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Israel moves to eliminate northern Gaza
Today, I went for a walk in the old city of Bethlehem. Though I went to clear my head, it was immediately apparent upon entering the market that whether it was the words on vendors’ lips, the videos on people’s phones, or the news playing live on televisions mounted inside stores, northern Gaza is on…
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Despite US elections, Harris, Democrats green-light genocide
Israel’s mass killings across northern Gaza have increased. Its bombings across densely populated areas of Lebanon continue daily. The constant Israeli attacks have caused the deaths of hundreds of Palestinians and extensive destruction of residential buildings and public infrastructure, particularly intensifying in northern Gaza, where over 400,000 people have sought shelter in recent days. Since…
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Israel burned alive children in tents — again. Now what?
Early Monday morning in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, Israeli forces bombed tents housing displaced people at Al-Aqsa Hospital, igniting a fire that killed four people and injured at least 70 others. Footage on social media showed tents engulfed in flames, and people desperately attempting to extinguish the fires and rescue those trapped inside. Families screamed…
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Despite Regional Military Offensives, Israel Intensifies Demolition of Palestinian Homes
Despite the investment of military resources in the genocide Israel is carrying out Gaza and now its escalating attack on Lebanon, Israel’s program of erasing Palestinian communities across East Jerusalem and the West Bank hasn’t slowed down over the last year. Since January, the Israeli military has carried out 333 military operations to destroy Palestinian…
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Israel bombs small villages, kills 50 in Lebanon
Israel bombs small villages, kills 50 in Lebanon Today, Israeli bombings across the small villages of South Lebanon killed 50 people and wounded over 300. This bombing was a forgone conclusion when in August, the Biden administration approved over $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including F-15 fighter jets, tank shells, and military vehicles.…
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Zionism and the Resistance: The Politics of Morality and Precision
Immediately following Israel’s country-wide, two-day attack against the people of Lebanon, the discourse in Western mainstream media has been steeped in racist tropes and long-debunked claims about Israel’s military “sophistication” and “precision.” These characterizations are not just the latest offering of recycled Orientalist tropes and intentional misrepresentations of a sadistic attack that targeted thousands of…
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Rise in demolitions across West Bank
As Israel’s US-backed genocide continues to wreak havoc and destruction throughout the Gaza Strip, the same colonial regime continues to amp up violence against Palestinians across the land. Today marks 42 years since the Sabra and Shatila Massacre, in which Israeli forces supervised the slaughter of more than 3,500 Palestinian and Lebanese civilians by Israel’s…
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There are no safe-zones during a genocide
"Every bombed village is my hometown.” —James Baldwin After systematically pushing Palestinians into a so-called “safe zone” in al-Mawasi, an enclave in Khan Younis, Israel bombed the tent encampment, killing at least 40 people. The Sept 10th massacre created 9-meter (30-foot) deep craters, wounding at least another 65 people. Desperate scenes of Palestinian civil defense…
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As Palestine burns, Israelis protest to save Zionism
As images of Israeli protests fill the screens of liberal media trying to create the illusion of an “Israeli left,” it’s important to remember that Palestinian rights and liberation aren’t talking points for these Israeli protesters. These demonstrations are focused solely on the Israeli citizens held in the Gaza Strip under the aerial bombardment of…
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Every 16 hours, the US ships arms to Israel
The top 15 "defense" contractors will log a free cash flow of $52 billion in 2026—almost doubling since 2021. In carrying out the genocide in Gaza, the US has shipped 500 loads of arms to Israel. There were 324 days between Oct 7, 2023, and Aug 26, 2024. During that time, the US delivered 500…