‘Silent extermination’: Israel bombs medicine stores in Gaza, worsening the Strip’s dire healthcare crisis

An Israeli strike destroyed two major medicine warehouses in Deir al-Balah, the latest Israeli attack on Gaza’s failing health system. Gaza’s Health Ministry says medicine shortages are now killing th...

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Israel kills 19 Palestinians in Gaza hours after Trump announces his latest ‘peace plan’

Hours after Donald Trump announced a “historic” agreement for disarming Hamas and Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza, Israel attacked Gaza, killing 19. Palestinians weren’t surprised. “We don’t trust Israe...

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Michigan voters appear to swing toward Abdul El-Sayed on eve of crucial Senate primary. Will it be enough to beat AIPAC’s millions?

Michigan polls show Abdul El-Sayed leading Haley Stevens in the latest battle between the Democratic Party establishment and the insurgent left, as voters reject corporate and lobby money, including f...

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Why theater workers are boycotting the play ‘Birthright’

An explainer on why Theater Workers for a Ceasefire is calling for a boycott of the MCC Theater’s production of the play “Birthright” and the role of the arts in Israel’s ongoing oppression of the Pal...

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In Michigan, AIPAC faces its biggest battle yet

Next week’s Michigan primary between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens is a referendum on AIPAC’s influence within the Democratic Party.

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Netanyahu’s meeting with Trump was not nearly as successful as he claims

Benjamin Netanyahu gushed about his White House meeting with Donald Trump this week, but the meeting was most notable for what went unsaid about Iran.

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The new settler-led security doctrine driving Israel’s onslaught on the West Bank

A new Israeli security doctrine recasts settler violence, long regarded by the establishment as destabilizing, as a guarantor of Israel’s security. Settler leaders are now seeking to solidify this new...

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Trump seeks the extradition of pro-Palestine activist and donor James ‘Fergie’ Chambers amid a widening crackdown on the U.S. left

Trump seeks to extradite Palestine solidarity funder James “Fergie” Chambers from Spain on “material support for terrorism” charges. Lawmakers and rights groups call it political persecution amid a br...

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How Palestinians in the West Bank became so vulnerable to Israeli settler terror

Israel’s “decisive” plan to annex the West Bank is coming to a head as the Israeli government pushes to depopulate Palestinian villages throughout the territory. Once a hub of resistance, the West Ban...

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These students survived the Gaza genocide and still earned top scores on Palestine’s national high school exams

Despite displacement, hunger, and the loss of their homes, Gaza’s students sat for their national high school exams and still came out on top.

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Israel is deporting the foreign activists who are helping protect Palestinian communities from settler attacks

In the West Bank, international solidarity activists have long attempted to shield Palestinians from settler violence. Since October 2023, Israel has dramatically stepped up efforts to deport these ac...

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Palestinian Americans changed the conversation. Now, can they finally build political power?

Palestinian Americans have transformed the U.S. debate over Palestine in ways unimaginable just a few years ago. Now, the question is whether they are prepared to build institutions that can turn thes...

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Book Review: How the West’s earliest mapping of Palestine continues to shape its understanding of Zionism today

Tom Suárez’s “Palestine Mapped” is an essential guide to how conceptions and mappings of the “Holy Land” have evolved over millennia and why they continue to influence political thought today.

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The farce of Trump’s nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia

The White House announced an agreement to supply nuclear material to Saudi Arabia, and then killed its own deal by linking it to normalization with Israel under Israeli pressure. But even if the deal ...

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Why Israel needs to continue its genocidal war on Gaza

Amid an alleged ceasefire, Israel continues massacring Palestinians and stealing land in Gaza. The ongoing violence is not accidental: it is a political necessity for any Israeli government in power.

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Ro Khanna’s West Bank trip shows bearing witness is not enough

Rep. Ro Khanna’s recent detention by Israeli settlers in the West Bank made international headlines and raised awareness, but awareness alone isn’t enough. We need Khanna and sympathetic politicians l...

