Rescued from beneath Gaza’s rubble
In Gaza, a family’s world can be crushed in an instant. On 10 October, Israeli warplanes attacked the home of the Ahmed family. Israa Ahmed managed to survive. She was…
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Living through hell in Gaza’s largest hospital
Israel’s war on Gaza has actually been a war on Gaza’s hospitals. Just 10 of Gaza’s 35 hospitals are still operational. One in particular has been in the headlines. On 23…
The Strip is Already Occupied: The Two Gazas that Israel Cannot Break
The ongoing discussions on the Israeli military objectives in Gaza are largely focused on whether Israel is planning a long or a short-term military reoccupation of the Strip. Israelis themselves…
50,000 new mothers in Gaza unable to breast feed due to lack of drinking water
NPR reminds us that "mothers who breastfeed need to drink extra water to be able to produce milk for their babies." Also lacking power to do surgery, in order to deliver…
Journeys to Gaza – with Mahmoud Darwish and Joe Sacco
Arguably Palestine's national poet, Mahmoud Darwish has always been very dear to the Palestinian people. This author remembers attending a tribute to the poet after his passing away in 2008.…
Let Them Eat Cement
Israel is not only decimating Gaza with airstrikes but employing the oldest and cruelest weapon of war — starvation. Israel’s message, on the eve of a ground invasion, is clear.…
Victory is Defeat: Palestinian Children’s Art Exposes Israel’s Cultural Genocide
The following text tells the whole story of what pro-Palestinian communities around the world are fighting for, and what pro-Israelis are fighting against: “We are delighted to report that Chelsea…
Failed Experiment: Three Reasons Why Israel Fears a Major War on Gaza
Though Israel’s past wars on Gaza have often been justified by Tel Aviv as a response to Palestinian rockets or, generally, as acts of self-defense, the truth is different. Historically,…
Fake Neutrality: How Western Media Language Misrepresents Palestinians, Shields Israel
While US and western mainstream and corporate media remain biased in favor of Israel, they often behave as if they are a third, neutral party. This is simply not the…
US hypocrisy and Israeli crimes
Many people were surprised and outraged when US President Biden recently fist bumped Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. After all, as a candidate, Biden pledged to make the Saudi…
Racist West Ignores Palestinian Genocide & Gaza Massacres, Vocal Re Ukraine & Taiwan
In Apartheid Israel’s latest unprovoked Gaza Massacre 49 Palestinians were killed and 460 wounded. However the racist West has merely reiterated the routine Orwellian excuse of Israel’s right to defend…
Israel’s Premature ‘Victory’ Celebration: The defining War in Gaza Is Yet to Be Fought
For years, Palestinians, as well as Israelis, have labored to redraw the battle lines. The three-day Israeli war on Gaza, starting on August 5, clearly manifested this reality. Throughout its…
Gaza: War as an election tactic
It is cynical to use war as a way of beefing up chances of winning an election. This is exactly what Israel’s leader Lapid did in Israel’s latest aggression on…
Vigil for Victims of Israeli Attack in Gaza
A vigil was held this evening at the Museum of the Palestinian People to honor the 16 children killed in the Israeli military attack on the Gaza Strip. The attack…
With God on Our Side?
