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Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza?

The flotilla waits to sail from Istanbul. Photo credit: Medea Benjamin The non-violence training to join the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ships to Gaza has been intense. As hundreds of us from 32 countries gathered in Istanbul, we were briefed about what we might encounter on this voyage. “We have to be ready for every […]
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The North American Peace Movement at an Inflection Point
The North American peace movement is contesting ongoing US wars in Ukraine and Palestine and preparations for war with China. Out of the fog of these wars, a clear anti-imperialist focus is emerging. Giving peace a chance has never been more plainly understood as opposition to what Martin Luther King, Jr., referred to as “the […]
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The West now wants “restraint” after months of fuelling a genocide in Gaza

Suddenly, western politicians from US President Joe Biden to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have become ardent champions of “restraint” – in a very last-minute scramble to avoid regional conflagration. Iran launched a salvo of drones and missiles at Israel at the weekend in what amounted a largely symbolic show of strength. Many appear to have been […]
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Suspending the Rule of Tolerable Violence: Israel’s Attack and Iran’s Retaliation
The Middle East has, for some time, been a powder keg where degrees of violence are tolerated with ceremonial mania and a calculus of restraint. Assassinations can take place at a moment’s notice. Revenge killings follow with dashing speed. Suicide bombings of immolating power are carried out. Drone strikes of devastating, collective punishment are ordered, […]
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Iran Warns U.S. to “Stay away” from Conflict with Israel
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Saturday warned the U.S. about “any support for Israel or involvement in harming Iran’s interests,” according to a statement. U.S. President Joe Biden said he met with his national security team for an update on Iran’s attacks on Israel and the U.S. commitment to Israel’s security against threats […]
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Iran Confirms Launching “Extensive” Strike against Israel

FILE PHOTO. © Global Look Press / Iranian Army Office An operation has been carried out against Israeli targets in the Occupied Palestinian territories, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement on Monday night. The drone and missile strike was a response to “numerous crimes” supposedly committed by West Jerusalem, the statement said, […]
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Little is left in Khan Younis

Al-Aqsa University in Khan Younis is one of many areas in Khan Younis to which Israel has caused enormous damage. (Ruwaida Amer) Khaled Arqoub was shocked when he saw that his home had been flattened. It and the buildings next door were destroyed after Israeli troops entered Khan Younis city in tanks. “I have lost […]
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Death by Algorithm: Israel’s AI War in Gaza
Remorseless killing at the initiation of artificial intelligence has been the subject of nail-biting concern for various members of computer-digital cosmos. Be wary of such machines in war and their displacing potential regarding human will and agency. For all that, the advent of AI-driven, automated systems in war has already become a cold-blooded reality, deployed […]
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Israeli Milestones: From Six Day Victory to Six Month Failure
In June 1967 Israel launched surprise attacks on its Arab neighbors and captured Gaza, the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Golan. With military and intelligence support from Lyndon Johnson’s administration, Israel shocked and overwhelmed its neighbors, largely destroying Egypt’s air force on the ground. Israel not only seized possession of these territories, they humiliated their […]
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Germany, Gaza and the World Court: Broadening the Scope of Genocide
Can it get any busier? The World Court, otherwise known as the International Court of Justice, has been swamped by applications on the subject of alleged genocide. The site of interest remains the Gaza Strip, the subject of unremitting slaughter since the October 7, 2023 cross-border attacks by Hamas against Israel. The retaliation by Israel […]