As UN Turns 80, Trump Continues US Violation of Charter’s Limits on Use of Force
Donald Trump has ignored UN rules about attacking other nations, but he is not the first US president to do so.
Glenn Greenwald Reacts to Netanyahu’s UN Speech
By Glenn Greenwald / System Update
Israel’s Netanyahu Addresses Empty UN Chamber With Genocidal Claims After Mass Walkout
The truth is, almost everyone left, so that Netanyahu addressed mostly empty chairs.
The United Nations Turns Eighty
At eighty, the United Nations is bogged down by structural limitations and political divisions that render it powerless to act decisively – nowhere more clearly than in the Gaza genocide.
Patrick Lawrence: The State of the ‘State of Palestine’
To put the point simply, Israel has murdered, starved and terrorized too many Palestinians for this year’s gathering at the Secretariat in Manhattan to conclude without some conclusions.
Famine Officially Declared in Gaza After 2 Years of Near-Total Israeli Blockade
Since its establishment in 2004, the UN-backed IPC has only officially declared five famines.
Bipartisan US Push Tries to Label Democratic African Government as ‘Terrorist’
The UN treats the Polisario as the legitimate representative of the Western Sahara people. The US is now vilifying it.
Israel Continues to Starve, Target Gaza Civilians in Ongoing Genocide
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The fascist government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to wage war on Gaza civilians, in the longest and…
The Real Reason the Genocide Hasn’t Been Stopped (w/ Francesca Albanese)
Francesca Albanese describes the dark, self-serving reason that no UN member states have stopped the genocide in Gaza — namely, the economy of war, crisis and genocide that fuels the…
US Vetoes UN Resolution Calling for a Ceasefire in Gaza
The US was the only member of the 15-member Security Council that didn't vote in favor of the resolution.
Israeli Officer Says ‘Nearly Every’ IDF Platoon Has Used Palestinians as Human Shields in Gaza
"These are not isolated accounts; they point to a systemic failure and a horrifying moral collapse," said the executive director of Breaking the Silence.
UN Warns 14,000 Babies in Gaza Could Die in 48 Hours Without True Lift of Israeli Blockade
"The limited entry of aid into Gaza cannot be mistaken for meaningful progress," said one humanitarian expert.
420,000 Palestinians Newly Displaced in Gaza Since Israel Shattered Ceasefire: UNRWA
In a statement, the agency warned that “humanitarian aid and supplies have not entered the Gaza Strip since 2 March 2025, when the Israeli Authorities imposed a siege.”
UN Exposes Systematic Israeli Rape of Palestinians
The report records, “sexual and gender-based violence is by no means a new element of the Israeli occupation.”
Unilateral Coercive Measures and the War on Women
Despite being among the most impacted by economic war, women continue to foster a sense of solidarity, care, and hope in humanity.