South Africa’s President Ramaphosa calls the package a “comprehensive presentation of the overwhelming evidence of genocide in Gaza.”
South Africa Files ‘Overwhelming’ Evidence of Genocide
Category: War Crimes
Doing Time for Palestine
Corinna Barnard interviews two of the “Merrimack 4,” activists facing jail on Nov. 14 for their direct action on a U.S. subsidiary of Israeli weapons supplier Elbit. First of two parts.
Caitlin Johnstone: The ‘Genocide-for-Groceries’ Candidate
This week, Kamala Harris said she knows about voter revulsion over the Israeli genocide in Palestine. But people better vote for her anyway if they want abortions and affordable groceries.
Assange’s Measure of Justice From the Council of Europe
Marjorie Cohn reports on the Parliamentary Assembly’s “political prisoner” resolution, including its alarm that the C.I.A. “was allegedly planning to poison or even assassinate” the WikiLeaks publisher.
Police Escalate Britain’s War on Independent Journalism
The raid on investigative journalist Asa Winstanley isn’t about terrorism, writes Jonathan Cook – except that of the U.K. government. It is about scaring us into staying silent on Britain’s collusion in Israel’s genocide.
No More Texts From My Sister
I kept calling her, writes Ramzy Baroud, over and over again, hoping that the line would crackle a bit, and then her kind, motherly voice would say, “Marhaba Abu Sammy. How are you, brother?”
Chris Hedges: Extermination Works. At First.
In the long term, this indiscriminate violence waged by Netanyahu and those driving Middle East policy in the White House creates adversaries that, sometimes a generation later, outdo in savagery — we call it terrorism.
Han Kang’s Nobel Prize is a Cry for Palestine
The South Korean author is dedicated to witnessing the historical atrocities perpetrated by imperial colonial powers, writes KJ Noh.
UN Troops in Lebanon Can Shoot Back at Israel
U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon are permitted to use force in several circumstances, including self-defense and prevention of hostile action in its area of deployment, writes Joe Lauria.
Vijay Prashad: They Know What Real Bombing Means
Israel’s bombing of Beirut mirrors its harsh attacks on Gaza and symbolises the disdain for human life that characterises both Israeli and U.S. warfare.