In a wide-ranging interview with Mondoweiss, Osama Hamdan shares Hamas’s vision for maximizing the political outcomes of the war, including calls for democratic elections, demands for restarting prisoner negotiations, and the motivations behind October 7.
Al Jazeera cameraman Samer Abudaqa was killed after being hit by an Israeli airstrike. He was left to bleed out for hours after being targeted, with medics unable to reach him due to Israeli fire.
Thirty-nine Palestinians were released from Israeli prisons on Friday, as aid trickles back into Gaza amid calls for a full-fledged ceasefire to address the full scope of humanitarian devastation. Spain, Belgium, and the UK have strong words for Israel.
Former ambassador Tom Nides quit his banking job last month to work as an Israel lobbyist but he can’t even convince his own kids. “They’re for the perceived underdog,” he told PBS.
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.
The western media argues that only Israeli victims deserve justice. Thousands of Palestinians never do.
Dismissing resistance to colonialism as terrorism deprives Palestinians of the basic right of political organization, and portrays Palestinian action as violent nihilism.
Dozens of hospitals are forced out of service as the situation in the West Bank and the northern front escalate. Meanwhile, Macron arrives in Israel to show support, and Hamas releases two captives on humanitarian grounds
The scenes today in Gaza feel familiar. And yet, at the same time, what we are witnessing today is worse than anything we have seen before in Gaza.
President Biden’s regurgitation of Israeli disinformation has rekindled the question of Palestine among the Arab world, while fueling resentment toward American hypocrisy and double standards.