Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing

A sign tracking the numbers of days that Veterans for Peace and allies have fasted for Gaza sits in front of the United Nations Mission building in New York City on June 30, 2025.

These Veterans Starved Themselves to Protest the War in Gaza These Veterans Starved Themselves to Protest the War in Gaza

As food in Gaza becomes increasingly scarce, activists are pushing their bodies to the limit in solidarity.

Jul 7, 2025 / Emmet Fraizer

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How to Answer the Stupidest Questions About Palestinians How to Answer the Stupidest Questions About Palestinians

A guide to fielding even the most ridiculous anti-Palestinian smears.

Jul 1, 2025 / Mohammed El-Kurd

At least we are many: Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in The Hague to protest Israel’s war on Palestinians.

At Least We Are Many: Resisting the Drums of War At Least We Are Many: Resisting the Drums of War

Israel’s assaults on Iran are attacks from an actively genocidal nuclear state on an already oppressed people. We must oppose US involvement and calls for craven acquiescence.

Jun 18, 2025 / Kaveh Akbar

Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg speaks during the opening night of the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University on March 27, 2025.

How Jeffrey Goldberg and “The Atlantic” Blew “the Biggest Story of the Year” How Jeffrey Goldberg and “The Atlantic” Blew “the Biggest Story of the Year”

Given advance warning of an impending war crime, the former cheerleader for the Iraq war decided his priority was to protect his scoop.

Jun 13, 2025 / JoAnn Wypijewski

A protester holds a sign that reads, ''Free Mahmoud Khalil.''

America Has Betrayed Palestinians. We Will Still Prevail. America Has Betrayed Palestinians. We Will Still Prevail.

We have returned the question of our future to ourselves. It will be guaranteed by no passport, protected by no brutal superpower.

Jun 12, 2025 / Sarah Aziza

Relatives and loved ones of Palestinians, who lost their lives in Israeli attacks while they were in the Netzarim area, where US humanitarian aid points were located, mourn as they attend their funeral ceremony at Shifa Hospital in Gaza on June 10, 2025.

I Went to a US-Backed “Aid” Site In Gaza. It Was Hell on Earth. I Went to a US-Backed “Aid” Site In Gaza. It Was Hell on Earth.

The scene resembled throwing meat into a cage of starving lions, letting them fight for their own survival.

Jun 11, 2025 / Hassan Abo Qamar

State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller speaks on the Iranian missile attacks on Israel at the State Department on October 1, 2024, in Washington, DC. Iran launched hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel in retaliation for their attacks on Hezbollah leadership last week.

Biden Administration Liars Need to be Punished Biden Administration Liars Need to be Punished

Elite impunity shouldn’t protect those who covered up war crimes.

Jun 6, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Boys watch smoke billowing during Israeli strikes east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 13, 2024.

From the Americas to Gaza, the Conquest Never Ends From the Americas to Gaza, the Conquest Never Ends

Cortés has given way to Netanyahu, Putin, and Trump. A new age of conquest is upon us.

May 28, 2025 / Greg Grandin

Wendy Raymond, president of Haverford College; Robert Manuel, president of DePaul University; David Cole, a professor at Georgetown Law and former legal director of the ACLU; and Jeffrey Armstrong, president of California Polytechnic State University testify during a hearing before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on “Beyond The Ivy League: Stopping the Spread of Antisemitism on American Campuses.”

McCarthyism 2.0: Reflections on Testifying in the House Antisemitism Hearings McCarthyism 2.0: Reflections on Testifying in the House Antisemitism Hearings

I soon realized that neither the law nor the facts matter to the Committee on Education’s Republican inquisitors.

May 28, 2025 / David Cole

Palestinians, including children, fill and carry water distributed by a water tanker into containers in port area of Gaza City, Gaza, on May 27, 2025.

For Kids With Autism, Gaza Is Hell Upon Hell For Kids With Autism, Gaza Is Hell Upon Hell

Areej Alkhateab’s four children all have autism. Life during the genocide has been a continual nightmare.

May 27, 2025 / Shahad Ali

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