The forum on August 10, 2024 at the Center featured a panel of speakers addressing the importance of the demand for a permanent ceasefire to bring a halt to Israel's relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip and the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. You can watch a video of…
by Medea Benjamin Common Dreams Representative Cori Bush, a progressive black woman from St. Louis, Missouri who is a member of “the Squad” in the U.S. House and has been a powerful voice in Congress for poor people, women’s rights, healthcare, housing–and Palestine—just lost her primary because pro-Israel lobby groups…
by Joan Simon On July 21, 2024, we joined a fundraiser for HEAL Palestine in downtown Palo Alto. Activities included kid art activities, Henna, music, speakers, eating delicious food, and more!HEAL Palestine builds programs and projects in the areas of health, youth education, humanitarian aid, and leadership/mentorship programs, which will…
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu arrived in Washington DC on Monday. Shamefully, he is scheduled to speak to Congress on Wednesday. CALL CONGRESS! We cannot let up in our efforts to pressure our Congressional reps to boycott his speech or at least walk out! To connect to your representative, call the…
By Julia Connelly, Common Dreams... Residents of Gaza City's Shujayea neighborhood found themselves on Thursday among the main targets of new Israeli military operations, with thousands of people fleeing as they were "hunted by tanks and planes," as one Palestinian man told Reuters—even as Israel claimed the "intense" phase of…
By Ralph Nader After the jury came in with its verdict that Donald Trump was guilty of a scheme and coverup to illegally influence the 2016 election, the Biden campaign issued a statement saying that the judgment demonstrated that “no one is above the law,” not even a former President.…
by Jessica CorbettCommon DreamsApril 5, 2024 As Israel continues to starve Palestinians to death in the Gaza Strip, an international coalition on Friday was preparing to set sail with humanitarian aid and human rights observers "to challenge the ongoing illegal Israeli blockade." Israel has limited the flow of people and…
by Jake JohnsonCommon Dreams The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention, an organization named after the Polish lawyer who coined the term genocide, issued what it called an "urgent SOS warning" on Tuesday for Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where more than half of the enclave's population is…
Statement by National Labor Network for a Ceasefire. We, members of the American labor movement, mourn the loss of life in Israel and Palestine. We express our solidarity with all workers and our common desire for peace in Palestine and Israel, and we call on President Joe Biden and Congress…
If the international community does not finally develop the will to stop Israel, this horrific crime will, by far, prove worse than all the crimes that have already been committed. by Ramzy Baroud published in Common Dreams The Palestinian city of Rafah is not just older than Israel, it is…
