Biden would rather defend Israeli impunity than stop a regional war
As Israel intensified its deadly attacks on Lebanon, the U.S. moved more troops to the Middle East. The move shows Joe Biden’s priority is not to avoid escalation but to ensure that Israel has full...
View ArticleHow Israel attempts to justify indiscriminate attacks on civilians (and why...
Israel’s mass terror attack in Lebanon that led to the death and maiming of hundreds of civilians also served as a playbook for how Israel seeks to justify its war crimes. But as the attack's aftermath...
View ArticleThe German Left’s complicity in the Palestinian genocide
While the German left passionately supports many international causes but remains conspicuously silent on the ongoing genocide of Palestinians, conveniently overlooking its own complicity in Germany’s...
View ArticleFreedom Decree: The UN resolution and the movement to liberate Palestine
The recent UN General Assembly vote on the illegality of the Israeli occupation shows Israeli impunity is no longer guaranteed and the foundations of Israeli settler-colonialism and apartheid have...
View ArticleWhat does a war with Lebanon and Iran mean for Gaza?
Early on in the genocide, there was an assumption that a war with Lebanon would ease pressure on Gaza. But with the world's attention now on the escalations with Hezbollah and Iran, Israel continues to...
View ArticleIsrael’s forever war and what comes next
In Gaza and Lebanon, Israel is projecting its force while burrowing itself deeper into a quagmire. While it may achieve brief operational successes, it fails to extinguish the spirit of the resistance...
View ArticleThe United States and Israel set out to remake the Middle East, again
The mood in Washington today is similar to 2003 when the neocons of the Bush administration sought to remake the Middle East. This time, a joint vision shared by Israel and the Biden administration...
View ArticleFailing Palestine by failing the Sudanese revolution
Lessons from the intersections of Sudan and Palestine in politics, media, and organizing.
View Article‘A disastrous, incompetent president who plunged the world into chaos’: how...
Michael Arria talks to Biden biographer Branko Marcetic about how the Gaza genocide will shape the president’s legacy.
View ArticleAfter October 7, my home became a bag I carry with me
I have lived through my own Nakba and understand why thousands of Palestinians fled their homes in 1948. I made the most difficult decision of my life and left Gaza, not knowing that what I carried...
View ArticleFrom ethnic cleansing to genocide
I am a survivor of the 1948 Nakba who lived to witness the 2024 genocide. I may not live to see justice be made, but I am certain our long struggle will be rewarded. Our grandchildren will live at home...
View ArticleMy martyrs live on
Out from under the rubble, I see my martyrs waving for me. They all stand again. They smile. They live. They go back home.
View ArticleFive things we’ve learned since October 7
Noura Erakat shares five lessons the Israeli genocide in Gaza has taught us.
View ArticleGaza remains our compass
Gaza has become a battlefield in the war over the fate and collective dignity of the people of the region, including beyond Palestine. But amid all this, Gaza remains the compass.
View ArticleThe true lesson of October 7 is that Israel cannot be reformed
The year since October 7 has shown us that Israel can neither be accommodated nor reformed. It must be dismantled, and Zionism must be brought to an end. Only this will finally alleviate the...
View ArticleThe beginning of the end of Israel
One year later the flames of genocide still burn, but after decades of persecution and bloodshed we may well be seeing the beginning of the end of the settler-colonial project in Palestine.
View ArticlePhoto Essay: An autobiography of uprising
Documenting one year of revolt from the occupied West Bank to the East Coast.
View ArticleThe Gaza I knew is gone with our martyrs
We do not fight for Palestine for our family. I am no longer clinging to the hope of reunification and survival. We fight for Palestine because the liberation of its people means the liberation of us all.
View ArticleOctober 7 created a new world, but there is so much left to be done
We live in an entirely new world than a year ago. The ugly, racist, violent logic dominating our lives has been irrevocably exposed. Will we allow that logic to prevail?
View ArticleArab states are coming together to prevent a regional war, will the U.S. listen?
As Israel expands its war to Lebanon and is threatening Iran as well, there are important signs that Arab states in the region are finally stepping in to prevent a broader regional war. Will the Biden...
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