Armed Conflicts

The author and his mother.

How My Grandmother Remembers the Nakba How My Grandmother Remembers the Nakba

In 1948, my family fled Palestine when Zionists took over. I pieced their story together from a box of letters and diary entries.

Oct 25, 2025 / Tareq Baconi

A military truck transporting the belongings of a resident past the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province.

Independent Media in Cambodia Is Collapsing. Washington Made It Worse. Independent Media in Cambodia Is Collapsing. Washington Made It Worse.

The Thai-Cambodian border conflict is just one of the many stories going underreported in the country as Trump’s funding cuts leave citizens and journalists scrambling.

Oct 23, 2025 / StudentNation / Rani Chor

A Palestinian boy carries salvageable items amid the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israeli air strikes in the Rafah refugee camp.

Israel’s Wreaking of Devastation From the Sky Is Vintage Colonialism Israel’s Wreaking of Devastation From the Sky Is Vintage Colonialism

The use of airpower to try to subdue or at least curb Middle Easterners is, in fact, more than a century old.

Oct 16, 2025 / Juan Cole

A fuel truck brings aid into Gaza as two boys scrummage through rubble and water jugs.

The Gaza Deal Opens a Door. We Can’t Let It Close. The Gaza Deal Opens a Door. We Can’t Let It Close.

You would be forgiven for having some skepticism about what happens next.

Oct 16, 2025 / Hadar Susskind

Human rights defenders ride aboard a vessel departing from Tunisia’s northern port of Bizerte on September 14, 2025, to join the last boats taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, bound for the Gaza Strip to break Israel’s blockade on the Palestinian territory.

A Reflection on “Objective” Journalism From the Global Sumud Flotilla A Reflection on “Objective” Journalism From the Global Sumud Flotilla

A so-called precept in the practice of news coverage is that “if it bleeds, it leads.” Well, apparently, if a Palestinian is bleeding, this isn’t true.

Oct 16, 2025 / Alex Colston

President Donald Trump displays the Gaza agreement endorsed by regional leaders at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

Sharm El-Sheikh Shows That the US Has Learned Nothing From Gaza Sharm El-Sheikh Shows That the US Has Learned Nothing From Gaza

Palestinans are expected to accept the same deal that led to October 7: permanent subjugation under the guise of “prosperity.”

Oct 15, 2025 / Spencer Ackerman

Palestinians continue to return from the south to the north on the third day of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, carrying whatever belongings they could take, in Gaza City, Gaza on October 12, 2025.

Gaza Still Needs You Gaza Still Needs You

The fight for true Palestinian liberation is far from over.

Oct 13, 2025 / Jack Mirkinson

One of the boats from the civilian Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla Coalition and Thousand Madleens to Gaza, enters Ashdod Port in southern Israel, after being seized by Israeli Navy forces, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025.

Israel Just Attacked Another Flotilla. But the Movement Will Never Stop. Israel Just Attacked Another Flotilla. But the Movement Will Never Stop.

“We haven’t before, and we won’t let Israel’s violence and brutality deter us,” one participant told The Nation.

Oct 8, 2025 / Saliha Bayrak

A displaced Palestinian child waves a Palestinian national flag as he walks on the rubble of a destroyed building at the Bureij camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip on September 22, 2025.

I’ve Endured Two Years of Genocide. But I’m Still Here. I’ve Endured Two Years of Genocide. But I’m Still Here.

The world before October 7, 2023, is a distant memory. But we carry on, fueled by the determination that this land will become a place of life once more.

Oct 7, 2025 / Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi

Tony Blair takes part in a panel at Truman Brewery during SXSW London 2025 on June 2, 2025.

Keep Tony Blair’s Blood-Soaked Hands Away From Gaza at All Costs Keep Tony Blair’s Blood-Soaked Hands Away From Gaza at All Costs

He needs to be in The Hague, not in charge of the future of Palestine.

Oct 2, 2025 / Hamza Yusuf

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