Category: Palestine

by Glenn Greenwald Israel’s escalating air attacks on Gaza follow the depressingly familiar pattern that shapes this conflict. Overwhelming Israeli force slaughters innocent Palestinians, including children, which is preceded (and followed) by…

Protest today: I am writing you very quickly today. World Can’t Wait has a mission of stopping the crimes of our government. All day yesterday, in court (see here) we were getting…

by Khalid Amaryeh  As a student of the collective Israeli mindset and long-time observer of Israeli behavioral patterns, I wasn’t surprised a bit by Lieutenant Colonel Shalom Eisner’s behaviors with Danish peace…

From A World to Win News Service  Günter Grass has achieved something many poets have only dreamt of in recent years: he has brought poetry, or at least a poem, to the center…

By Nima Shirazi  The so-called "Middle East Quartet" – that is, the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia – has issued a "Statement on the Situation in Gaza" today. It…

By Michael Blum Israel said on Friday that it has prevented hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists from flying to its main airport in a mass protest but that security forces will stay on…

For updates on the developing situation, see ustogaza.org From Revolution As a small flotilla prepares to … defy the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza toward the end of the month, it is…

By Kathy Kelly | June 27, 2011 Last week, newly-arrived in Athens as part of the US Boat to Gaza project, our team of activists gathered for nonviolence training.  We are here…

By Alan Goodman  It slices and zigzags through 400 miles of the West Bank four times longer than the Berlin Wall. It carves up an area that is home to two-and-a-half-million Palestinians….

From Revolution  The wave of popular uprisings that have shaken the Middle East swept up to, and momentarily into Israel on Sunday, May 15. On that day, thousands of Palestinian and other…