Israel-Gaza War

Bernie Sanders during the debate on his Gaza resolution on January 16, 2024.

The Shame of the Senate The Shame of the Senate

Only 11 senators joined Bernie Sanders’s effort to hold Israel to account for human rights abuses in Gaza.

Jan 17, 2024 / John Nichols

South African delegation members John Dugard, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, and Adila Hassimon prepare for today’s hearings of Israel’s point of view as South Africa has requested the International Court of Justice to indicate measures concerning alleged violations of human rights by Israel in the Gaza Strip on January 12, 2024, in The Hague, The Netherlands.

Gaza: South Africa Calls In the Law Gaza: South Africa Calls In the Law

A ruling from the International Court of Justice could save Palestinian lives.

Jan 17, 2024 / Reed Brody

A rally in support of a Gaza ceasefire in San Francisco on January 6, 2024.

Americans Are More Likely to Back Candidates Who Support a Cease-Fire, a New Poll Shows Americans Are More Likely to Back Candidates Who Support a Cease-Fire, a New Poll Shows

The survey finds high levels of enthusiasm for a Gaza cease-fire, especially among young voters and key Democratic constituencies.

Jan 12, 2024 / John Nichols

Palestinians carrying flags and banners gather at the Nelson Mandela Square to demonstrate in support of the genocide case filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice, on January 10, 2024, in Ramallah, the West Bank.

South Africa’s ICJ Case Against Israel Is a Call to Break Free From the Imperial West South Africa’s ICJ Case Against Israel Is a Call to Break Free From the Imperial West

South Africa is not only challenging Israel—it is trying to break the spell of US hegemony.

Jan 11, 2024 / Tony Karon

A protester holds a placard reading, “Jews for a Free Palestine,” in Dunn Meadow at Indiana University to demonstrate against the Israeli ground operation into Gaza. The rally was titled, “Stand With Gaza. Rally and Mourn the Innocent Lives of Palestinians.”

Indiana University Caves to Political Pressure by Suspending a Tenured Professor Indiana University Caves to Political Pressure by Suspending a Tenured Professor

Activism / January 10, 2024 Indiana University Caves to Political Pressure by Suspending a Tenured Professor There is a perfect storm of repression overtaking college campuses,…

Jan 10, 2024 / Jeffrey C. Isaac

Former Palestinian football player Said al-Kurd carries recovered medals from his destroyed family home where eight of his family members were killed following an Israeli shelling attack in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 30, 2023.

Will the IOC Do Anything About the Killing of Palestinian Athletes? Will the IOC Do Anything About the Killing of Palestinian Athletes?

Israel killed a Palestinian Olympic coach in an air strike. It turned a stadium into an interment camp. But the International Olympic Committee will not act unless we make it.

Jan 10, 2024 / Dave Zirin

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on the Palestinian city of Khan Yunis on January 8. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa

Israel Is Not Promising to “Scale Back” Its War Israel Is Not Promising to “Scale Back” Its War

As the US secretary of state shuttles to stop the war from expanding, the Israeli defense minister vows “months” more war on Gaza and suggests taking the fight to Iran.

Jan 8, 2024 / Column / Spencer Ackerman

An Israeli drone struck a Hamas office as smoke rises in Beirut, Lebanon, on January 2, 2024. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has declared the Beirut explosion to be a “new Israeli crime” with the alleged intention of pushing Lebanon into a fresh phase of confrontations.

Will Israel Drag the US Into Another Ruinous War? Will Israel Drag the US Into Another Ruinous War?

President Biden refuses to pursue the most obvious way of de-escalating tensions and avoid American deaths: a cease-fire in Gaza.

Jan 3, 2024 / Trita Parsi

Protesters demonstrate outside a meeting of the National Executive of Britain’s Labour Party on September 4, 2018, in London, England. Labour’s NEC meets today to vote on whether to adopt the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism.

How a Leading Definition of Antisemitism Has Been Weaponized Against Israel’s Critics How a Leading Definition of Antisemitism Has Been Weaponized Against Israel’s Critics

Pro-Israel groups have used the examples attached to the IHRA definition of antisemitism to silence dissent about Israel’s attacks.

Dec 27, 2023 / Jonathan Hafetz and Sahar Aziz

A pro-Palestinian protest of Harvard students and their supporters ends on the lawn behind Klarman Hall, at Harvard Business School, after starting in the Old Yard by Massachusetts Hall.

Who Is Funding Canary Mission? Inside the Doxxing Operation Targeting Anti-Zionist Students and Professors Who Is Funding Canary Mission? Inside the Doxxing Operation Targeting Anti-Zionist Students and Professors

Americans who give money to Canary Mission are potentially committing a serious crime by acting as agents of a foreign power.

Dec 22, 2023 / James Bamford

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