Brazilian organizer Thiago Ávila recounts what he describes as one of the most brutal crackdowns yet against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla movement.
Hedges Report: Kidnapped at Sea
Tag: Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir
Ben-Gvir Says Israel ‘Will Not Allow’ Iran Peace Deal
As Israel continued its “Gaza model” of mass slaughter and expanding occupation in Lebanon, its security minister said the “whole cabinet” opposed ending the war on Iran, Stephen Prager reports.
Rape, Assault & Abuse Reflect Israeli Gov Values
Ann Wright reports on Gaza Flotilla survivors’ accounts of horrifying abuse by Israeli forces — of the same sort suffered by Palestinians without any international official protest.
Israel’s ‘Intolerable’ Abuse of Gaza Flotilla Abductees
More than 15 nations, including Italy, France and Canada, have summoned Israeli ambassadors over the “unacceptable” treatment of the Global Sumud Flotilla participants, 87 of whom have reportedly gone on a hunger strike, Brett Wilkins reports.
First Gaza, Then the World
In the hands of Israel’s genocidal settler-colonial society, the state of exception is a relentless nightmare that will not stop at the borders of Palestine, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Israel on the Brink
Amid the largest genocide of this century in Gaza and the violent ethnic cleansing on the West Bank, two prominent Jewish historians believe that one democratic secular state in Palestine is not only achievable but inevitable, writes Stefan Moore.
A US Veteran’s ‘Sumud’ Voyage Into Israeli Abuse
U.S. military veteran Zue Jernstedt describes in this interview with Kelly Doyle her voyage on the Global Sumud Flotilla and the subsequent ordeal she endured in a notorious Israeli prison.
Caitlin Johnstone: On the ‘Ceasefire’
There’s not a lot to feel optimistic about here. If the killing does stop on a lasting basis, it will be a pleasant surprise.