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Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation
We can't look away from Israel’s genocidal violence against Palestinians — or the movement for a free Palestine.
![Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0622-palestine-1200x675.jpg)
![A march, organized by Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, and Stop the War Coalition demanding an end to the siege of the Gaza Strip, passes over Waterloo bridge on October 28, 2023, in London, England.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1761588372-400x300.jpg)
International Pressure Is the Only Way to Halt Israel’s Devastation of Gaza
Tariq Kenney-Shawa of Al-Shabaka warns Palestinians are being deemed “subhuman” by Israel and the U.S.
![Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian man during a search operation in Baita village in the occupied West Bank, on August 21, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1027-idf--400x300.jpg)
Israel Has 10,000 Palestinian Prisoners and Faces Allegations of Rampant Abuse
Two recently arrested Palestinian men died in Israeli prisons this week as the number of political prisoners explodes.
![Palestinians search for survivors and the bodies of victims through the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israeli bombardment, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 26, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1026-gaza-a-400x300.jpg)
Genocide Is Underway in Gaza. US Leaders Can No Longer Say “We Didn’t Know.”
I can’t stop thinking of all the children in Gaza who can’t understand why no one is coming to their rescue.
![Ofer Cassif holds a poster bearing the Palestinian flag as he participates in an outdoor demonstration](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1025-ofer-cassif-400x300.jpg)
Israel Is Arming Fascist Militias to Suppress Dissent, Knesset Member Warns
Leftist Israeli Knesset member Ofer Cassif warns Israel is carrying out an annexation-oriented “subjugation plan.”
![Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Chicago on October 23, 2023, to demand political leaders call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Dozens of Jewish activists were ticketed and forcibly removed by police after blocking rush hour traffic at a major intersection for over two hours.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1024-protest-1-400x300.jpg)
Protests Intensify Across US as Gaza Death Toll Surpasses 5,000
Activists blocked rush hour traffic in Chicago on Monday in the latest direct action against genocide.
![Christian Zionists wave Israeli and US flags during a rally](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-80549750-400x300.jpg)
Christian Right Cites Violent Biblical Amalek Trope to Justify Israel’s Tactics
Many Christian Zionists are backing genocide by likening Hamas to a biblical tribe that God promised to exterminate.
![People hold signs reading "JEWS SAY: CEASEFIRE NOW" and "NO TO WAR; NO TO APARTHEID" during an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1018-jewish-palestine-protest-400x300.jpg)
Israel’s Violence Will Never Bring “Safety” to Anyone, Including Jews
As the horrific siege against Gaza escalates, we need to confront the violence of Israel's ethnonationalist militarism.
![People wave Palestinian flags outside of the BBC headquarters during an outdoor demonstration](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1018-bbc-protest-400x300.jpg)
Media’s Selective Moral Outrage Manufactures Consent for Palestinian Genocide
Western support for Israel is not merely about Israel itself but is also about setting a new international norm.
![A Palestinian woman carries an injured child to a hospital in Khan Yunis on October 16, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1017-gaza-child-400x300.jpg)
More Than 1,000 Gazan Children Are Dead. How Can We Even Begin to Mourn?
In my career as a Gazan American physician, I’ve delivered 1,000 babies. Israel has killed that many children in a week.
![A woman carries a dead body of a child to the morgue of the Suheda al-Aqsa Hospital as Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip continue in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on October 14, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1723113255-400x300.jpg)
“I Lived All My Life as Collateral Damage,” Says Palestinian Activist
Activist Majed Abusalama calls for strikes and mass action across the globe to stop Israel's genocide of Palestinians.