On Sunday, August 7th --the day that Jews around the world celebrated Tisha bAv, the traditional day of mourning for the disasters that have occurred throughout Jewish history—the state of…
Gaza slaughter: Israel’s war crimes and US hypocrisy
Over the past three days, relentless Israeli airstrikes killed at least 45 Palestinians, including 16 children, and caused extensive devastation. At least 400 were wounded, many severely, and the handful…
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…
Israel’s killing campaign continues in Gaza
Israel’s bombardment of the occupied Gaza Strip entered its second day on Saturday with no sign of de-escalation as the United States, European Union and other Western countries gave Tel Aviv…
15 Years of Failed Experiments: Myths and Facts about the Israeli Siege on Gaza
15 years have passed since Israel imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip, subjecting nearly two million Palestinians to one of the longest and most cruel politically-motivated blockades in…
Gaza’s Forthcoming Crisis Might Be Worse than Anything We Have Ever Seen
“The water is back,” one family member would announce in a mix of excitement and panic, often very late at night. The moment such an announcement was made, my whole…
Ongoing Palestinian Genocide & Gaza Concentration Camp Conditions By The Numbers
The world needs to know the horrendous dimensions of the ongoing Palestinian Genocide, and of the gross Apartheid Israeli maltreatment of 5.2 million Occupied Palestinians and in particular of the…
On the Politics of Victory and Defeat: How Gaza Dethroned the King of Israel
How did Benjamin Netanyahu manage to serve as Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister? With a total of 15 years in office, Netanyahu surpassed the 12-year leadership of Israel's founding father, David…
Reading Between Blinken’s Li(n)es
Losses on both sides were profound — U.S. secretary of state Antony Blinken, May 25 press conference with Israel’s prime minister Netanyahu in Israel, AlJazeera. (All of the following li(n)es…
‘Mowing the Grass’ No More: How Palestinian Resistance Altered the Equation
The ceasefire on May 21 has, for now, brought the Israeli war on Gaza to an end. However, this ceasefire is not permanent and constant Israeli provocations anywhere in Palestine…
UN Human Rights Council to probe Israel-Gaza conflict as potential ‘war crimes’
The U.N. Human Right Council has passed a resolution aimed to intensify scrutiny of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, after the U.N. rights chief said Israeli forces may have committed war…
11 Day War
The cycle continues. Israel initiated further repression through the expulsion of four families in Sheik Jarrah and storming the Al Aqsa mosque during Ramadan, as if nearly 75 years of…
Israel’s Pyrrhic victory in Gaza, Netanyahu is real winner
“The public opinion in the US has also been steadily becoming favourable to the Palestinians...But although Americans are warming to the Palestinians, they still favour Israel by wide margins…Western politicians…
So what happens after the violence ends? Who won and who lost Israel vs Palestinians?
Self-defence, blood lust, ethnic cleansing, disproportionate response, mowing the lawn, genocide, death from the sky. Whatever way you wish to describe the unparalleled violence unleashed on Gaza is up to…
Ceasefire ends Israeli terror in Gaza — for now
A ceasefire ending 11 days of intense violence in Gaza was announced late Thursday, taking effect in the early hours of Friday. Israeli airstrikes and Palestinian rocket fire from Gaza continued in…
“Roof Knocking” in Gaza and the Myth of the Benevolent Drone
In its deadly attacks in densely populated Gaza, the Israeli Defense Force is employing a technique they call “roof knocking.” First drones fire small missiles without warheads on a residential…
Israel has killed 14 families in their Gaza homes
Israeli warplanes and artillery attacks killed several more Palestinians in Gaza and destroyed more than a dozen residential buildings late Tuesday and Wednesday. A journalist, child and woman were among…
Latest Gaza Massacre Exposes Apartheid Israel’s Ongoing Palestinian Genocide
Palestinian protests over the war criminal eviction of Palestinian families from the culturally significant Shaikh Jarrah part of Occupied East Jerusalem led to Israeli soldiers violating the Al Aqsa Mosque…
Palestine, to whom does it Belong?
Palestine is considered sacred to all three religions that trace their roots to (Prophet) Abraham; Judaism, Christianity and Islam. For the Jews, this is the place where the temple of…
The sad saga continues: occupation and oppression of Palestinians
Here we go again with yet another deadly and devastating Israeli military attack on Gaza that has captured the world's attention. However, this current crisis is notably different in scope…
The Democratic Party’s Big Mistake ─ Support for Israel
Those who fear the end of democracy take no heed to a fundamental cause of the threat – Israel. President Biden has an opportunity to separate the Democratic Party from…
Israel’s attack on Palestine: Imperialist Designs
From 6th May 2021 while Hamas, a radical Palestinian group has launched missiles on Israelis on the issue related to Al Aqsa mosque, the Israel has launched close to a…
Gaza – US and the West Supports Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity – Understanding the Never-Ending Conflict
“I said we would exact a very heavy price from Hamas and other terror groups, and we are doing so and will continue to do so with great force,” Netanyahu said…
Unity at Last: The Palestinian People Have Risen
From the outset, some clarification regarding the language used to depict the ongoing violence in occupied Palestine, and also throughout Israel. This is not a ‘conflict’. Neither is it a…
Carnage in Gaza
There seems no end to the Zionist carnage in Gaza. On May 16, 2021, the US blocked for the third time within a week a statement at the United Nations…
Gaza in the dark after Israel bombs power lines
Human rights groups are calling for an urgent investigation by the International Criminal Court as Israel’s merciless pounding of Gaza enters its second week. More than 200 Palestinians in the…
Israel thanks Biden administration for blocking UN statement calling for ceasefire
Israel’s Defense Minister expressed gratitude to the U.S. for blocking a UN resolution calling for a ceasefire for the third time in a row. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in…
Israel’s land-grab and its unquenchable lust for more, Palestinian resistance and the familiar cycle of violence: when would it end?
