Author and antiwar activist Fred Branfman wrote this open letter to American supporters of Israel in August of 2014, during Israel’s then most deadly war on Gaza. His words ring even truer in 2025.
Father Talat Awad, pastor of the Church of the Dormition in the West Bank, told The New Arab that Israel’s occupation spares nothing—“humans, stones, trees, or animals.” He added that Christians and church properties in Jerusalem now face the same destruction and violence long inflicted on Gaza’s churches.
As a closer analysis of both the changing character of US conservatism and the history of Muslim-American political behavior shows, a rapprochement is possible.
Eyewitnesses say Muhammad al-Halaq stood with his arms folded, posing no threat, when a single, deadly shot was fired. The soldiers later appeared to celebrate. The IDF said the incident is under review
Palestinian American, Mohammed Ibrahim, is one of more than 300 Palestinian children being held indefinitely in Israeli custody.
The World Court says Israel has a duty as the occupying power to cooperate with UN relief efforts, not impede them.
Killing, starvation unabated in Gaza; ‘double standards’ in recovering bodies; West Bank destruction; Israeli female sex offenders; Gaza Tribunal; Shireen Abu Akleh; more.
Preliminary data provides evidence of a catastrophe that has spared no one. No resident of Gaza has been left untouched.
Rep. Tim Walberg’s weaponization of antisemitism neatly fulfills his donors’ agenda against unions and public education.
No aid package can replace accountability and justice, especially when it comes from the oppressor. True recovery requires a worldwide awakening.