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America Is Addicted to War America Is Addicted to War

The genocide happening in Gaza today may foreshadow one possible future for this planet.

Apr 16, 2024 / William Astore

Biden and Netanyahu

Will Benjamin Netanyahu Drag America Into a Big Middle Eastern War? Will Benjamin Netanyahu Drag America Into a Big Middle Eastern War?

Biden is for pushing de-escalation—but Israel could still go rogue.

Apr 15, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Screenshots of media coverage of the World Central Kitchen attack.

The Outrage Over the World Central Kitchen Strike Shows the Strength of the Palestine Movement The Outrage Over the World Central Kitchen Strike Shows the Strength of the Palestine Movement

It's enraging that it's taken so long for this kind of backlash to happen. But it's happened only because of the tireless work of people dedicated to Palestinian liberation.

Apr 12, 2024 / Y.L. Al-Sheikh

Palestinians standing next to a vehicle in the central Gaza Strip, where employees from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) were killed in an Israeli air strike.

How US Intelligence and an American Company Feed Israel’s Killing Machine in Gaza How US Intelligence and an American Company Feed Israel’s Killing Machine in Gaza

Because it isn’t so much the bombs that kill but the list that puts civilians in the way of the bombs.

Apr 12, 2024 / James Bamford

Palestinians return to inspect the destruction following the withdrawal of Israeli troops in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Wednesday, April 10, 2024.

What Is Palestine’s Future After the Carnage? What Is Palestine’s Future After the Carnage?

Solutions crafted by outsiders to avoid, suppress, and restrict Palestinian agency are bound to fail. Palestinians should decide their own destiny.

Apr 11, 2024 / Tony Karon and Daniel Levy

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators call for a cease-fire in Gaza during a protest as part of the “People's White House Ceasefire Now Iftar” outside the White House on April 2, 2024, in Washington, DC.

What It Takes to Break Joe Biden’s Zionist Bubble What It Takes to Break Joe Biden’s Zionist Bubble

The president’s rigid ideological commitment has led him to shut out government dissenters—and his own voters.

Apr 5, 2024 / Jeet Heer

The Ghoulish Ostentatiousness of Israel’s Latest War Crimes

The Ghoulish Ostentatiousness of Israel’s Latest War Crimes The Ghoulish Ostentatiousness of Israel’s Latest War Crimes

It’s as if Israel is flaunting its ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.

Apr 4, 2024 / Jack Mirkinson

The remnants of the Al-Shifa medical complex on April 1, 2024.

Israel’s Brutality Is Increasing—and So Is Its Denialism Israel’s Brutality Is Increasing—and So Is Its Denialism

The atrocities at Al-Shifa Hospital are clear, but Israeli politicians say not a single civilian was killed. It’s just one of several outlandish claims Israel has made recently.

Apr 3, 2024 / Linah Alsaafin

A man walks near the debris of damaged building as the area around the Al-Shifa Hospital is destroyed in Gaza City, Gaza on April 01, 2024.

The UN Can’t Stop Gaza From Being a Hostage to American Power The UN Can’t Stop Gaza From Being a Hostage to American Power

The dismissal of the Security Council’s cease-fire resolution shows why the world can no longer look to Washington as the arbiter of a rules-based order.

Apr 2, 2024 / Samer Badawi

Palestinian children holding banners and empty bowls, gather to protest the food shortages in the city due to Israeli attacks and demand a cease-fire in Gaza City, Gaza, on March 12, 2024.

AIPAC Says We’re Not Starving In Gaza. How Dare They? AIPAC Says We’re Not Starving In Gaza. How Dare They?

Starvation is everywhere you look here. Denying that is beyond shameful.

Apr 1, 2024 / Mohammed R. Mhawish

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