Netanyahu’s last battle – no victory, just slaughter in Rafah
February 28th, 20240 The Palestinian city of Rafah is not just older than Israel, it is as old as civilization itself. It has existed for thousands of years. The Canaanites referred to it as Rafia, and Rafia has been almost always there, guarding the southern frontiers of Palestine, ancient and modern. As the gateway between two continents and two worlds,...
U.S. vetoes United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire
February 23rd, 20240 The United States vetoed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israeli war on Gaza. The U.S. instead called for a temporary ceasefire associated and directly linked to the release of the Hamas-held hostages. The resolution, drafted by Algeria, received votes in favor...
U.S. warns Iran against providing ballistic missiles to Russia
February 23rd, 20240 On Thursday, the Biden administration warned Iran of a "swift and severe" response from the international community if Tehran provided ballistic missiles to Russia, after reports surfaced earlier this week that the Islamic Republic shipped the powerful weapons to Moscow. Speaking at a virtual briefing with reporters, White House...
“Two-state solution” as a distraction – the problem is Zionism
February 23rd, 20240 The problem is not the absence of a Palestinian state, but Zionism itself. What is the use of a Palestinian state, if Zionism, as a racist, exclusivist ideology continues to define Israel, and impose that definition on the Palestinians? This ideology calls for racial purity of Jews in Palestine, of course, at the expense of the native...
Doctors without Borders chief slams U.S. veto of Gaza ceasefire resolutions at U.N.: Children in Gaza as young as 5 want to die
February 23rd, 20240 UNITED NATIONS – On Thursday, the head of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) told the United Nations Security Council that medical teams in the Gaza Strip have come up with a new acronym: WCNSF - wounded child, no surviving family. "Children who do survive this war will not only bear the visible wounds of traumatic...
Houthis’ leader: Yemen vows to step up strikes in Red Sea, using “submarine weapons”
February 23rd, 20240 On Thursday, Yemen claimed responsibility for an attack on a U.K.-owned cargo ship and a drone assault on an American destroyer, and it targeted Israel's port and resort city of Eilat with ballistic missiles and drones. The statement by a Yemeni representative on social media site X came shortly after the group's leader said it was...
Efforts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza appear to gain new momentum
February 23rd, 20240 International efforts to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appeared to gain new momentum Thursday as the White House said a visit by a senior envoy with Israeli leaders was “going well” and other mediators reported encouraging signs from the warring parties. The new signs of progress came ahead of an expected summit this...
The unrepentant West: Olaf Scholz and the right to commit genocide in Gaza
February 17th, 20240 On February 8, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was in Washington on an official visit, aimed at working jointly with the United States to make “sure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself.” If such a statement was made soon after the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation of October 7, one may cognize its logic, based on the well-known,...
Hezbollah strikes at northern Israel in retaliation for deadly day in southern Lebanon
February 16th, 20240 BEIRUT — On Thursday, Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at a northern Israeli town in a "preliminary response" to the killing of 10 civilians in southern Lebanon, the deadliest day for Lebanese civilians in four months of cross-border hostilities. The United Nations urged a halt to what it called a "dangerous escalation" of the...
U.N. warns Israel as international pressure mounts: Rafah invasion could “lead to slaughter”
February 16th, 20240 UNITED NATIONS – On Tuesday, the United Nations warned against an Israeli ground invasion of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, saying an offensive could "lead to a slaughter" in the southern region of the Palestinian enclave where more than 1 million people are sheltering. Israel says it wants to flush out Hamas militants from hideouts in...
Yemen’s Houthis vow to continue attacks in solidarity with Palestinians
February 16th, 20240 Yemen's Houthis will press on with attacks on Red Sea shipping in solidarity with the Palestinians as long as Israel continues to commit "crimes" against them, their leader said on Thursday. "Our operations have a big impact on the enemy, which constitute a great success and a real triumph," Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said in a televised...
Saudi Arabia rejects normalization with Israel without end to Gaza war and a credible path to a Palestinian state, contradicts Biden admin claims
February 9th, 20240 In a sharply worded rebuke likely to postpone any talk of expanding the Abraham Accords until after the U.S. election, Saudi Arabia said unequivocally it will not normalize relations with Israel as desperately hoped for by the Biden administration in Washington, and would only consider it if the war in Gaza stops and an independent...
Europe exposed: Is the EU a direct partner in the Israeli genocide in Gaza?
