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Showing posts with label Palestine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Palestine. Show all posts
Friday, December 20, 2024

Syria Is Free, Say Media—But That Shouldn’t Mean Free of US Occupation

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 By Gregory Shupak  54   Shares Since the overthrow of the Syrian government, corporate media analysts have offered advice as to how the US ...
Friday, August 30, 2024

'No,' Kamala Harris Says to Withholding Arms From Israel

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By Jake Johnson "Harris is saying she will reject 77% of Democrats, 61% of Americans, international law, domestic U.S. law, and basic h...
Wednesday, August 28, 2024

'Deeply Complicit': US Has Sent Israel Over 50,000 Tons of Weaponry in 11 Months

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By Jake Johnson  On average, the Biden administration has sent Israel "a weapons shipment every 12 hours" since October, noted the...
Tuesday, August 13, 2024

NYT Cynically Suggests Antisemitism Cost Shapiro the VP Slot

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By Ari Paul    Haven’t you heard? Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Kamala Harris’s decision to pick Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as he...
Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Rights Group Says Netanyahu Visit Puts US Complicity in Spotlight

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"U.S. officials are well aware of the mounting evidence that Israeli forces have committed war crimes in Gaza," said Human Rights ...
Thursday, July 18, 2024

Israeli Lawmakers Vote Against Palestinian Statehood

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By Jessica Corbett  "In essence, the Israeli Knesset voted to continue to wipe Palestine off the map," said one critic. While Isra...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024

'Dangerous Precedent': Record AIPAC Spending Helps George Latimer Defeat Jamaal Bowman

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By Jake Johnson "Jamaal and our movement were such a threat to right-wing power, to GOP megadonors, and to AIPAC's influence in Con...
Monday, June 10, 2024

Thousands Protest Gaza Genocide in 'Red Line' White House Rally

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 By  Jessica Corbett "We as the people are drawing the red line today to say enough is enough," said a protester from the Palestin...
Thursday, May 16, 2024

Biden Moves Forward With 'Immoral' $1 Billion Arms Shipment to Israel

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By Julia Conley The new shipment was announced "right after the State Department admits Israel has 'likely' used U.S.-supplied ...
Thursday, May 9, 2024

What students protesting Israel’s Gaza siege want — and how their demands on divestment fit into the BDS movement

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By  Mira Sucharov , Carleton University A wave of protests expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people is spreading across college...
Monday, April 8, 2024

World Marks Six Months of 'Relentless Death and Destruction' in Gaza

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U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his call for an "immediate humanitarian cease-fire, the unconditional release of all...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024

UN Security Council demands ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza, ending months-long deadlock

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This was the Council’s first explicit call for an immediate ceasefire since Israel began a military offensive in the Gaza Strip following la...
Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Dem Donors Warn Biden's Support for Israeli War on Gaza May Hand Trump the White House

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By Brett Wilkins "Because of the disillusionment of a critical portion of the Democratic coalition, the Gaza war is increasing the chan...
Thursday, March 14, 2024

Columbia Sued Over 'Retaliatory' Suspension of Pro-Palestine Student Groups

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By Brett Wilkins "Universities should be havens for robust debate, discussion, and learning—not sites of censorship where administrator...
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Majority of Americans Want Halt of US Weapons Bound for Israel: Poll

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By Julia Conley "Everyone knows that the U.S. could end this today if we wanted to," said one analyst. A new poll released Tuesday...
Monday, February 26, 2024

After Setting Himself on Fire, US Airman Aaron Bushnell Dies Declaring 'Free Palestine'

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By Brett Wilkins "Many of us like to ask ourselves, 'What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apart...
Sunday, February 18, 2024

ICJ Hearings to Examine 57 Years of Israeli Occupation of Palestine

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By Brett Wilkins "Decades of injustice will finally face scrutiny," said U.N. human rights official Francesca Albanese ahead of ne...