by Liam Noble On 18 March, Israel broke the ceasefire, ended negotiations, and launched simultaneous bombings in the North, Central, and South of Gaza that killed more than 400 people, mostly women, children, and the elderly. The purpose was to avoid moving to the second […]
by Lila Li On Sunday, March 2nd, Israel blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza. A week later, energy minister Eli Cohen announced his decision to shut down Gaza’s electricity supply. Without true leadership, external support, and now essential supplies, the people of […]
by Ken Jones This article was originally published in CounterPunch. “Tell our story!” the man in the checkpoint cage yelled, in English. He and a crowd of Palestinian Muslim men were jammed together waiting to be checked out, one at a time, by an Israeli […]
God In Gaza? Look: There, on that hospital floor demolished by OUR bombs, crowded with patients with no place to flee; Look: in tents of the displaced masses, fire-bombed at night, children -clinging to IVs- burned alive, (MAY IT HAVE BEEN INSTANT!!!); […]
By Joseph Gerson This article was originally published in Common Dreams. The political will must be found to extinguish the violent conflicts that put us ever closer to nuclear annihilation. This is a most unusual election season. While the media focuses on Georgia and Nevada […]
By Joseph Gerson This article is Part II in a series originally published in Common Dreams. Read Part I here. As she accepted the Democratic nomination, Harris promised to maintain the world’s “most lethal” military and ensure that “America—not China—wins the competition for the 21st […]
Empty words What is this world We live in? We change the numbers Of deaths each week Delete a three, add a six Such a simple task But is the result Of horror we can’t imagine. An execution, delete, add 15 A bombing, delete, add […]
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