Michael Laxer
'Unspeakable Cruelty': Israeli Strikes on Gaza Hospital, Refugee Camps Kill Dozens
"When will our country stop funding this madness?" asked U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. "When?" Flames from the strike on the hospital...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 103 min read
Historic ICC War Crimes Complaint Names 1,000 Israeli Soldiers
"This complaint is not only the largest ever submitted to the ICC, but it is also a milestone in documenting Israeli war crimes for...
Michael Laxer
Oct 92 min read
Palestinians Mourn Elderly Nonviolent Activist Beaten to Death by IDF in West Bank
Israeli forces also killed a Palestinian boy on his way home from school in the occupied territory. By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams...
Michael Laxer
Oct 83 min read
Israel's War on Gaza and Beyond Has Cost the US People At Least $22.76 Billion: Report
"It has been difficult for the U.S. public, journalists, and members of Congress to get an accurate understanding of the amount of...
Michael Laxer
Oct 45 min read
Biden's Destructive Israel Policy Has Led Us to the Brink of War on Iran
Biden has been out of his depth throughout this crisis, relying on political instincts from an era when acting tough and blindly...
Michael Laxer
Sep 103 min read
'Another Unbearable and Horrific Massacre': US-Armed IDF Kills Dozens in Tent City Bombing
"The far-right genocidal Israeli government continues to use its one-ton Biden bombs to massacre Palestinians as if they were sheep for...
Michael Laxer
Aug 216 min read
The DNC Fiddles While the World Burns
The combined dangers of nuclear war and climate catastrophe have pushed the hands of the Doomsday Clock all the way to 90 seconds to...
Michael Laxer
Aug 53 min read
'Beyond Horror': Israel Kills Mostly Children in Fresh Attacks on Gaza Schools
"Remember that each one of those numbers is one person, a child who has been forever changed by what's happened." Screenshot of a man...
Michael Laxer
Jul 153 min read
World 'Cannot Remain Silent in the Face of This Endless Massacre,' Says Lula
"The Israeli government continues to sabotage the peace process and the cease-fire in the Middle East," said the Brazilian president
Michael Laxer
Jun 176 min read
The Major Obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian Peace Is the United States
The U.S. government seems determined to share Israel’s self-inflicted isolation from voices calling for peace from all over the world,...
Michael Laxer
May 236 min read
The Atlantic’s Sloppy Reporting on UN Gaza Statistics Jeopardizes Its Credibility
The whole exercise of asking whether these numbers are accurate is just distraction and obfuscation. Image via the Palestinian People's...
Michael Laxer
May 76 min read
Will the Palestinian Groups Create a New Palestinian Political Project?
By Vijay Prashad In Cairo, representatives from Hamas held indirect negotiations with Israel for a ceasefire. The sticking point for...
Michael Laxer
May 71 min read
Israel Invades Rafah
Israeli tanks seize control of Egypt-Gaza crossing in Rafah -- image via X By Global News Service On Monday, May 6, Israel issued...
Michael Laxer
Feb 135 min read
There Is No Place for the Palestinians of Gaza to Go
Scene of apocalyptic destruction in Gaza -- image via the Palestinian People's Party By Vijay Prashad On February 9, 2024, Israel’s prime...
Michael Laxer
Feb 96 min read
Instead of Diplomacy and Peace, US Chooses to Back Genocide and War
The horror Americans feel at the plight of people in Gaza and the U.S. role in it is a shocking new low in this disconnect between the...
Michael Laxer
Jan 251 min read
One of the Largest Unions in the United States Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza
By Global News Service The Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which boasts two million members, has joined a growing section...
Michael Laxer
Jan 1710 min read
In Gaza, the West Is Enabling the Most Transparent Genocide in Human History
This is extraordinary because the states supporting Israel, above all the United States, have claimed the high moral and legal ground and...
Michael Laxer
Dec 22, 20235 min read
Normalization With Israel Has Been Ended by Its Brutal War on Gaza
President Donald J. Trump, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Michael Laxer
Dec 19, 20236 min read
They Deem Us Weeds: This Is What It Means To Be Unspeakable
By Abby Zimet, Common Dreams Sorry to those weary. But the horror in Gaza churns on, and we can't look away. Israel's emblematic killing...
Michael Laxer
Dec 1, 20232 min read
At least 109 Palestinians already killed as slaughter in Gaza begins again
The slaughter in Gaza has begun again after the humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas broke down on Friday morning (December 1). Al...
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