Members of Congress introduced the first ever bill that proactively seeks to prevent the U.S. from sending some of the worst weapons to the Israeli military. The Gaza Healthy Ministry confirmed 59,219 people have been killed in Gaza by the Israeli military since October 7, 2023, with human rights organizations…
Since the beginning of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza in October 2023, the US has given more than $30 billion in taxpayer-funded weapons to Israel to enable its atrocities. The US is not only complicit in Israel’s killing of at least 54,000 Palestinians–our weapons make us partners in crime.…
Palestine is not a symbol. It is a real place, under siege. And to see it clearly, we must burn the language that keeps us blind. by Masood Haque in Common Dreams, June 6, 2025 Metaphors kill. Not with bullets or bombs, but with confusion. They blur what demands clarity.…
by Eman Abusidu in Middle East Monitor While its geographical epicentre lies in the Middle East, the memory and meaning of the Nakba extend far beyond Palestine, resonating deeply across Latin America — a region shaped by colonisation, dictatorship, forced displacement and enduring resistance. Though the names, languages, and landscapes…
Emerging generations learned that moral concerns about their country’s engagement in faraway wars meant little to policymakers in Washington. by Norman Solomon, Apr 30, 2025 in Common Dreams Eight years before the U.S.-backed regime in South Vietnam collapsed, I stood with high school friends at Manhattan’s Penn Station on the…
by Dr Mustafa Fetouri in Middle East Monitor, April 24, 2025 What happened to six-year-old Hind Rajab on 29 January, 2024, is a haunting echo of the horror that befell nine-year-old Kim Phuc in the Vietnamese village of Trảng Bàng more than half a century ago. In both cases, the…
by Rick Sterling and Toby Blomé; Apr 16, 2025, People's Arms EmbargoTravis AFB, Fairfield, CA At 7:30 a.m. on April 9, the heavy traffic flow into California’s Travis Air Force Base, the largest transport base in the country, came to a sudden stop. As they have done numerous times, the “People’s…
By Medea Benjamin and David Swanson, April 4, 2025 in War is a Crime We are passionate supporters of all but one of the items on the Hands Off agenda for the April 5 rallies. We couldn’t agree more that the corrupt U.S. government should stop destroying, privatizing, firing, and…
In the weeks ahead, students, advocates, and elected officials must unite to defend the right to protest for Palestine. At stake are not just our voices, but the fundamental civil liberties of all. My name is Mahmoud Khalil, and I am a political prisoner. I am writing to you from…
In light of the current events in Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have made their films about Palestine available online for free. In this post, we share with you links to films you can view and share to get our message out to the world. We're indicating the films…
