One million people across Italy, led by grassroots unions, took part in a general strike supporting Palestine and the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Million-Strong General Strike Blocked Italy for Palestine
Category: Gaza
Italian Navy Sails to Protect Gaza Flotilla
As the Israeli government continues its horrific genocide of Palestinians and the destruction of housing and infrastructure in Gaza, in the third attack on the 42-ship Global Sumud flotilla, drones struck multiple boats in international waters.
WATCH: UN General Assembly on Palestinian State
Heads of state and government spoke at the U.N. assembly on the recognition of the state of Palestine and the Gaza war in a meeting chaired by France and Saudi Arabia.
A Symbol of Global Resistance: Why Israel Fears Gaza Flotillas
Israeli leaders’ threats to treat flotilla activists as “terrorists” is, paradoxically, a powerful acknowledgment of the international solidarity movement’s growing influence, writes Ramzy Baroud.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Israel’s Qatar Attack Rattles the Gulf
Like its Gulf neighbors, Qatar invested in a security system premised on U.S. reliability and Israeli restraint. Both pillars have now collapsed.
Hedges Report: Israel, Kirk, & the Coming Repression
Max Blumenthal provides important context on Charlie Kirk’s changing relationship with Israel and tension within the Trump administration in the lead up to his assassination, and discusses the political impact of his death.
Independent Probe for UN Says Israel Commits Genocide
Israeli authorities and security forces “committed four of the five genocidal acts defined by the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,” says a new U.N. report.
WATCH: Germany’s Israel Obsession
Germany has become one of the world’s most repressive states in cracking down on legitimate speech in support of Palestine, empowering the far-right in the process, says Antony Lowenstein in his latest documentary.
Can the UN GA End Israel’s Occupation?
The General Assembly is not powerless in the face of genocide. It can recommend one or more of six concrete measures based on the GA’s own precedents, writes Mona Ali Khalil.
Jonathan Cook: Billionaires Want You to Think Israel Is in Control
Through Israel and the ideology of Zionism, western elites reinvented their ugly, racist system of control and sold it as a ‘moral’ cause. Now the game is up.