Israel-Gaza War

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hugs US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport on October 18, 2023.

Biden’s Bear Hug of Netanyahu Is a Disaster Biden’s Bear Hug of Netanyahu Is a Disaster

The renewed fighting between Israel and Hamas shows the incoherence of mixing humanitarian words and bigger bombs.

Dec 4, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport on October 18, 2023.

Gaza, Biden, and a Path Forward Gaza, Biden, and a Path Forward

The president’s approach to Gaza has been a moral and political catastrophe that has made Trump’s return to the White House much more likely. What can be done about that?

Dec 1, 2023 / Max Elbaum and Bill Fletcher Jr.

A peace walk in Cologne, Germany, on November 19, 2023.

The Lesson From This War: Peace Is a Public Health Issue The Lesson From This War: Peace Is a Public Health Issue

If public health is about human health and flourishing, then assault, torture, murder, and war are all our business.

Nov 30, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves

Chuck Schumer march for israel/ israel-palestine/ gaza

Chuck Schumer Is Antisemitism’s Great Enabler Chuck Schumer Is Antisemitism’s Great Enabler

A personal reply to the senator’s personal attack.

Nov 29, 2023 / Dave Zirin

Representative Jim Banks (R-Ind.) leaves the US Capitol on May 18, 2023.

Congressman Jim Banks’s Pressure on Indiana University to Police Antisemitism Is Duplicitous and Dangerous Congressman Jim Banks’s Pressure on Indiana University to Police Antisemitism Is Duplicitous and Dangerous

Campus debates about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be challenging, fractious—and sometimes triggering. But they are debates, not acts of bigotry.

Nov 29, 2023 / Jeffrey C. Isaac

Brown University Protest for Divestment

“You’re Profiting From Palestinian Deaths”: Student Protesters Confront Brown University’s President “You’re Profiting From Palestinian Deaths”: Student Protesters Confront Brown University’s President

Days after the attempted murder of three Palestinian students in Vermont, Brown University asked the city to drop the charges against members of Jews for Ceasefire Now, but remain...

Nov 29, 2023 / StudentNation / Nicholas Miller

This family owned their own farm near Haifa. They fled when the British mandate ended and it became certain Israel would control the town. Today they are refugees in a camp near Gaza. The only possession they still have is a padded blanket.

The Long, Bloody History of the Israel-Gaza “Border” The Long, Bloody History of the Israel-Gaza “Border”

The current conflict has its roots in the 75-year struggle over the constantly shifting physical boundaries between Israel and the Palestinians whose land it has occupied.

Nov 29, 2023 / Anne Irfan

An adult with two children pastes paper onto a wall covered in graffiti

The Humanitarian Pause Is a Chance to Pull Back From a Mindless War The Humanitarian Pause Is a Chance to Pull Back From a Mindless War

The extended hostage exchange offers the opportunity to move from war to cease-fire to negotiations.

Nov 28, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Palestinian American students Hisham Awartani, Brown U., Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ahmed (Trinity, Haverford) Ramallah Friends School, shot 2023

The Shootings in Vermont Cannot Be Separated From Dehumanization of Palestinians Globally The Shootings in Vermont Cannot Be Separated From Dehumanization of Palestinians Globally

The attack on Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid, and Tahseen Ahmed comes as Palestinians are silenced and oppressed across the Global North.

Nov 27, 2023 / Dave Zirin

Palestinians in their destroyed home at the refugee camp in Nuseirat, Gaza, on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023.

“We Just Sit Here Waiting to Die”: Diary Entries From Another Week in Gaza “We Just Sit Here Waiting to Die”: Diary Entries From Another Week in Gaza

Atef Abu Saif’s dispatches from the heart of the Israeli assault continue.

Nov 27, 2023 / Atef Abu Saif

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