The recent UN General Assembly vote on the illegality of the Israeli occupation shows Israeli impunity is no longer guaranteed and the foundations of Israeli settler-colonialism and apartheid have begun to crumble.
While the German left passionately supports many international causes but remains conspicuously silent on the ongoing genocide of Palestinians, conveniently overlooking its own complicity in Germany’s military-industrial ties to Israel.
Israel’s mass terror attack in Lebanon that led to the death and maiming of hundreds of civilians also served as a playbook for how Israel seeks to justify its war crimes. But as the attack’s aftermath showed, these tricks are beginning to fail.
Following the Lebanon pager explosion attacks, Nasrallah said an Israeli invasion would be a “historic opportunity” to target Israeli forces. Earlier in the week, Israel razed an entire residential block in central Gaza, killing at least 40 people.
On September 17, the Israeli army bombed a block near the al-Bureij refugee camp, completely destroying seven homes and trapping dozens under the rubble. When rescuers arrived at the scene to help, Israeli drones started firing at them as well.
Basic morality and simple logic dictate that the right of self-defense belongs to the Palestinian people, not to their oppressor. And international law agrees.
When a foreign government and its citizens kill American nationals, it usually raises media outrage in the U.S. But, Israel’s recent spate of violence against Americans, including the killing of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, has barely received coverage.
Mondoweiss speaks with Rebecca Vilkomerson, co-author of the book “Solidarity Is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing,” about the evolution of Jewish Voice for Peace and the state of anti-Zionist organizing.
Palestine is the perfect illustration of the West’s staggering hypocrisy. The Gaza genocide defines us because it is us.
Israel committed nine massacres in Gaza in just the first three days of September while the media’s attention shifts to regional developments.