How the UN Can Act Decisively to End Genocide in Gaza

What is urgently needed is for the General Assembly to hold an Emergency Special Session to vote on a UN protection force, as well as a UN-led arms embargo, trade boycott, and divestment from Israel. by Medea Benjamin and Nicholas Davies in Common Dreams, September 3, 2025 One year ago,…

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As Israeli Genocide Intensifies, Majority of Americans Support Palestinian Statehood

"Israel has lost the support of the world, including the American people," said policy analyst Jeffrey Sachs. By Stephen Prager, Common Dreams, August 20, 2025 As the US backs Israel's plans to occupy Gaza and expand illegal settlements in the West Bank, a solid majority of Americans say the world…

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Khanna, Lofgren, Panetta, Liccardo…Block the Bombs!

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…

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Block the Bombs to Israel

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.…

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Palestine And Its Metaphors

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.…

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The Nakba anniversary: Shared lessons between Palestine and Latin America

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…

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How the Vietnam and Gaza Wars Shattered Young Illusions About US Leaders

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…

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Echoes of burning flesh: From ‘The Napalm Girl’ to Hind Rajab

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…

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