India Can Play a Key Role in Ending the War in Gaza
War never changes. While political elites fight for influence and resources, civilians continue to die. Five months have passed since the beginning of a nightmare for the residents of the…
Palestine
The Unrepentant West: Olaf Scholz and the Right to Commit Genocide in Gaza
On February 8, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was in Washington on an official visit, aimed at working jointly with the United States to make “sure that Israel has what it…
Gaza War Horrors
And the horrors continue in Gaza. In this human slaughter, Israeli warplanes have had no compunction in bombing homes, houses, and flats in buildings of ordinary civilians. Figures have been…
US gives Israel blank check to massacre civilians in Rafah
In multiple statements over the past 24 hours, US officials have made clear that they will take no action against Israel no matter how many civilians it massacres in its…
When Courts Intervene: Halting the Transfer of F-35 Parts to Israel
Legal challenges regarding the Israel-Gaza War are starting to bulk lawyers’ briefs and courtroom proceedings. South Africa got matters underway with its December application before the International Court of Justice…
There Is No Place for the Palestinians of Gaza to Go
On February 9, 2024, Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his army would advance into Rafah, the last remaining city in Gaza not occupied by the Israelis. Most of…
With a green light from Biden, Israel commencing Rafah massacre
Israel launched a massive aerial bombardment of Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, on Sunday night into Monday morning, killing over 100 people. As the sun came up, the world…
What Israel has achieved
There have been many achievements by Israel in the last four months of their genocidal attacks on Gaza. After reading and watching many websites the following achievements are notable. First…
Biden reaffirms US support for Israel as Netanyahu pledges to proceed with assault on Rafah
Israel is determined to assault Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza where over a million people are sheltering, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Sunday. In an interview with…
Global Humanity Witnesses Continued Insanity and Not the End of War on Gaza
Paradox of Political Wickedness After four months of continuous bombardments and obialeterd Gaza, favorite political perversion appears at work to annihilate the innocent people by dubious and defiant war strategies pursued…
Absence of Evidence: Israel’s Case Against UNRWA
Statistics are often given lanky legs that take their user far. But how they are used, and how they are received, is striking. The current figure of 27,500 dead is…
Path Ahead for Palestine and Israel Based on Transparency, Peace and Trust
What is most urgently needed in the context of the Gaza conflict today? Firstly, of course we need ceasefire which is durable, not temporary. Secondly, such conditions of durable safety…
After Rafah What Awaits the Palestinians?
On the start of the fifth month of the war on Gaza, Israel is nowhere near to controlling the 365-kilometer Strip. While its army previously thought it would dominate the…
Israel announces plans for ethnic cleansing of Rafah
On Friday, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement asserting that the prime minister had ordered the Israeli military to submit a plan for the forced evacuation…
Let Them Eat Dirt
The final stage of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, an orchestrated mass starvation, has begun. The international community does not intend to stop it. There was never any possibility that the…
U.S. Chooses Genocide Over Diplomacy in the Middle East
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies On February 7, 2024, a U.S. drone strike assassinated an Iraqi militia leader, Abu Baqir al-Saadi, in the heart of Baghdad. This…
Man Becomes Food For Stray Cats in Gaza
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is citizen journalist Bissan for Gaza speaking on the horridness of war (loosely used because it’s more like ethnic cleansing) perpetrated by the Israelis on the enclave…
Israel assaults Rafah, where one million Gaza refugees are sheltering with nowhere to go
Israel has begun an assault on Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, where over one million people are seeking shelter, unable to go anywhere safe. Footage published by AFP showed…
Lying Australian Media & Labor Government Complicit In US-Israeli Massacre Of Palestinian Children
The 2023-2024 Gaza Massacre has continued now for nearly 4 months while the World looks on. The Zionist-subverted and US lackey Australian Labor Government has fervently assisted Apartheid Israel diplomatically,…
Gaza: The Ugly Face of War
The daily killings continue in Gaza with graphic images, despite odd talk of peace and ceasefire. Numbers seem useless but we have to go on! In a statement, the Gaza…
Breaching the ‘Iron Wall’: How Palestinians Crushed Jabotinsky’s Century-Old Ideas
It seemed strange, if not out of context, when Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin told Arutz Sheva-Israel National News that “Muslims are not afraid of us anymore”. Feiglin’s comments were made…
The Dangers of Complicity: The US Courts, Gaza and Genocide
Holding the foreign policy of a country accountable in court, notably when it comes to matters criminal, can be insuperably challenging. Judges traditionally shun making decisions on policy, even though…
Will Israeli Warplanes Leave ‘Camp Cinema’ Alone?
