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Michael Laxer
May 20, 20244 min read
ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan files applications for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yaov Gallant
Image via video screenshot on X In a move clearly calculated to put pressure on the government of Israel to end its attacks in Gaza, ...
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Michael Laxer
May 18, 20244 min read
Israel’s Assault on Gaza Proves the Nakba Never Ended
What followed the initial displacement and killing of Palestinians in 1948 has been one of the most violent, costly, and protracted...
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Michael Laxer
May 17, 20241 min read
UAW University of California workers vote to strike over Palestine protest crackdown
Image via UAW Local 4811 Members of the union representing academic workers at the University of California (UC) system -- UAW Local 4811...
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Michael Laxer
May 16, 20245 min read
The Journalists of Gaza Taught the World Why Outrage and Protest Were Required
There is no award or accolade that can do justice to the incredible craft and courage of Palestinian reporters working on the frontlines...
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Michael Laxer
May 14, 20248 min read
Arsenal of Genocide: The American Weapons Destroying Gaza
While decades of even deadlier U.S. war-making in the greater Middle East failed to provoke a sustained mass protest movement, the...
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Michael Laxer
May 14, 20241 min read
Mass demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine across Greece
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on Monday May 13, thousands of students responded to the call of the Student Unions of...
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Michael Laxer
May 12, 20242 min read
Egypt joins South Africa in ICJ genocide case
Various Sources Egypt has announced that it will join South Africa in supporting its genocide case against Israel at the International...
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Michael Laxer
May 12, 20244 min read
This Mother’s Day, Take a Stand Against War in Gaza and Everywhere
As a creative force, mothers must speak out now to counter the destructive force of war and violence. Palestinians flee Rafah -- Image...
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Michael Laxer
May 11, 20245 min read
South Africa Urges ICJ Action as Israeli War Cabinet Expands Rafah Assault
"Despite repeated orders by the court, Israel has not changed its conduct," South Africa's urgent request states. "It has doubled down on...
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Michael Laxer
May 10, 20243 min read
'Barbaric': Whistleblowers Further Expose Israel's Torture of Detained Palestinians
"What we know about Gaza is only tip of atrocity iceberg." Image via the Palestinian People's Party By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Three...
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Michael Laxer
May 9, 20244 min read
UNICEF Warns Area Israel Pushing Rafah Residents to Is 'Not Safe'
"It is a narrow strip of beach on the coast that lacks the basic infrastructure—like toilets and running water—needed to sustain the...
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Michael Laxer
May 8, 20242 min read
UN experts condemn "onslaught of violence against women and children in Gaza"
“We are appalled that women are being targeted by Israel with such vicious, indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks, seemingly...
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Michael Laxer
May 8, 20243 min read
'Not Just Gaza': IDF Killings in West Bank Surge to Unprecedented Levels
"These killings are taking place at a level without recent precedent in an environment in which Israeli forces have no need to fear that...
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Michael Laxer
May 7, 20246 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...
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Michael Laxer
May 7, 20241 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...
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Michael Laxer
May 7, 20241 min read
Israel Shuts Down Al Jazeera Operations in the Country
By Global News Service Two days after the world commemorated Press Freedom Day, Israel ordered the shutdown of the Al Jazeera media...
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Michael Laxer
May 7, 20243 min read
Cutting Off Lifeline for Starving Gazans, Israel Seizes Control of Rafah Crossing
"This has devastating impacts for the people of Gaza who are already on the verge of famine," said the UNRWA's director of planning....
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Michael Laxer
May 6, 20243 min read
'Unlawful and Catastrophic': IDF Begins Forced Evacuation of Rafah
The head of one humanitarian group called the Israeli military's directives "a serious violation of international law." Smoke from an...
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Michael Laxer
May 4, 20242 min read
UN Food Chief Says Northern Gaza Suffering 'Full-Blown Famine'
"And it's moving its way south," she warned. By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams United Nations World Food Program Executive Director Cindy...
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Michael Laxer
May 3, 20245 min read
The Older Generation of Politicians Can’t Stop the American Intifada
Millions of Americans are clearly fed up, with war, with their government’s allegiance to a foreign country, to militarism, to police...
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