"Any time that white phosphorus is used in crowded civilian areas, it poses a high risk of excruciating burns and lifelong suffering," said one Human Rights Watch official.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
"Where is the outrage we saw when Israeli children were killed?" asked a co-founder of IfNotNow.
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,…
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…
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…
Professor Norman Finkelstein breaks down some of the key background that’s essential to understanding what led Israel and the Palestinians into this conflict.
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…
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Hamas leaders have said they were driven to their attack on Israel this weekend by two major considerations, the…
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch Shock and horror. But to and for whom? At 6.30 am on October 7, the State of Israel was certainly in shock. From the south,…
"We should all have equal life, we should have all peace, we should all have justice, and we should live in dignity," said Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. "The main way to…
