Israel Is Using Starvation as a Weapon of War Against the Palestinian People
A full-scale ground offensive on Gaza is imminent, even as Palestinians are already suffering collective punishment.
‘Will You Urge Israel to Not Starve and Slaughter People?’ — State Dept. Ignores Series of Sam Husseini Questions
The State Department gets tough questions from Max Blumenthal and Said Arikat on Israeli war crimes. I ask questions throughout but am never called on.
Report From Gaza: Fears That Israeli Army Is Preparing for Ethnic Cleansing
As Israel massacres entire families and wipes out whole neighborhoods, the Israeli army's calls for Gazans to flee to the Egyptian border are stoking fears of genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Israeli Intelligence Suddenly Knows Exactly Where Hamas Is
By Caitlin Johnstone / Substack It’s interesting how last week Israel had no idea what Hamas was up to, and yet this week they know every mosque, school and hospital…
Report From Gaza: Two Palestinians Describe ‘Horror’ on 6th Day of Israel Bombing Besieged Enclave
By DemocracyNow! We speak with two Palestinians in Gaza City about Israel’s devastating bombing campaign while blocking all food, water and fuel from entering the besieged territory. The U.N. reports…
Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy: Israel Should Lift Siege & Call Off Plans for Ground Invasion of Gaza
By DemocracyNow! From Tel Aviv, we hear from award-winning Israeli journalist and author Gideon Levy, whose recent column for Haaretz is headlined “Israel Can’t Imprison Two Million Gazans Without Paying…
Ray McGovern: A Matter of Justice
The extremists now heading the Israeli government have made no secret of their plans to move even more forcefully against the Palestinians. It was and is a powder keg that…
Source of Dubious ‘Beheaded Babies’ Claim is Israeli Settler Leader Who Incited Riots to ‘Wipe Out’ Palestinian Village
After an Israeli reserve soldier named David Ben Zion told a reporter Palestinian militants “cut heads of babies,” Biden, Netanyahu, and the international media amplified the dubious claim. The Grayzone…
Israeli Airstrikes Have Killed Over 320 Children in Gaza: Health Ministry
"Where is the outrage we saw when Israeli children were killed?" asked a co-founder of IfNotNow.
‘Israel’s 9/11’ Is a Slogan to Rationalize Open-Ended Killing of Palestinian Civilians
By Norman Solomon / CounterPunch When Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations spoke outside the Security Council on Sunday, he said: “This is Israel’s 9/11. This is Israel’s 9/11.” Meanwhile,…
While Israeli Media Examine Government Failure, US Papers Push ‘National Unity’
In the wake of the Hamas attacks, US editorial boards urged Israelis to put aside the concerns they’ve had about democracy.
Patrick Lawrence: ‘Innocent Israelis’
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Of all the gruesome images and stomach-turning news reports to come out of Israel since Hamas launched its daring attack across the Gaza…
Scott Ritter: Israel’s Massive Intelligence Failure
The origins of Israel’s intelligence failure on the Hamas attacks can be traced to the decision to rely on AI instead of the contrarian analysis born of the earlier intelligence…
Here’s What You Need To Know About Gaza’s History (w/ Norman Finkelstein)
Professor Norman Finkelstein breaks down some of the key background that’s essential to understanding what led Israel and the Palestinians into this conflict.
Netanyahu’s Humiliating Reality Check: Israel’s ‘Invincible’ Army Falls Short
It is unclear what direction Netanyahu will choose. But either way, no matter what will happen in the coming days and weeks, Israel has, in many ways, already lost the…