A year ago on Dec. 6, 2023 Israel murdered Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer in Gaza. His poems, however, remain, condemning his killers and beseeching us to honor our shared humanity. By CHRIS HEDGES DEC 11, 2024 Dear Refaat, We are not silent. We are being silenced. The students who, during the last […]
“Our damning findings must serve as a wake-up call to the international community,” said Agnès Callamard, the group’s secretary-general. “It must stop now.” By Jake Johnson Dec 05, 2024 The leading human rights group Amnesty International said late Wednesday what United Nations experts, national leaders, and historians have been arguing for months: that Israel’s massive assault on Gaza amounts to the crime […]
The main objection of RSS volunteers was towards the festival being dedicated to the memory of Prof. G. N. Saibaba and thousands of Palestinian children killed in the ongoing genocide. Groundxero | Nov. 17, 2024 The 9th edition of the Udaipur Film Festival is being held from November 15–17, 2024, at the NLT Auditorium in […]
“The fossil fuel industry is not just destroying our climate—it’s actively profiting from genocide”, said Oil Change International campaigner Allie Rosenbluth. She said that the U.S. continues to be a key supplier of JP8 jet fuel to Israel, which is crucial for its military operations. She added “This isn’t just business—it’s complicity in mass atrocities.” […]
“Israel is intentionally causing death, starvation, and serious injury, using starvation as a method of war, and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population.” By JAKE JOHNSON Nov 14, 2024 Less than 48 hours after the Biden administration said it does not believe Israel is unlawfully obstructing humanitarian assistance in Gaza, a United Nations special committee issued a report Thursday […]
Israel’s genocide includes the most draconian censorship and intentional murder of journalists since the creation of the modern war correspondent. The consequences will be catastrophic. By CHRIS HEDGES Oct 25 There are some 4,000 foreign reporters accredited in Israel to cover the war. They stay in luxury hotels. They go on dog and pony shows orchestrated by […]
Israel will continue its mass killing to achieve its immediate goals, but in the long run the blowback from its genocide will doom the Zionist state. By CHRIS HEDGES Extermination works. At first. This is the terrible lesson of history. If Israel is not stopped — and no outside power appears willing to […]
“Attacking U.N. personnel and property is a major violation of International Humanitarian Law,” said the foreign minister of Indonesia. By Jake Johnson Oct 11, 2024 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday joined human rights organizations and the foreign ministers of major countries in condemning the Israeli military’s targeting of U.N. peacekeeping forces stationed […]
“In Gaza, children are the most vulnerable group, and their basic needs, especially their sense of safety, have become non-existent,” said one relief worker. By Julia Conley Oct 09, 2024 The International Rescue Committee said Wednesday that the number of children who have been orphaned or separated from their parents is likely three times […]
“The Israeli government is waging a campaign of death and destruction that has brought the Middle East to a state of war, with millions currently fleeing U.S.-made bombs,” said Jewish Voice for Peace. By Jake Johnson Tens of thousands of people around the world took to the streets Sunday just ahead of the one-year […]
The only solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict is the end of the occupation and apartheid and the establishment of a truly democratic state for both the Palestinians and Jews. Farhang Jahanpour Sep 20, 2024 Israel’s massive cyber-attack on Lebanon on 17 and 18 September, with the near-simultaneous explosion of 3,000-4,000 pagers and […]
Shooting unarmed people is not bravery. It is not courage. It is not even war. It is a crime. It is murder. You are a murderer. CHRIS HEDGES SEP 17 I know you. I met you in the dense canopies in the war in El Salvador. It was there that I first heard the […]
The spiritual death of the United States has been a long time coming. It’s not just the murder and destruction—it’s the arrogance and hypocrisy of it all. By Omar Suleiman Middle East Eye With a military budget greater than the next 10 countries combined, the U.S. naturally remains an international hegemon. But it’s […]
At the medical front in Gaza, the war to save the children is going very badly. It will be lost without a cease-fire. By Juan Cole Aug 24, 2024 Julian Borger at The Guardian reports that the first verified case of type 2 poliovirus in 25 years in Gaza, in a baby, has resulted in the paralysis […]
“It is hard to comprehend how the Biden administration can justify rewarding Israel with new weapons, despite Israel’s persistent defiance of every single plea the Biden administration has made urging a modicum of restraint.” By Jon Queally Aug 10, 2024 Just hours after the Biden administration Friday announced approval of $3.5 billion in […]