Middle East

Protesters against the Gaza genocide march away from the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington, last month after the company called police to disburse them.

How Microsoft Workers Helped Halt a Major Contract With the Israeli Military How Microsoft Workers Helped Halt a Major Contract With the Israeli Military

A grassroots campaign successfully pressured the tech monopoly to take an unprecedented step toward suspending its complicity in the Gaza genocide.

Oct 1, 2025 / Maximillian Alvarez

Palestinians search their belongings among the rubble of buildings destroyed by an Israeli attack on Abu Hasira street in Gaza City, Gaza, on September 30, 2025.

In Gaza, We Are Literally Losing Our Ability to Speak In Gaza, We Are Literally Losing Our Ability to Speak

The human mind, faced with relentless pain, erects invisible barricades. Here, amid genocide, one of them is the ability to express our trauma out loud.

Oct 1, 2025 / Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi

The ship “Omar Mukhtar” departs from Tripoli Port in the Libyan capital en route to Gaza in an effort to break the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip, on September 21, 2025.

From the Gaza Flotilla: “I’m Here Because My Jewish Heritage Demands It” From the Gaza Flotilla: “I’m Here Because My Jewish Heritage Demands It”

I hope that fellow Jews will join me in redefining their approach to atonement and move toward courageous action to put an end to this horrific genocide.

Sep 30, 2025 / David Adler

Save Gaza

Save Gaza Save Gaza

Gaza death toll surpasses 65,000 as UN warns of collapsing lifelines in Gaza city.

Sep 30, 2025 / OppArt / Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu

Graffiti reading “Gaza” in Berlin’s diverse Neukölln neighborhood.

How Germany Silenced Its Artists to Support Israel How Germany Silenced Its Artists to Support Israel

As Israel intensified its genocide in Gaza, Germany ramped up its long-simmering war on dissent, silencing Palestine solidarity while bolstering its own far right.

Sep 30, 2025 / Feature / Nikki Columbus

Free Palestine

Free Palestine Free Palestine

Barcelona’s streets are filled with “Palestina Lliure” posters, Catalonia, Spain, July 2025.

Sep 26, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Bernie Sanders speaks at the Fighting Oligarchy rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on May 2, 2025.

Bernie Sanders: It Is Genocide Bernie Sanders: It Is Genocide

Many experts have now concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. I agree.

Sep 17, 2025 / Sen. Bernie Sanders

Smoke billows during Israeli strikes on the Mushtaha Tower in Gaza City on September 5, 2025.

To Those Who Have Just Awakened to the Horrors in Gaza To Those Who Have Just Awakened to the Horrors in Gaza

Yes, we should welcome the latecomers to the fight against genocide, but there also needs to be accountability.

Sep 16, 2025 / Column / David Klion

Children collect usable items from the rubble of Israeli army's attack on the As-Salam Tower.

Will the US Continue to Aid, Abet, and Arm Genocide in Gaza? Will the US Continue to Aid, Abet, and Arm Genocide in Gaza?

Every leader should move now to end our complicity.

Sep 15, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Elon Musk’s AI Grift

Elon Musk’s AI Grift Elon Musk’s AI Grift

The tech lord’s recent bid to reshuffle the ownership structure of his empire reinforces the clout of the Middle Eastern strongman regimes in its orbit.

Sep 12, 2025 / Feature / Jacob Silverman

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