Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Tag: Israel

How the UN can act decisively to end genocide in Gaza

Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly can take decisive action to end the genocide in Gaza, by authorizing a UN-backed arms embargo, economic boycott and divestment campaign against Israel, or even a military protection force for Gaza.

Scholars say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

Scholars’ group cites mass civilian killings, starvation, and official incitement as evidence, while Israel and the United States reject the genocide label.

From Guernica to Gaza

“Do not think yourself better because you burn up friends and enemies with long-range missiles without ever seeing what you have done.”

Security Council minus US says Gaza famine is ‘man-made’ as deaths...

Fourteen member nations back IPC famine finding, call for ceasefire and aid access while US rejects the analysis.

More Americans now sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis

For the first time, the percentage of Americans who say they sympathize with Palestinians exceeds the percentage who sympathize with Israelis.

Nasser Hospital bombing in Gaza kills four journalists and other civilians

Attack on Khan Younis hospital leaves at least 19 dead as rights groups denounce a pattern of systematic targeting of media and medical facilities.
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‘The West Bank is the prize’: Israel approves new settlements to...

The “E-1” settlement would see the construction of about 3,400 new housing units and would sever one of the last remaining territorial links between major Palestinian cities like Ramallah in the northern West Bank and southern cities including Bethlehem, as well as cut off East Jerusalem.

UN reports nearly half of aid worker killings in 2024 occurred in...

Record killings of humanitarian staff highlight global surge in attacks and lack of accountability

When the term ‘genocide’ falls short

It is not enough for national governments to "recognize" a Palestinian state. It is time to compel Israel, via sanctions, diplomacy, and UN enforcement, to stop the killing and any talk of forced relocation.

UK surgeon says Israeli forces using Gaza children as ‘target practice’...

A British doctor and major humanitarian groups accuse Israeli soldiers of intentionally targeting children near aid sites, as reports show more than 100 children have died from hunger during Israel’s siege of Gaza.

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Trump administration threatens media licenses and treason charges over Iran war coverage

Critics warn FCC pressure on broadcasters and presidential threats of treason charges represent a dangerous escalation against press freedom during an active military conflict.

Thanks, MAGA, for exposing six corrosive myths that plague America – if we survive!

So kudos to today’s rightwing bellicosity for making clear the U.S. unilaterally wields deadly, rapacious power, whether sensible or stupid or gratuitous.

Neocon nightmare: Americans flee Iraq as US embassy is hit and oil ports are...

Now that the US is again involved in a major war in the region, Iraq tilts to Washington’s enemy, Iran.

Million-dollar earners stop paying into Social Security for 2026

Recent polling indicates significant public support for reform, with approximately 71 percent of voters favoring a tax increase on wealthy Americans to guarantee the program's solvency.

For once in our lives

Are we right again?