Israel has used the steady decline in Palestinian Christian numbers to promote a claim that Muslims are hounding them out of the region. But the real blame lies with Israel and the foreign Churches.
Peace talks? Or no peace talks? ■ Gaza needs $71 b to rebuild ■ Palestinian kids withstand tear gas, demand passage to school ■ Israeli soldier’s illegal patch gets too much attention ■ More
Officials say Israel’s attacks on humanitarian aid workers aim to block essential aid from reaching Palestinians, as Israel continues to impose a blockade on Gaza seven months into the so-called “ceasefire.”
It started with Gaza, but the admin’s fight with the pope and its insistence that Jesus blesses US bombing raids have put this pillar of the base at serious risk
Detained while fleeing northern Gaza, Saeda al-Shrafi recalls weeks of interrogation, torture, and imprisonment that changed her life, as Palestinian Prisoners’ Day is marked
Trump and Iran leaders can’t seem to agree on anything ■ Israel is asking for trouble in Lebanon ■ “Significant decline” in int’l aid in Gaza ■ Francesca Albanese: Israel’s army is “the most depraved army” ■ More.
More “alternative facts” about Iran from Trump ■ All’s not quiet on the Lebanon front ■ Board of Peace representative admits: Israel is the obstacle to Gaza aid ■ More
Iranian leaders refute Trump’s ceasefire claims ■ Israeli belligerence in Lebanon ■ Israel has killed average of 47 women a day in Gaza ■ Neverending violence against Palestinians in West Bank ■ More
Iran stands firm as dignitaries condemn Israel-US over war ■ US leaves a ceasefire loophole for Israel to keep bombing Lebanon ■ Gaza drowns in garbage ■ Extremist Israeli settlers out of control ■ More
Israel’s megalomania did not begin with Netanyahu. It is already imprinted deep in the country’s DNA. Israel will continue to bomb throughout the Middle East, to violate the sovereignty of all the countries surrounding it, to assassinate ranks of leaders and surround itself with a “security zone” while continuing to conquer more territory for “security” reasons