Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing

Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad regime and the New Year’s Eve in the capital, Damascus, on December 31, 2024.

Damascus Diary: A New Year in a New Syria Damascus Diary: A New Year in a New Syria

Syrians begin to learn to live without Assad.

Jan 6, 2025 / Nicolas Niarchos

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In 2024, the Sports Leagues Watched the World Burn In 2024, the Sports Leagues Watched the World Burn

Looking back at the year, it’s clear that the anti-Trump movement we need won’t emerge from sports.

Jan 6, 2025 / Dave Zirin

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How Sunday Morning News Shows Promote an Anti-Palestinian Agenda for Washington How Sunday Morning News Shows Promote an Anti-Palestinian Agenda for Washington

Since October 2023, NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC’s This Week, and CNN’s State of the Union have not featured a single Palestinian guest.

Dec 18, 2024 / Adam Johnson and Othman Ali

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Yale Students Voted to Divest, but What’s Next is Unclear Yale Students Voted to Divest, but What’s Next is Unclear

The referendum calls on the school to divest its $41 billion endowment from military weapons manufacturing firms, yet the power to do so is in the hands of the board of trustees.

Dec 13, 2024 / StudentNation / Maggie Grether

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a hearing in his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv on December 10, 2024.

Netanyahu Must Be Brought to Justice. But We Can’t Stop There. Netanyahu Must Be Brought to Justice. But We Can’t Stop There.

This genocide is a massive criminal undertaking, and we must hold as many of its perpetrators accountable as we can.

Dec 11, 2024 / Dyab Abou Jahjah for the Hind Rajab Foundation

Chef Mahmoud Almadhoun, founder of the Gaza Soup Kitchen, was killed by an Israeli drone strike on November 30, 2024.

My Brother, Chef Mahmoud Almadhoun, Was Killed Because He Fed Gaza’s Starving People My Brother, Chef Mahmoud Almadhoun, Was Killed Because He Fed Gaza’s Starving People

His killing by Israel sent a chilling message that no one is safe, including humanitarians who stand in the way of Gaza’s erasure.

Dec 11, 2024 / Hani Almadhoun

Palestinians, holding foreign passports, collect their luggage as they prepare to cross to Egypt from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing.

The Underground Network Helping Gazan Refugees Survive in Egypt The Underground Network Helping Gazan Refugees Survive in Egypt

A patchwork of volunteer-run mutual aid organizations has sprung up to tackle the severe problems facing people fleeing genocide.

Dec 9, 2024 / Amba Guerguerian

A Palestinian woman, carrying a backpack, arrives at Salah al-Din Road as the Israeli army forces Palestinian to leave Gaza City on October 22, 2024.

The Most Important Thing You Need in Gaza Is a Backpack The Most Important Thing You Need in Gaza Is a Backpack

Around the world, backpacks represent freedom. But here, they are what we use to carry what’s left of our lives.

Dec 5, 2024 / Eman Alhaj Ali

Dr. Oswaldo Aranha, president of the UN General Assembly, shown announcing the assembly’s official adoption of the plan to partition Palestine into independent Arab and Jewish states on November 29. 1947.

The UN Has Generations of Palestinian Blood on Its Hands The UN Has Generations of Palestinian Blood on Its Hands

Though it is often seen as a target of Israeli aggression, the UN has always played a crucial role in the oppression of Palestinians.

Dec 3, 2024 / Zena Tahhan

Palestine solidarity activists call for a ceasefire in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 17, 2023.

For Those Who Know They Have Not Done Enough to Stop Israel’s War on Gaza For Those Who Know They Have Not Done Enough to Stop Israel’s War on Gaza

It is shamefully easy to keep going about one’s life while Israel continues its onslaught on Gaza with full US support—and it’s absolutely essential to resist that impulse.

Dec 3, 2024 / Haggai Matar

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