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While superior firepower may determine political outcomes in the short run, no amount of weapons can possibly break the will of a nation that has vowed to restore its dignity and win its freedom, no matter the cost....

“I never expected the world will know my name [because of] a genocide of my people,” says Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza, who gained international acclaim for his work during the first 108 days of Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza. Since evacuating in January, Azaiza has brought his advocacy for Palestinian rights around the world. Democracy Now! speaks to him from Washington, D.C., where he has just wrapped up a nationwide speaking tour titled “Gaza Through My Lens” in support of UNR...

“And as horrifying as both these developing stories are, they’re going to be shifted to the back burner as soon as Israel begins its planned attack on Iran.”...

On Wednesday, the Socialist Equality Party hosted a live-streamed discussion to mark the one-year anniversary of the Gaza genocide, analyzing the historical roots of the US-Israeli rampage in the Middle East and advancing a socialist strategy to stop it....

Israel has perpetrated a concerted policy to destroy Gaza’s healthcare system as part of a broader assault on Gaza, committing war crimes and the crime against humanity of extermination with relentless and deliberate attacks on medical personnel and facilities, the 𝐔𝐍 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 said in its new report: 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐝...

'For some of us, the red line has been crossed already': Reservists and draftees across multiple military branches warn that they'll cease service if hostage negotiations aren't prioritized...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan strongly condemned Israel’s ongoing military operations in Gaza and Lebanon on Wednesday. During a speech at the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Parliamentary group meeting, he labeled Tel Aviv a “Zionist terrorist organization.”...

Leaked cables and emails show how the agency’s top officers dismissed internal evidence of Israelis misusing U.S.-made bombs and worked to supply more as the Gaza death toll mounted. 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐬: Ambassador Jack Lew urged Washington to give thousands more bombs to the Israelis because they have a “decades-long proven track record” of avoiding killing civilians. 𝐀 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤-𝐘𝐨𝐮: After State Department officials spent months working through weekends and after hours on arms sales, the Israelis sent ...

People in Gaza are exposed to airborne particles released as Israel destroys the enclave. Inhaled, it can cause cancers. In Gaza now, leading asbestos expert Roger Willey said: “You’ve got smashed asbestos pieces on the ground, in the air from the explosion, and people are walking through it and kicking it up all the time, so it’ll never come back to a safe environment until it’s all cleared away”. Liz Darlison, CEO of the charity Mesothelioma UK, said after an explosion that releases asbesto...

Occupying states terrorise and resistance movements terrorize in an infinitely smaller way when they strike back. The difference between them, apart from the firepower of the state and the puny or relatively puny weapons available to a resistance movement, lies in the right of the movement to resist invasion and occupation. In such situations, the state has no rights, only responsibilities. Between Hezbollah and Israel it should also be noted that whereas Hezbollah has minimized civilian cas...