Catherine Russell/CNN The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. (photo: Reuters) 18 march 24 (RSN.org) The conflict in Gaza has now passed the 20-week mark. Since October, unrelenting war has squeezed people farther and farther south, pushing them to Rafah, the final stretch of Gazan territory before the Egyptian border. In just… Continue reading
Alan Taylor/The Atlantic Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies. (photo: Mohammed Salem/Reuters) 15 march 24 (RSN.org) The United Nations is warning that famine in Gaza is “almost inevitable.” Palestinians living in Gaza are struggling with extreme shortages of food, clean… Continue reading
U.S. President Joe Biden answers questions about Israel in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on February 8, 2024. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) “Mr. President, with all due respect, there is simply no explanation that PM Netanyahu—or you—could offer to justify this ongoing… Continue reading
Middle East Eye • Feb 9, 2024 “They wished me to die, they wished my children to die, they threatened to rape my daughter.” Meir Baruchin, a 62-year-old Israeli history teacher and anti-war activist, revealed how he was arrested in October and imprisoned in solitary confinement as a “high-risk detainee”… Continue reading
Gideon Levy/Haaretz The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. (photo: Reuters) 05 february 24 (RSN.org) Two hundred and sixty names of babies whose age was 0; names of babies who didn’t get to celebrate their first birthday, nor will they ever celebrate anything else. Here are some of their… Continue reading
A demonstrator holds a sign that says “Biden’s reelection strategy: WWIII” while marching from the U.S. Embassy to the Israeli Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal on January 14, 2024. (Photo: Horacio Villalobos/Corbis via Getty Images) “You need to listen,” said the head of one group that revoked a primary endorsement. “Because… Continue reading
Israeli historian Ilan Pappé reframes ‘the only democracy in the Middle East’ as a colonizing force that is inherently undemocratic due to its necessary subjugation of Palestinians. BY CHRIS HEDGES JANUARY 5, 2024 (therealnews.com) Israeli forces detain Palestinians protesting against the demolition of a building belonging to Palestinians, which they claimed… Continue reading
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visit the occupied West Bank on August 21, 2023. (Photo: Amos Ben-Gershom (GPO)/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) “In general, it’s hard to prove an intention of genocide because no public statements to that effect are made during the fighting,”… Continue reading
Tthe United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East receives humanitarian aid brought by first convoy of relief trucks in Rafah, Gaza on October 21, 2023. (Photo: Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images) “Our international convoy leader and his team were not injured but one vehicle… Continue reading
