21 years now since “Shock & Awe,” the all-out bombing assault which took the already decade-long U.S. war on the people of Iraq to its most lethal level, and people of the…
Category: Palestine
Let’s make a leap
People – we really need to leap ahead this leap year in stopping the crimes of our government. Please use this extra day to speak out, educate others, take action. This Saturday there are world-wide actions for Palestine including…
Humanity asks: What is over the top?
This week the U.S. distinguished itself from every other nation on the UN Security Council by vetoing – for third time – a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Headlines,…
An Even Greater Crime Looms
It’s almost unbearable to witness the suffering of the Palestinians in Gaza. And now we anticipate Israel spreading its military invasion further into Rafah, the city in southern Gaza where Palestinians had…
December 28 Actions For Palestine
From Jewish Elders: Thousands of New Yorkers marched silently through the streets of Manhattan. The procession was led and organized by Jewish Elders. The marchers carried hundreds of effigies of children wrapped…
Calling for a Permanent Ceasefire
A note from Stephanie Rugoff: This past Sunday November 26, at the end of the long Thanksgiving weekend, I was one of 1500 people brought together at the entrance/exit of the beautiful…
So much to be said + we listen
The ravaging of humanity itself by imperialist governments is ramping up so intensely – in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan – that it’s provoking righteous global protest, even here in the belly of the…
The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal
> Watch full opening session here. Included, above, a special report by Christian Sorensen on U.S. arms sales to Israel. Tribunal organizers today sent this call: Due to the horrific events in…
The whole world IS watching
Today from Jewish Voice for Peace: 500 Jewish New Yorkers and allies just held an emergency sit-in at the Statue of Liberty to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. We took over…
All our people are in danger
From Stephanie Rugoff: In the midst of the dreadful and continually worsening situation in Israel/Palestine, especially Gaza, there was a beautiful demonstration organized and led by Jewish Voice for Peace in New…