Category: Palestine

A rapidly arranged Town Hall Meeting held January 13, at NYC’s Ethical Culture Center, turned out over 500 people. Speakers included Chris Hedges, Cynthia McKinney, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Goodman, Peter Weiss, Adam…

  By Marjorie Cohn   Since Israel began its war on Gaza 11 days ago, more than 560 Palestinians – about a quarter of them civilians – have been killed. Some two…

  by Bill Quigley   Dr. Nicolas Doussis-Rassias and many other volunteer doctors have been waiting in Rafah, Egypt for days.   Nicolas and the other physicians came to Rafah to go…

  By Elaine Brower and Thomas Good   NEW YORK — On Saturday, January, in solidarity with other protests around the world, members of Movement for a Democratic Society-Staten Island joined with…

By Dennis Loo Israel continues to claim that the hundreds of civilian deaths (including children) in its war upon Gaza are the result of Hamas using civilians as human shields. Israel repeated…

By Kenneth J. Theisen Anyone who has been following the actions of Israel in its attack on Gaza is well aware that Israel is violating international law. A recent press release of the…

By Kenneth J. Theisen   On Thursday the U.S. Senate confirmed its support for Israeli war crimes by passing a resolution in support of Israel’s attack on the Palestinians of Gaza. The…

By Kevin Gosztola “…new torments and new tormented souls I see around me wherever I move, and howsoever I turn, and wherever I gaze.” –Third Circle, Inferno by Dante Alighieri   “Consider…

by Dahr Jamail   “Foreseen for so many years: these evils, this monstrous violence, these massive agonies: no easier to bear.” -Robinson Jeffers, American poet   Agence France-Presse reports that the first…

By Marjorie Cohn Since Israel began its war on Gaza 11 days ago, more than 560 Palestinians – about a quarter of them civilians – have been killed. Some two thousand Gazans,…