Palestine/Israel

By Liam Noble Trump’s Plan for the “Gaza Enclave” On Feb. 9, aboard Air Force One, Trump laid out his plan for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, in a manner both cryptic and sinister: “As far as us rebuilding it, we may give it to […]

By Grace Cowell On Monday, February 10, Together for an Inclusive Massachusetts (TIM) testified at the State Legislature’s Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism. This was the fourth hearing of the Commission, established by legislation in June to address antisemitism by protecting Jewish communities and creating […]

by Randy Wurster When Marvel announced in 2022 that the upcoming Captain America film would feature comic book superheroine Sabra, pro-Palestinian groups soon called for a boycott. Sabra, the alter-ego of Mossad agent Ruth Bat-Seraph, has a “long history in the comics of working for […]

by Lila Li At a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 4, Donald Trump proposed that the U.S. expel Gaza Palestinians and assume long-term ownership of the Gaza Strip.   Trump’s bid—loosely presented as a suggestion to “clean out [the] whole thing”—has […]

by Barbara Dougan and Maryam Hasan The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, condemned Harvard University  Jan. 30 for adopting as part of its antidiscrimination policies the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) highly […]

by Lila Li On January 15th, Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal, halting fifteen months of conflict in the Gaza Strip that killed over 47,000 people. Over half of them were women, children, or older people. The territory is devastated. At the time of […]

by Allie Cislo The Multifaith Coalition decries the Mayor’s choice to deny an overflowing room of Pro-Ceasefire constituents a vote on the record   In a 6-5 vote, Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty opted Jan. 7 to ignore the calls of the 1500+ petition signatories, Muslim, Jewish, […]