s politics. Many Americans likely have no idea about it, because mainstream media is all but ignoring it.
Israel Killed Hundreds of Civilians to Save Four of Its Own
Last Saturday, Israel massacred hundreds of Palestinian civilians in an operation to rescue four Israeli hostages. American commentators rushed to justify the brutal operation.
Israeli Prisons Are a Giant Torture Machine
A new Israeli human rights group report shows that Palestinians held in Israeli prisons and detention centers during the war on Gaza are subjected to torture, sexual abuse, violence, humiliation, starvation, sleep deprivation, and denial of medical care.
The Attack on Palestinian Universities
The brutality of Israeli occupation isn't limited to wars. It also includes constant assault on Palestinians' access to basic necessities like higher education.
In the West Bank, Israeli Settlers Are Burning Palestinians’ Olive Trees
In the West Bank, the Israeli army has banned Palestinian farmers from reaching their land and groups of settlers are burning farmers’ crops. Jacobin spoke to olive growers about Israel’s draconian moves to destroy their livelihoods.
Israel Is Still Flouting the ICJ’s Genocide Order
It’s been almost two months since the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to stop killing Gazans and destroying their means of subsistence. But Israel continues to flout the order with impunity — aided and abetted by the Biden administration.
25 Points on Gaza
Some notes on the latest Israeli assault of the Gaza Strip.
Jabalia’s Mass Graves Are a Lesson in Horror
Mass graves in Jabalia stand as a harrowing testament to the brutality of Israel's war on Gaza. Israeli forces continue to kill anything that moves, openly flouting Joe Biden's “red line” in Rafah and pushing the crisis to apocalyptic levels.
A Week of Israel’s Horrific Massacres in Gaza
The barbarities keep coming in Gaza. This week saw a massacre in Gaza City of at least 60 people, mostly children and women, many of them burned alive — followed by a massacre of over 100 in a “humanitarian safe zone.”