Thursday, June 11, 2026

Gaza: Deal or no deal?

Prisoners have been released, the bombings have stopped. But Palestinians are no closer to determining their own future

Israel halves aid to Gaza as ceasefire fractures over return of remains

UN officials say Israel will allow just 300 aid trucks per day into famine-stricken Gaza as fuel bans continue and rubble hampers recovery of hostages’ bodies.

Israel is still not allowing international media back into Gaza, despite the ceasefire

Foreign journalists have been banned by Israel from entering the Gaza Strip independently since the start of the war.

The Wall Street Journal has many ways to deny genocide

Looking at how the paper does so enables us to not only refute their falsehoods, but also to gain insight into the tactics Gaza genocide denialists, and genocide deniers in general, employ.

Ceasefire prompts cautious celebration in Gaza as aid groups brace for test of access

Palestinian civilians and humanitarian workers express relief and skepticism after Trump announces Israel and Hamas have signed the first phase of a peace plan.

Nuclear power plants pre-deployed weapons of mass destruction

The global crisis it now embodies was foreseen 45 years ago by Bennett Ramberg, in his book “Nuclear Power Plants as Weapons for the Enemy: An Unrecognized Military Peril.”  

Can warriors stop endless wars?

Whether they choose to speak out publicly or not, a striking number of them are now either antiwar or “war skeptical,” questioning whether some of our recent conflicts were faintly worth fighting in the first place.

The only way to stop Israel’s genocide: an embargo by a consortium of countries

Embargoes: how to bring peace to Israel, Palestine, and the surrounding Middle East.

Progressive Caucus backs bill to block bombs to Israel

The Congressional Progressive Caucus has endorsed legislation halting offensive U.S. weapons sales to Israel, marking a historic shift as outrage over Gaza’s devastation grows.

What’s in a name?

If there is any hope of salvaging this country’s (not to speak of this planet’s) future, then this history has to be faced, and we must recover—or perhaps discover—our moral bearings.