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Palestinians brace for sweeping Israeli offensive across the West Bank following a settler raid that resulted in the deaths of 4 Palestinians and 2 Israelis

Following an Israeli settler attack on the Palestinian village of Tell, which resulted in the death of two Israelis and four Palestinians, the Israeli army has approved large-scale “offensive plans” f...

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House passes spending bill that critics say will integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries

The House of Representatives has passed a $1 trillion bill that includes a provision critics say amounts to integrating the U.S. and Israeli militaries. Human rights groups and lawmakers are sounding ...

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How Israel’s crackdown on Palestinian citizens of Israel created the crime epidemic now ravaging Palestinian communities

Nearly every day, a Palestinian citizen of Israel is killed by gang violence within Israel. The crisis has been years in the making, but its roots trace back to Israel’s war on Palestinian political a...

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Voters are forcing Democrats to shift on Israel, but this doesn’t mean U.S. support is ending anytime soon

When 100 Democrats voted last week to block $3.3 million in U.S. aid to Israel, it was the clearest sign yet that lawmakers are responding to voters’ overwhelming sentiment. But it still remains uncle...

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Nicholas Lemann’s aggrieved article on Jews and progressives reveals a blindness to the evil of Zionism

In a widely read New York Times article, Nicholas Lemann claims anti-Zionism in the progressive world marginalizes Jews. Yet his failure to even mention Palestinians reveals his ignorance of Zionism’s...

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As elections loom, Palestinian citizens of Israel remain unsure how, or whether, to engage

As the political power of Israel’s far right grows, Palestinian citizens of Israel are torn about how to respond. Should they pursue representation in the government, or are electoral politics under I...

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How Israel has used sexualized violence as a weapon of settler colonialism from 1948 to today

An extensive new Palestinian Feminist Collective report traces Israeli sexual violence against Palestinians from the 1948 Nakba to Gaza today, showing it isn’t incidental abuse but a deliberate tool o...

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Oman’s Foreign Minister to the West: You’ve been containing the wrong country

In a Le Monde op-ed, Oman’s Badr al-Busaidi argues the West’s decades-long policy of “containing” Iran was always misguided, and that the true threat comes from Tel Aviv. Al-Busaidi pushes for a new s...

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The Church of England calls upon its members to stand in solidarity with Palestinian Christians

The church’s action follows resolutions by two other religious bodies at their summer meetings — the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the American Academy of Religion — both of which named Israel’s war…

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‘Sip your coffee while watching the sunrise’: How Israel is colonizing the West Bank by selling Palestinian land to Jewish Americans

Israeli real estate companies are marketing land belonging to Palestinians in the West Bank to Jewish American buyers. We spoke to the Palestinians who are being displaced in order to make way for new...

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Israeli settlers escalate violent takeover of Palestinian homes in areas under Palestinian Authority control

Israeli settlers have begun to escalate their colonization of Palestinian homes and lands in areas of the West Bank under ostensible Palestinian control, setting a dangerous precedent for Israel to co...

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She walked toward Israeli gunfire to bring her son’s body home. Her story is one of thousands.

For nine days, Fatima Abu Khammash searched for her missing son across Gaza’s Israeli-controlled zone. When they refused to hand over his body, she crossed the line herself, finding a mother’s uneasy ...

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With a new attack on the ICC, the U.S. expands its assault on the rule of law

Marco Rubio’s campaign to “dismantle” the ICC isn’t about sovereignty. It’s the latest U.S. move to shield Israeli officials wanted for war crimes from accountability, following a pattern used by fasc...

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No, Israel does not have ‘a right to exist.’ Quite the contrary, actually.

Unlike the Zionist claim that “Israel has a right to exist,” my assertion is rooted in international law. Of course, given Israel’s propensity for violating such laws, it’s no surprise they’re still c...

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