“Today may be my last day. My family and I will not make the mistake of the Nakba of 1948. … I do not forgive the world, from east to west, for what will happen to us.”
WATCH: A Last Message From Gaza?
Analysis, Biden Administration, Egypt, Gulf States, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Palestine, U.S.
The US Quandary Over Gaza
Despite the massive show of force off the waters of Israel, the Biden Administration is profoundly uneasy about any escalation of the conflict into a wider war, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar.
WHO: A ‘Death Sentence for Sick and Injured’ in Gaza
“Forcing more than 2000 patients to relocate to southern Gaza, where health facilities are already running at maximum capacity and unable to absorb a dramatic rise in the number of patients, could be tantamount to a death sentence.”
The Myth That Israel Has ‘No Choice’
In 2004, train bombings in Madrid resulted in Spain withdrawing from Iraq — and peace for Spain, argues Sam Husseini.
When Israel Worried About Killing Civilians in Gaza
It seems now light years away from when Israel worried about the international reaction to killing Gazan civilians, as Joe Lauria reported in this interview with an ex-Israel Navy commander and Shin Bet chief in 2012.
Analysis, Britain, Commentary, Europe, History, Israel, Palestine, U.N. Security Council, United Kingdon, War Crimes
Lawless in Gaza: Why the West Backs Israel No Matter What
As Western politicians line up to cheer on Israel as it starves and bombs Gaza’s civilians, it’s important to understand how we reached this point – and what it means for the future, writes Jonathan Cook.
Israel, Middle East, Palestine, The Bush-43 Administration, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
History of the Gaza Strip
Maha Nassar provides historical context to the current violence in the densely populated and besieged enclave.
Commentary, Israel, Palestine, U.N. Security Council, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
‘Israel’s 9/11’
This is a terrible echo of the approach by the U.S. government after Sept. 11, which from the outset conferred advance absolution on itself for any and all of its future crimes against humanity, writes Norman Solomon.
US Jewish Group Calls on Congress to Halt Gaza Carnage
As Biden pledges military assistance to Israel and anti-Palestine rhetoric intensifies on Capitol Hill, Jewish Voice for Peace is calling on Americans to pressure lawmakers to help end the air strikes on Gaza.
Analysis, Biden Administration, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Gulf States, History, International, Israel, Lebanon, Lobbying, Media, Middle East, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Trump Administration, U.S. Congress, U.S. State Department
How a DC Think Tank Helped Cause the Gaza ‘Deluge’
The premise of WINEP’s agenda was that successive U.S. administrations had paid too much attention to the Palestinian problem and to Arab public opinion, writes As’ad AbuKhalil.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: A Victimizers’ Memorial
Another war memorial is being planned for the National Mall in Washington. This one is for the 9/11 era and it is being chaired by none other than George W. Bush.
Analysis, Commentary, Egypt, History, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, U.N. Security Council, United Nations
Ray McGovern: A Matter of Justice
The extremists now heading the Israeli government have made no secret of their plans to move even more forcefully against the Palestinians. It was and is a powder keg that has now exploded.
Civil Rights, Commentary, Human Rights, Israel, Media, Middle East, Palestine, Propaganda, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Craig Murray: Condemnation
The political class internationally, with one voice, put out statements supporting “Israel’s right to self-defence,” a right they grant to the oppressor but deny to the oppressed.
Analysis, Books, Commentary, Germany, History, Income Inequality, Italy, Nazism, Politics, Yugoslavia
It’s Happening Here — A US Version of Fascism
Fascism is always the bastard child of bankrupt liberalism. This was true in Weimar Germany. It was true in Italy. And it is true in the United States, writes Chris Hedges.
‘A Massive War Crime’
International law experts and human rights groups are denouncing Israel’s announcement of an intensification of its longstanding blockade of the Gaza Strip.
10 Problems With India’s Stance on Gaza
Modi’s expression of support for Israel exposes the paradox of India’s claim to be the leader of the Global South, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar.
Commentary, Human Rights, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Terrorism, U.N. Security Council, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Uprooting the Causes of Violence in Gaza & Israel
In 2012 the U.N. determined that without “herculean action” by the international community, by 2020 Gaza “will not be livable,” writes Phyllis Bennis. The year 2020 has come and gone.
Mansour: Israel’s ‘License to Kill’
At the U.N., Palestine’s ambassador questioned the stance by some countries on Israel’s “right to defend,” saying it is a wrong understanding of history that only starts when Israelis are hurt, Peoples Dispatch reports.
Commentary, Human Rights, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Chris Hedges: Palestinians Speak Israel’s Language
Israel follows the colonial playbook. Death for death. Atrocity for atrocity. But it is always the occupier who initiates this macabre dance and trades piles of corpses for higher piles of corpses.
WATCH: CN Live! — John Pilger & Ilan Pappé on Palestine
Israeli historian Ilan Pappé and journalist John Pilger joined CN Live! in July 2021 to discuss the Palestinian conflict and Pilger’s film Palestine Is Still the Issue, shown here in its entirety.