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![Palestinians search for their belongings while rescue efforts continue to evacuate Palestinians from the rubble of the buildings destroyed by ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, in Beit Hanoun, Gaza on May 14, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0514-gaza-d-400x300.jpg)
Israel Isn’t Entitled to “Self-Defense” Against the People Under Its Occupation
Biden is claiming that Israel’s war crimes against Palestinian civilians are justified in the name of “self-defense.”
![Israeli security forces walk in Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest site of Islam, on May 14, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/2021_0514-israeli-security-force-400x300.jpg)
This Isn’t a Civil War, It Is Settler-Colonial Violence
The Palestinian struggle for decolonization is stronger when the fragmentation of Palestinians is resisted.
![Palestinian civil defense teams take part in rescue works at the rubbles of a building belonging to a Palestinian family after Israeli fighter jets conducted airstrikes in Beit Lahia, Gaza, on May 13, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/2021_0514-palestinian-civil-defense-400x300.jpg)
As Israel’s Attack Mounts, Biden Says It’s “Not Been a Significant Overreaction”
Biden faces growing calls from U.S. lawmakers to speak forcefully against Israel's bombardment of residential buildings.
![Palestinians Face Mob Attacks Inside Israel as Assault on Gaza Escalates](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/SEG3-Settler-Mob-Attack-1-400x300.jpg)
Palestinians Face Mob Attacks Inside Israel as Assault on Gaza Escalates
Even as Israeli media condemn the lynch mobs, they ignore the state-sponsored violence that fuels them.
![Palestinians gather at the site where buildings and houses were hit in Israeli air strikes in the northern Gaza Strip on May 13, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/2021_0513-gaza-airstrike-400x300.jpg)
AOC: In Refusing to Condemn Israel’s Attacks, Biden Sides With Occupation
By only naming Hamas's actions, Biden reinforced the false idea that Palestinians instigated this cycle of violence.
![Buildings are bombed](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/2021_0512-palestine-bombing-400x300.jpg)
Chomsky: Without US Aid, Israel Wouldn’t Be Killing Palestinians En Masse
We must examine the Israeli government's U.S.-backed policy of using strategies of terror to expand its territory.
![A man carries bags out of a destroyed building](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/2021_0512-palestine-rubble-400x300.jpg)
Biden Admin Reportedly Blocking UN Ceasefire Statement as Israel Bombards Gaza
Sen. Bernie Sanders and other progressives are urging Biden to take action to halt Israel's latest attacks on Gaza.
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Amid Protests of Palestinian Evictions in Jerusalem, Israel Raids Al Aqsa Mosque
Organizer Mohammed El-Kurd says the world is seeing colonialism in action in Palestine.
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Landmark ICC Decision Could Open the Door for Prosecuting Israel on War Crimes
Human rights lawyer Raji Sourani says the decision restores “the independence and the credibility of the ICC.”
![International Criminal Court's prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, addresses a press conference in Kampala, Uganda, on February 27, 2015.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/12/2019_1231-Bensouda-400x300.jpg)
Palestinians Decry ICC Prosecutor’s Delay of Israeli War Crimes Investigation
Accountability for Israeli war crimes is long overdue.