Palestinian People’s Party member Arwa Abu Hashhash gave an impassioned speech this week about the assault on her country, writes Vijay Prashad. Here it is, updated as of Oct. 18.
Consortium News has emerged as a go-to source for a different angle on the Gaza conflict, providing historical context and the viewpoint of the biggest victims in this ongoing tragedy.
If Israel is making itself look this ridiculous, then it’s no wonder the western press are not lining up to help it cover up this particular misdeed, argues Caitlin Johnstone.
Israel will have to vacate its occupied territories and make space for a state of Palestine, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar. This crushing defeat for the U.S. will mark the end of its global dominance.
The United States Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have called for a humanitarian pause in the fighting in Gaza as well as for Israel to rescind its order to 1.1 million Gazans to leave their homes…
It’s highly unusual to see this degree of skepticism in the western press right off the bat when it goes against the information interests of Israel specifically or the U.S. power alliance more generally, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
At this point, Washington’s defense of Israel becomes as baldly obscene as the apartheid state’s long record of lawless aggression toward the Palestinian population.
Vice chancellor of Bethlehem University Brother Peter Bray says what he has witnessed is ‘close to genocide’ and is pushing NZ’s caretaker PM to speak out against collective punishment of Gazans, writes Mick Hall.
Israel and its supporters in the West are helping to provide psychological cover for an ongoing massacre of Palestinian civilians, writes Elizabeth Vos.
Peace was among the worldwide Green movement’s founding principles. But with wider wars threatening in Ukraine and the Middle East, the Green movement is divided over peace and war.