733 million of the world’s people faced hunger in 2023
According to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, a staggering 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and…
Jean Shaoul
Reservists issue open letter refusing to fight in Gaza, exposing Israel’s war crimes
The death toll in Israel’s war of annihilation in Gaza speaks to a policy of shoot to kill, a policy whose existence the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) denies. But several…
Israel’s use of Hannibal Directive led to many deaths on October 7, including Israeli civilians
According to the Israeli daily Haaretz, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued the Hannibal Directive that orders the use of force to prevent soldiers being taken into captivity at three army…
Israel forced UNRWA employees to falsely admit agency links to Hamas and staff participation in October 7 incursion
The UN’s Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) says Palestinians released into Gaza from Israeli prisons were forced to falsely admit links between the agency and Hamas and that its staff…
Police attack anti-Netanyahu protesters as disillusionment with Gaza offensive grows
Israeli police arrested 21 protesters, including two organisers, in Tel Aviv’s Kaplan Square Saturday night. Thousands had taken to the streets in towns and cities across Israel against Prime Minister…
Netanyahu outlines his plan to seize Gaza for Israel
by Jean Shaoul and Chris Marsden Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has bluntly spelled out his plan to ethnically cleanse and then seize Gaza for Israel. In doing so he rejected…
Netanyahu’s coalition rams through judicial coup law in Israel
On Monday, just before the Knesset’s summer recess, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, of his right-wing Likud Party, ultra-religious parties and fascist parties based on settlers on the West Bank,…
Netanyahu government mounts all-out offensive on Palestinians in Jenin
Israel’s military launched an aerial and armoured vehicle attack on the northern West Bank city of Jenin and the city’s densely populated refugee camp in the early hours of Monday…
Biden administration agrees arms sales to Riyadh and Abu Dhabi to counter China’s growing influence
Just a few weeks after US President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia, aimed at shoring up relations with the murderous regime, his administration has approved two massive arms sales…
Israeli airstrikes massacre Palestinian children in Gaza
For three days, Israel has bombarded the densely and impoverished coastal enclave of Gaza, targeting leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), civilians and their property in the worst flare up…
Iran imprisons film directors amid escalating crackdown on dissent and protests
In the largest crackdown on its film industry since 2010, Iran ordered internationally acclaimed filmmaker Jafar Panahi, 62, to serve a six-year jail sentence after he criticised the government. Panahi…
UN investigation finds Israeli forces killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh with “seemingly well-aimed bullets”
A UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) investigation has shown that the bullets that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and injured her colleague Ali Sammoudi, were fired by Israeli forces. It…
Afghanistan earthquake exposes disaster caused by decades of US occupation
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in a remote area of Afghanistan has killed at least 1,000 people and injured at least 1,500. While the worst affected area is the mountainous Paktika province,…
UN report declares “perpetual occupation” as “the underlying root cause” of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
A report commissioned by the United Nations’ Human Rights Council states that Israel's “perpetual occupation” of Palestinian areas and its refusal to end it underpin the tensions between Palestinians and…
UN’s highest ever humanitarian appeal falls on imperialism’s deaf ears
On Thursday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) launched an appeal to the major powers for a record $41 billion to help the 183 million…
Israel outlaws six Palestinian human rights groups, branding them “terrorist organisations”
On Friday, Israel’s Defence Minister Benny Gantz signed a military order declaring six of the most prominent Palestinian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the occupied Palestinian territories “terrorist organizations.” The decree…
Pandemic and surge in food prices deepens global hunger
Global food prices have risen 33 percent in the last 12 months, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Basic staples such as vegetable oil, grains and…
US sanctions on Iran turn coronavirus into a catastrophe
Yesterday, the Iranian health authorities announced that another 54 people had died from the coronavirus in the previous 24 hours. This, the highest toll in a single day since the…
Israel pounds Gaza, stoking fears of invasion
Just days after being sworn into Israel’s new parliament following the victory of his far-right bloc in last month’s elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorised a massive aerial assault on…
Britain rejects International Court of Justice order to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius
The British government has rejected both the ICJ’s order and its unanimous ruling that its jurisdiction relates to a UN process of decolonization, not a dispute between two states. The…
Netanyahu to face charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced on Thursday his decision to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in connection with three separate cases on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of…
Netanyahu Steps Up Settlement Construction
Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has launched a series of provocative moves against the Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and inside Israel itself. His aim is to distract public…
Israel Implements Collective Punishment After The Stabbing Of Teenager
Following the stabbing of a 13-year-old Israeli girl in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba by a young Palestinian on Thursday, Benyamin Netanyahu’s coalition government moved swiftly to implement…
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