Two recent episodes have shown how liberal institutions like Human Rights Watch and Doctors Without Borders are designed to recognize the violence that shapes Palestinian life but not challenge the systems that produce it.
Birzeit University is no longer what it once was. The transformation has been gradual and, therefore, easily rationalized, but the result has been the hollowing out of a university that once led the Palestinian struggle.
U.S. threats toward Iran ramp up as buried Biden administration warnings about Gaza come to light. Plus: Rafah intimidation, a meningitis outbreak in Gaza, settlement expansion in the West Bank, Israel’s war economy, and a UK court win for Palestine Action.
AIPAC has become so toxic some politicans won’t even say “Israel” in their own ads, and what the Epstein files reveal about how Western elites actually operate. Plus: the Biden admin cables that got buried.
The first Palestinians returned to Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah crossing this week, after being stuck outside Gaza for two years or more. They described grueling interrogations, intimidation, and threats by Israeli soldiers at the crossing.
The U.S. is once again threatening a war on Iran that could devastate the region. Trump knows Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons, but that has never been the point. It is about removing Iran as the only actor in the region beyond U.S. control.
The West Bank community of Umm al-Khair has been consumed by the illegal Israeli settlement of Carmel. But despite losing land and loved ones, Palestinians there refuse to leave. “This is my land,” says Ahmad Hathaleen. “This is where I belong.”
Six pro-Palestine activists have been acquitted of charges of aggravated burglary over their July 2024 raid on Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems’ factory in Filton, England.
A new Reuters report sheds more light on the Biden administration’s role in covering up and enabling the Gaza genocide.
Bacterial meningitis is spreading among children in Gaza, including those who are vaccinated. Officials say conditions in Gaza’s displacement camps, widespread malnutrition, and Israeli bans on the entry of medicines are increasing the deadly risk.