War and Peace

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 US Military Is Still Not Taking Suicide Prevention Seriously

The US Military Is Still Not Taking Suicide Prevention Seriously The US Military Is Still Not Taking Suicide Prevention Seriously

The unanticipated toll of suicides by troops and veterans has become another Pentagon failure.

Aug 7, 2024 / Nick Turse

Kamala Harris looking at Joe Biden

Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World

A lame-duck president averse to diplomacy poses grave dangers at home and abroad.

Aug 5, 2024 / Jeet Heer

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

Palestinians try to get away from the area as smoke and dust rise following the Israeli army attack a building in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza,

On Surviving a Massacre in One of Gaza’s “Safe Zones” On Surviving a Massacre in One of Gaza’s “Safe Zones”

The Nuseirat refugee camp was supposed to be a place of relative safety for Gaza’s besieged residents. Then the skies filled with Apache helicopters.

Aug 5, 2024 / Heba Alhaddad

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

Iranian mourners hold portraits of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh during a funeral ceremony for him and his bodyguard Abu Shaaban in Tehran, Iran, on August 1, 2024.

Will Israel Drag the US Into a New Forever War? Will Israel Drag the US Into a New Forever War?

Regional war isn’t inevitable if the Biden administration delivers a firm message to Israel: The US will provide neither weapons nor funding for an Israeli war on Hezbollah.

Aug 1, 2024 / Adam Weinstein and Annelle Sheline

Will Philip Gordon Be President Harris’s National Security Adviser?

Will Philip Gordon Be President Harris’s National Security Adviser? Will Philip Gordon Be President Harris’s National Security Adviser?

The prospects for foreign policy in a Harris administration.

Jul 30, 2024 / James Carden

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

Palestinians walk next to the remains of Al-Azhar University in Gaza City on February 10, 2024.

Every University in Gaza Has Been Destroyed. So Have These Students’ Dreams. Every University in Gaza Has Been Destroyed. So Have These Students’ Dreams.

The class of 2024 was supposed to graduate this year. Instead, they are trapped in the hell of Gaza, and their futures are unknown.

Jul 26, 2024 / Sondos Fayoumi

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