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100-Year-Old Jimmy Carter Shows Us What Courage Looks Like on Israel-Palestine

As we celebrate and reflect on Carter’s life and legacy, let us amplify his call for the U.S. to be a genuine force for peace and justice around the world. By Mustafa Barghouti Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the…

Open letter from Brian Eno and Yanis Varoufakis to the judges of the International Criminal Court

On October 7, Brian Eno and Yanis Varoufakis appealed to the International Criminal Court to do its duty. To uphold international law by prosecuting self-evident war crimes in Israel-Palestine, lest genocide becomes normalised across the world. Dear judges of the…

Undercounting Deaths in Gaza While Claiming It’s the Worst War Ever

We generally accept that if you do a census and only count the people who answer their doors you miss some people, and that you can calculate an estimate that reliably gets closer to reality than the list of people…

Sept 28: Cuban and Venezuelan Foreign Ministers to Speak at Gaza Fundraiser at Apollo Theater

This Saturday, September 28, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil will join a Gaza Solidarity Fundraiser at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. This event will come shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the…

New military prison sentence for three Israeli conscientious objectors

The three Israeli conscientious objectors Itamar Greenberg, Yuval Moav and Oryan Mueller were sentenced to a second term in military prison for their refusal to serve in the IDF and to take part in the destruction of Gaza. Greenberg and…

“Campus Has Become Unrecognizable”: Columbia Prof. Franke Faces Firing After DN Interview on Gaza

Columbia University law professor Katherine Franke last appeared on Democracy Now! in January to discuss an attack on Columbia’s campus targeting pro-Palestinian student activists with a foul-smelling liquid that led to multiple hospitalizations. Following her interview, Franke now faces termination after two…

War on Gaza Crystalizes Israel’s Image

Modern Israel attracts much attention from analysts and the public but our ability to understand it is hindered by ideology, prejudice, and myth. Many tread carefully when discussing Israel lest they be accused of antisemitism. In an earlier article, I…

Three 18-year-old conscientious objectors sentenced to 30 days in prison for refusing to enlist in the Israeli army

Yuval Moav from Kfar Neter was sentenced on Monday, Oryan Mueller from Tel Aviv was sentenced on Tuesday and Itamar Greenberg from Bnei Brak was sentenced on Wednesday. All three are being sent to Neve Ztedek military prison. They are…

Veterans to Vice President Harris: Push Now to End the Siege of Gaza

    Call for a Permanent Ceasefire and Emergency Food and Medical Aid By Gerry Condon The national organization Veterans For Peace has written an Open Letter to Vice President Kamala Harris, asking her to push for an immediate end to…

Israel, demontration in support of three conscientious objectors

On Monday, August 5tha a demonstration will be held in front of Tel-Hashomer enlistment camp in support of three teens refusing to enlist in the Israeli army in protest against the war in Gaza. Three 18-year-olds, Yuval Moav from Kfar…

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