February 4th, 20240 Europe stayed silent when Israel began pounding the besieged Gaza Strip with the kind of ferocity that could only lead to a genocide. In fact, Europe remained silent when the word “genocide” quickly replaced the earlier reference to the “Israel-Hamas war”, starting on October 7. Those familiar with Europe’s political discourse...
Palestinian Americans decline an invitation to meet Blinken
February 4th, 20240 WASHINGTON, D.C.— Some members of the Palestinian American community who received an invite to meet U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday declined the invitation over their frustration with Washington's policy toward the conflict and crisis in Gaza. "A meeting of this nature at this moment in time is insulting and...
Half of U.S. adults say Israel has gone too far in war in Gaza, AP-NORC poll shows
February 2nd, 20240 WASHINGTON, D.C.— Half of U.S. adults say Israel’s 15-week-old military campaign in Gaza has “gone too far,” a finding driven mainly by growing disapproval among Republicans and political independents, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Broadly, the poll shows support for......
Arab citizens are livid over Gaza. The U.S. ignores them at its peril
February 2nd, 20241 By DANA EL KURD, The Nation Nearly four months have passed since Hamas attacked Israel and Israel launched its bombardment of the Gaza Strip. The scale of the tragedy in Gaza is impossible to comprehend: over 26,000 killed, 70 percent of homes destroyed, 90 percent of the people of Gaza displaced. Famine in Gaza has begun, with a...
U.S. city councils increasingly call for Israel-Gaza ceasefire, analysis shows
February 2nd, 20240 Some 70 U.S. cities, including Chicago and Seattle, have passed resolutions on the Israel-Gaza war with most calling for a ceasefire, a Reuters analysis of city data shows, placing more pressure on President Biden ahead of a November general election to help end the fighting. At least 48 cities have passed symbolic resolutions calling......
Arab Americans in Dearborn cancel a scheduled meeting with Biden-Harris campaign: Ceasefire first
February 2nd, 20240 DEARBORN – The efforts of President Biden's campaign to restore the dialogue with Arab and Muslim American voters in the Detroit area failed following the cancellation of a meeting last Friday scheduled to bring together Biden-Harris National Campaign Manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez, local elected Arab American officials and community...
ICJ ruling: Key takeaways from the court decision in Israel genocide case
January 27th, 20240 THE HAGUE – On Friday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to take action to prevent acts of genocide as it wages war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip but stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire. The top United Nations court for handling disputes between states was ruling in a case brought by...
WHO chief breaks down describing “hellish” Gaza conditions
January 27th, 20240 GENEVA – The head of the World Health Organization called for a ceasefire and a "true solution" to the Israel-Palestinian conflict in an emotional plea to the global health body's governing body on Thursday, where he described conditions in Gaza as "hellish." WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who lived through war as...
The U.S. and Iraq will begin talks soon on ending the mission of the U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq
January 27th, 20240 The United States and Iraq will begin talks soon to wind down the mission of a U.S.-led military coalition formed to fight ISIS in Iraq, both governments said Thursday. The Pentagon said the size of the U.S. military footprint in the country will be part of the discussions. The announcement comes as U.S. forces in Iraq have been......
Protesters says they were sprayed with hazardous chemical at pro-Palestinian rally in New York
January 27th, 20240 Protesters at Columbia University were allegedly sprayed with a hazardous chemical while attending a pro-Palestinian “divestment now” rally on Low Steps on Friday, Jan. 19, according to nearly two dozen students who reported a foul smell, physical symptoms or property damage after the protest. The Columbia Spectator...
Genocide in Gaza as an opportunity: What Ben-Gvir wants in the West Bank
January 25th, 20240 If what is currently happening in the occupied Palestinian West Bank took place before October 7, our attention would have been completely fixated on that region in Palestine. The ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, however, has devalued the important, if not earth-shattering events underway in the West Bank, which is now a stage for......
Thousands of protesters gather in Washington D.C., calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
January 19th, 20240 WASHINGTON D.C. — 400,000 protesters gathered in Washington D.C. on Saturday, January 13, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Standing in solidarity with Palestinians, their efforts were taken to the nation's capital. The American Muslim Task Force for Palestine and various other groups organized the protest at Freedom Plaza. This...
Ann Arbor Public Schools approves resolution calling for a bilateral ceasefire in Gaza and Israel
January 19th, 20240 ANN ARBOR — Early Thursday morning, the Ann Arbor school district became the first in the state to pass a resolution calling for a bilateral cease-fire in Gaza and Israel, and encouraged its educators to discuss the international conflict in classrooms. The board heard more than two hours of heated public comment before approving......