Palestinian casualties of Israeli bombs that according to Mr. Netanyahu, targeted the “terrorists” in Gaza Like most Israeli/Palestinian clashes of the past, recent clash was also triggered and fomented by…
How the United States Helps To Kill Palestinians
Written by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies The U.S. corporate media usually report on Israeli military assaults in occupied Palestine as if the United States is an innocent…
Israel kills children, doctors in horrific nighttime massacre
Israel in the early hours of Sunday night obliterated multiple generations of families when it bombed their homes in Gaza. Around 1 am, Israeli warplanes launched a savage bombing campaign…
They tried to bury seeds
After the darkest night, there is always a dawn We are all absolutely distraught and destroyed (as I am sure you and all people with hearts must be) with what…
Israel kills Gaza families in their homes on Nakba Day
More than 17,000 Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing yet another episode of displacement as Israel escalated its attack on civilian infrastructure on Saturday, the 73rd annual commemoration of Nakba Day. At…
Israel Bombs The Building That Houses AP, Al Jazeera etc In Gaza
Israel has bombed the building that houses media offices including AP, Al Jazeera , AJEnglish and other international news organisations. It was not immediately clear if there were casualties in…
Israel Is Carrying Out Mass Murder, Aided and Abetted by the US
Israel is not exercising "the right to defend itself" in the occupied Palestinian territories. It is carrying out mass murder. It is a war crime. Nearly all the words and…
Israel is killing women and children in Gaza
Women and children account for nearly half of the more than 120 Palestinians killed in Gaza since Monday, according to Al-Mezan, a human rights group in the territory. This contradicts…
Israeli Barbarism in Gaza
Dr. Akram Kewidar, an assistant professor at the Israa University, Gaza, has sent me videos of the Zionist carnage occurring in the Palestinian enclave. Israeli bombs are reducing entire residential…
More than 100 killed as Israel intensifies Gaza onslaught
Israel pounded the Gaza Strip for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday, with the health ministry in the territory reporting more than 100 killed in the most severe military offensive there since…
UN chief, Biden, Putin and China on Israel’s Gaza attack
UN head Antonio Guterres implored the warring parties in Israel and Gaza to halt the bloodshed, amid reports that Israeli officials rejected a ceasefire plan floated by Egypt. “Out of…
Gaza Bombing On Christmas
On 25 December, 2020, Israel bombed Gaza for six continuous hours as much of the world celebrated Christmas. A children’s hospital, a rehabilitation center for people with disabilities, a mosque, as well…
The Slow Death Of Gaza
On August 31, 2020, Hamas announced that it had reached a ceasefire with Israel that would end the recent hostilities in Gaza. Since 6 August, the besieged Palestinian enclave was being bombed…
‘Dying to Fish’: How Israeli Piracy Destroyed Gaza’s Once Thriving Fishing Industry
On August 16, the Israeli navy declared the Gaza sea a closed military zone. A few days later, a group of Gaza fishermen decided to take their chances by fishing…
Netanyahu vs Gantz: Gaza Escalation as Reflection of Israel’s Political Rivalry
Only recently, the Palestinian group, Hamas, and Israel seemed close to reaching a prisoner exchange agreement, where Hamas would release several Israeli soldiers held in Gaza while Israel would set…
Making Ends Meet on Gaza’s streets
One morning in late January, Nabil al-Duhadar, 45, got up before 6 for dawn prayers and then immediately set to work. Al-Duhadar is a street vendor who sells turmos – a lupin…
Why Is The Israeli Army Finally Worried About Gaza?
Nazareth: Last week Israeli military officials for the first time echoed what human rights groups and the United Nations have been saying for some time: that Gaza’s economy and…
Gaza: A Life Worth Living?
Young people in Gaza are finding few prospects for a better life. Anne Paq /ActiveStills On Tuesday, 29 August, Mohannad Younis swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills and ended his life.…
Gideon Levy Criticizes The Israeli Government Ignoring The Colonial Fact
The situation in the Gaza Strip is an infamous event that will be remembered as a landmark of the atrocities of our time, in vicious competition with so many other…
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