It starts by the narrator “saying this is the scene in Camp Cinema; me and my friend Imad decided to bring a bit of color into the life of children…
The Orphans of Gaza: How Can We Help?
I’ve a bee in my bonnet when it comes to the children of Gaza, and so far, have not found any means to swat it away. The buzzing is making…
Are we on the road to globalised Fascism?
Shared thoughts, arising from deep concerns over the UK Government response to Israel’s ongoing genocide of Gaza. As a young adult I read Kafka’s novel, ‘The Castle’. In trying to…
Funding freeze could halt UNRWA operations by end of month in Gaza
UNRWA will be forced to shut down its operations as soon as the end of the month if funding is not restored, according to agency director Philippe Lazzarini. Donor countries including the…
Chevron Accused of Profiting at the Expense of Gazans’ Lives
RICHMOND, CA (02-03) – Chevron Corporation’s Richmond, California refinery was the scene of a human rights and environmental justice activists’ rally calling upon the giant energy company to shut down…
Israel and its Western Supporters Have Violated the Spirit of ICJ’s Interim Ruling
The recent interim ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) disappointed many, many people by not providing for immediate ceasefire. This disappointment is understandable considering the great need for…
‘Only Thing Left of Our Destroyed House is This Key’
https://t.me/fajernews/87288 Editor’s Note: Journalist Mariam Abu Duqqa gives us an insight of how she feels about her demolished house in Gaza which the Israelis long destroyed. Together with her family,…
Over 800 Western Officials Denounce Their Governments’ Pro-Israel Policies
More than 800 civil servants from the U.S., the UK, and the European Union released a statement on Friday criticizing their governments' support of Israel in its war in Gaza, warning…
Death by Firing Squad is not an option for ICC; But it can award 30 years of Imprisonment to Netanyahu
Israeli PM Netanyahu’s statements – all along these three months – of defying the whole world and associated institutions are highly condemnable; so is the advocacy of removal of Palestinians…
History, Olive Trees and Football: What Keeps Palestinians Strong
Despite the horrific war in Gaza and the unprecedented number of casualties, millions of Palestinians in the Middle East and around the world took a brief respite from their collective…
The rescue of Palestinians is in the hands of the world community
War is always awful, scary and barbaric, it brings destruction and death on both sides, but what is happening now in the Gaza Strip is unprecedented. The armed conflict has…
Ceasefire! Protestors scream outside the home of Blinken
US protesters have been camping outside the residence of the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken for the last three days. They are calling on Blinken to push for a…
Palestinians Have Right To Self Defense, Not The Occupying Power Of Israel
by Venkatesh Narayanan and Sandeep Pandey After having pounded Gaza for over three months killing more than 26,000 Palestinians, during the course of which Israel also attacked Children’s hospitals and…
ICJ on Gaza: Acting Against Israel
Five days after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced various interim measures aimed at preventing the State of Israel from committing acts in Gaza which come within the scope…
Killing of Four Soldiers is a Psychological Blow to the Israeli Army in Gaza
The killing of four Israeli soldiers in battles in north Gaza according to the Jewish army in the last 24 hours is devastating for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…
Israel Is Ignoring UN Court Ruling Ordering It To Prevent Deaths In Gaza, Says South Africa
Israel has ignored the ruling by the U.N.'s top court last week by killing hundreds more civilians in a matter of days in Gaza, South Africa’s foreign minister said Wednesday, adding that…
The Silence of the Damned
Our leading humanitarian and civic institutions, including major medical institutions, refuse to denounce Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This exposes their hypocrisy and complicity. There is no effective health care system left in…
Defunding UNRWA aimed at starving Palestinians to death and completing Israel’s plans for ethnic cleansing
The withdrawal of funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) by the United States and other imperialist powers epitomizes their direct collusion with the Netanyahu…
‘I am An Arab Jew, I Denounce Zionist-settler Colonialism’: Avi Shlaim
Editor’s Note: Avi Shlaim is an eminent Israeli-British historian and international relations expert at Oxford University in the UK with many books on the Arab-Israeli conflict. He is part of…
The ICJ order and Western revenge on UNRWA
