Israel’s massacres against civilians in its past military engagements have never pushed the U.S. to pressure Israel into a ceasefire. Only when Israel has suffered a military defeat has the U.S. called for a cessation of hostilities.
Thousands of lives are at risk as Al-Shifa Hospital becomes non-operational, with ICUs and incubators shutting down due to lack of fuel, and medical staff and patients trapped waiting to die. Israeli forces continue to shell hospitals in north Gaza.
Since October 7, dissent inside Israel has been violently put down by the government under the leadership of Itamar Ben-Gvir. Yoav Haifawi reports on how repression is deepening inside the Israeli dictatorship.
The New York Times focuses on pro-Israel Jewish students’ unfounded concerns over protest slogans rather than the fact Palestine solidarity organizations are being banned on campus.
Understanding our own history as Jews leads us to speak out against Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people. We stand for the liberation of the Palestinian people because we have known what it is to not be free.
Gaza has proven that the United States’ blind support of Israel is incompatible with its broader foreign policy agenda.
Fighting rages around Gaza’s largest hospital as more Palestinians flee their homes in scenes reminiscent of the Nakba. Lebanon’s role in the conflict hangs in the balance ahead of another speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Columbia University announced it is suspending the campus chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace for the remainder of the fall term.
5,000 people protested Joe Biden in Chicago on Thursday over his ongoing refusal to support a ceasefire in Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza.
There have been wars and air campaigns that killed more civilians than in Gaza, but almost none match the intensity and deliberately criminal intent of Israel’s genocidal war.