Israel-Gaza War

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at the White House on July 14, 2024.

I Left Biden’s Campaign Over Gaza. Here’s How Harris Can Earn My Trust Again. I Left Biden’s Campaign Over Gaza. Here’s How Harris Can Earn My Trust Again.

The president’s foreign policy choices in the Middle East and Ukraine have been disasters. Harris needs to make a decisive break.

Aug 16, 2024 / Amed Khan

Kamala Harris arrives at Philadelphia International Airport on August 6, 2024.

Democrats Need to Stop Trashing Palestinian Voters if They Want to Win Democrats Need to Stop Trashing Palestinian Voters if They Want to Win

Palestinian Americans have learned that the Democratic Party will bomb your homeland, kill your family, use your own money to do it, and still expect your vote.

Aug 14, 2024 / Layla Saliba

Photo of a historical inscription in the Remterkeller of Halberstadt Cathedral.

Their Atrocities—and Ours: Thinking About the Wrong Side of History Their Atrocities—and Ours: Thinking About the Wrong Side of History

Can a cause still be just, even if atrocities have been committed on its behalf?

Aug 12, 2024 / Bruce Robbins

NBC News' Raf Sanchez embeds with the Israeli military to travel into the Gaza Strip.

The Rotten Partnership Between the US Media and the Israeli Military The Rotten Partnership Between the US Media and the Israeli Military

Even as their colleagues in Gaza are deliberately massacred, Western journalists continue to play along with the IDF.

Aug 12, 2024 / Séamus Malekafzali

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz at a rally in Eau Claire, WI, on August 7, 2024.

Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, and the Battle Cry of Freedom Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, and the Battle Cry of Freedom

In Wisconsin, the campaign tapped into one of the most resonant parts of this country's history—with a little help from Bon Iver.

Aug 9, 2024 / John Nichols

An unexploded ordnance is seen in a damaged UNRWA school in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on June 14, 2024.

Israel’s Bombs Will Go On Killing Gazans Long Into the Future Israel’s Bombs Will Go On Killing Gazans Long Into the Future

Even when the war is technically declared over, thousands and thousands of unexploded munitions will remain, waiting for their chance to do harm.

Aug 9, 2024 / Mary Turfah

The International Court of Justice begins presenting its advisory rule regarding legal consequences arising from policies, practices of Israel in Occupied Palestinian Territory on July 19, 2024, in The Hague, Netherlands.

International Law Strikes Back International Law Strikes Back

The World Court’s ruling that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is illegal rewards growing judicial activism by states of the Global South.

Aug 5, 2024 / Reed Brody

Israeli soldiers gather at the gate to the Sde Teiman military base on July 29, 2024.

Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity at Sde Teiman—and the Complicity of Its Doctors Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity at Sde Teiman—and the Complicity of Its Doctors

The conditions at the Israeli detention camp, abetted by its medical staff, violated both international law and medical ethics.

Aug 2, 2024 / Adam Gaffney

Displaced Palestinian children queue to receive food distributed by aid organizations in Beit Lahia, Gaza, on July 18, 2024.

Israel Is Using Starvation as a Weapon of War. Where Is the Outrage? Israel Is Using Starvation as a Weapon of War. Where Is the Outrage?

President Biden and other allies of Israel need to use their leverage to end the Gaza famine. The alternative is mass starvation and death.

Aug 2, 2024 / Yousef Aljamal

Benjamin Netanyahu and Kamala Harris shake hands during a meeting in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office in Washington, DC, on Thursday, July 25, 2024.

Kamala Harris Will Shift on Gaza Only if We Make Her Kamala Harris Will Shift on Gaza Only if We Make Her

The vice president’s ascension provides an opening for a new approach to the horror in Palestine. But it won’t happen without sustained political pressure.

Jul 26, 2024 / Y.L. Al-Sheikh and Nickan Fayyazi

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