Andrew Mitrovica, an Aljazeera columnist had this to say on the ICJ court ruling: The ICJ ruling was a legal victory at the cost of Palestinian lives. He adds: “Of…
5 Peace Activists Arrested For Disrupting UNRWA Hearing, Demand Humanitarian Aid for Gaza
WASHINGTON —Five peace activists were arrested today as CODEPINK and other organizations disrupted the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing titled "UNRWA Exposed: Examining the Agency’s Mission and Failures." The protest…
The International Court of Justice Censures Israel for Its Genocidal War
On January 26, 2024, the judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) released their 29-page order that found “plausible” (paragraph 54) evidence that Israel was conducting a genocide against…
Toward the Abyss: United States’ fatal relationship with Israel
One word characterizes United States foreign policy - counterproductive. Major U.S. foreign policy decisions after World War II — Vietnam War, Lebanon intrusion, Somalia incursion, Afghan/Soviet War, Afghan occupation, Iraq…
Dying of Thirst in Gaza
by Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman and Salma Yaseen Finding clean and safe drinking water in Gaza has become nearly impossible. Aref Abed, 60, lives in Gaza City’s al-Yarmouk neighborhood. Typically, Abed would…
Europe Exposed: Is the EU a Direct Partner in the Israeli Genocide in Gaza?
Europe stayed silent when Israel began pounding the besieged Gaza Strip with the kind of ferocity that could only lead to a genocide. In fact, Europe remained silent when the…
The Horrors of Gaza
It has been more than 100 days since Israel has unleashed a history of horror. Killing thousands of Palestinians especially Children & making millions homeless, making them refugees in their…
Gaza: Laughter, Tent City and Cold Rains
Despite the misery, cold, torrential rains, destruction, mayhem and round-the-corner killings, Gazans will always have a good laugh. In a way, they have nothing to lose with the pounding Israeli…
Assisting with Aid to Gazans, MECA Makes a Difference
With horrific and heartbreaking news coming out of Gaza daily, not enough has been reported on Gazans’ daily struggle to survive under Israel’s ongoing genocide. Prior to the war, 90…
Freezing Aid to Gaza: Israel’s International War against the UNRWA
Imperilled, tormented Palestinians in Gaza had little time to celebrate the January 26 order of the International Court of Justice. In a case brought by South Africa intended to facilitate…
The Killing Fields of Gaza
Why are you killing us? Why are destroying our homes? Such pleas by Gazans who have been under the vicious Israeli war machine since 7 October, 2023 are falling on…
War on Gaza, We, the People and the ICJ Delivers Judgment
Looking Beyond the Conflict - the ICJ Reflects on War and its Consequences America and Israel’s shared trajectory of political cynicism about the consequences of the war comes to scrutiny…
The ICJ’s Provisional Orders: The Genocide Convention Applies to Gaza
On January 26, legal experts, policy wonks, activists and the plain curious waited for the order of the International Court of Justice, sitting in The Hague. The topic was that…
From South Africa to Palestine, there is no future for apartheid, no matter how long it lasts
I remember a conversation I had with a friend from South Africa We were sitting drinking coffee at the Fredrika café at the University of Oslo. He asked me, "Who…
Biden Must Choose Between a Ceasefire in Gaza and a Regional War
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies In the topsy-turvy world of corporate media reporting on U.S. foreign policy, we have been led to believe that U.S. air strikes…
Khan Younis besieged as Netanyahu calls for the “eradication of the new Nazis”
Israel focussed its genocidal assault in Gaza on the southern city of Khan Younis Wednesday, as leading Israeli officials promised no let-up in the slaughter. The Israel Defense Forces encircled…
Scenes from War: ‘Gaza as we know it no longer exists’
Israel continues to destroy neighborhoods in Gaza, whether its in the north of the strip or in the south. Everything, according to the Israeli war machine, is fair game because…
Genocide in Gaza as an Opportunity: What Ben-Gvir Wants in the West Bank
If what is currently happening in the occupied Palestinian West Bank took place before October 7, our attention would have been completely fixated on that region in Palestine. The ongoing…
Bloody Handprints and Noise Draw Attention to Gaza Deaths
With the death toll in Gaza growing closer to 30,000, a small group of Palestinian and human rights activists from RACCOON the (Radical Anti-Capitalist Collective of Outrageous Noise) assembled outside…
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