Middle East

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks as he meets with President Joe Biden, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv, as U.S.. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, looks on, left.

The US and Israel Think They Can Decide Gaza’s Future. Here’s Why They’re Wrong. The US and Israel Think They Can Decide Gaza’s Future. Here’s Why They’re Wrong.

Biden and Netanyahu are clinging to old imperial models about what to do with Gaza. But their plans are doomed to fail.

Nov 17, 2023 / Mohammad Alsaafin

Biden hands Netanyahu a pen. US and Israeli flags seen in background

Gaza Shows the Difference Between International Law and the “Rules-Based International Order” Gaza Shows the Difference Between International Law and the “Rules-Based International Order”

World / Forever Wars / November 17, 2023 Gaza Shows the Difference Between International Law and the “Rules-Based International Order” Adherence to US hegemony determines w…

Nov 17, 2023 / Column / Spencer Ackerman

A woman goes through the rubble of her ruined house after the shelling in Russian-controlled territory of Donetsk, Ukraine.

Right Now We Must Remember That War Is Never Obligatory Right Now We Must Remember That War Is Never Obligatory

Russia is a warning of what we might someday face as a nation if we become inured to violence at home and abroad.

Nov 16, 2023 / Andrea Mazzarino

Representative Greg Casar (D-Tex.) participates in the House Oversight and Accountability Committee organizing meeting in the Rayburn House Office Building on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.

Texas Democrat Greg Casar’s Poll Finds Overwhelming Support for a Cease-Fire Texas Democrat Greg Casar’s Poll Finds Overwhelming Support for a Cease-Fire

The congressman polled his constituents and found what every other poll is finding: Americans want the killing in Gaza to stop.

Nov 16, 2023 / John Nichols

Headshots of Sa'ed Atshan and Katharina Galor

The Moral Triangle: Palestine, Israel, and Germany The Moral Triangle: Palestine, Israel, and Germany

A conversation about “peace and justice and freedom for all Palestinians and Israelis” with Sa’ed Atshan and Katharina Galor.

Nov 16, 2023 / Q&A / Linda Mannheim

President Joe Biden delivers an address on the conflict between Israel and Gaza and the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the Oval Office in Washington, D.C., on October 19, 2023.

An Indigestible Nation An Indigestible Nation

While the world has changed and threats are different, the Biden administration’s worldview is rooted in the assumption that America is the “indispensable nation” that will police...

Nov 16, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage

People carry a body, covered with a blanket, as they conduct a search and rescue operation after the second bombardment of the Israeli army in the last 24 hours at Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza City, Gaza on November 01, 2023.

“A Wall of Fire Smashed Into Me”: Dispatches From a Month in Gaza “A Wall of Fire Smashed Into Me”: Dispatches From a Month in Gaza

Excerpts from the diary of Atef Abu Saif, who has been in Gaza since October 7.

Nov 16, 2023 / Atef Abu Saif

Gaza’s Queer Palestinians Fight to Be Remembered

Gaza’s Queer Palestinians Fight to Be Remembered Gaza’s Queer Palestinians Fight to Be Remembered

Through the online platform Queering the Map, stories of queer Palestinians can live on forever, asserting to the world that they do, in fact, exist.

Nov 16, 2023 / Photo Essay / Sarah O’Neal

President of Israel Isaac Herzog speaks on video during the March For Israel at the National Mall on November 14, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

The March for Israel Was a Hate Rally The March for Israel Was a Hate Rally

What kind of gathering against antisemitism invites antisemites?

Nov 15, 2023 / Dave Zirin

A Palestinian woman gestures next to a damaged olive tree in the village of Qusra in the northern West Bank in October 2011.

For Palestinians in the West Bank, This Olive Harvest Is Literally Life-Threatening For Palestinians in the West Bank, This Olive Harvest Is Literally Life-Threatening

As Israeli settlers ramp up their attacks across the West Bank, Palestinians are being forced to choose between their lives and their livelihoods.

Nov 15, 2023 / Hana Elias

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