The author and academic Refaat Alareer was killed in an Israeli airstrike a year ago. A posthumous collection of his work titled “If I Must Die” tells the stories of Gaza in a plea for change.
Category: 2023 Israel Gaza War
Facts & analysis on the events of Oct. 7 and since
Israeli airstrikes kill 55 on Saturday, including newborn baby, mother – Day 434
Israel’s killing continues, including a journalist, mayor, and its own hostages; Palestinian Authority kills a Palestinian for Israel; campus protestors face possible 7-year sentences; more.
Israeli Military Bombing of Gaza ‘By Far the Most Intense, Destructive, and Fatal’ – Day 433
Palestinian bodies are being shredded, evaporated, starved; hospital systematically destroyed; Israel is enabling famine, and on and on.
Death feels imminent for 96 percent of Gaza’s vulnerable children – Day 432
Israel ignores yet another UN ceasefire demand, killing dozens; damaged homes are falling over Gazan families’ heads; record number arrested in West Bank; Congress doesn’t want us to know Gaza’s death toll; one from ‘Holy Land Foundation 5’ released from prison; Candace Owen has a huge surprise
How Private Israeli Security Firms Are Killing Free Speech On College Campuses
Across US campuses, peaceful student protests face crackdowns by police and Israel-affiliated private security firms, often backed by university administrations seeking to appease donors and lawmakers
ICC questions Israeli claims of Hamas fighters in Gaza hospitals – Day 431
Staggering levels of childhood malnutrition in Gaza; Israel kills humanitarian aid workers, journalist, fishermen, prisoners, Lebanese; Australia supports Palestine in the UN
Israel Expands Invasion of Syria, Launching Massive Airstrikes After Assad’s Fall
Israel’s message is clear: regardless of who governs Syria, Israel will ensure it does not possess the basic military capacity to defend itself. (Israel has targeted Syria since the 1950s.)
Five Days on a Media Junket in Israel: Lies, Half-Truths, and Conspiracy Nonsense
Israel’s supporters are determined to warp the truth of the ongoing genocide in Gaza – and enlist Western journalists to help them.
‘How many dead Palestinians are enough?’ – Day 430
Israel is targeting Gaza’s doctors; Israel launches ‘largest air attack in its history’ on Syria; Israel pounds Lebanon in latest ceasefire violations; Refaat Alareer; campus protests and pushback against free speech; Brian Mast to lead House Committee on Foreign Affairs; more.
Will Senate vote signal a wider shift away from Israel?
An unprecedented 19 senators opposed a recent arms sale; we’ll soon find out whether that sentiment is growing. Some other signs times are changing. Three 2024 pre-election polls showed that likely voters, and not just Democrats, favored conditioning or even halting aid to Israel, including arms transfers.









