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Henry Siegman, Leading Voice of US Jewry, on Gaza: “A Slaughter of Innocents”
Henry Siegman, the former head of the American Jewish Congress and the Synagogue Council of America, discusses the assault on Gaza.
Labor and the BDS Movement: Two Perspectives
For too long, the debate about how best to oppose the occupation of Palestine has been clouded, often intentionally, by strenuous deliberations over tactics.
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In France, Progressives Fight a Two-Front Battle Against Israeli Propaganda and Anti-Semitism
Progressives in France have to fight a two-front battle: one against far right Israeli propaganda and another against the strange alliance between some genuinely anti-Semitic far right and Islamist …
Soft Edges, Hard Core: A Media Tilt to Israel in Gaza
A July 25 editorial by The New York Times shows how a reasonable and ostensibly balanced text can mask deeply biased pro-Israel sentiments.
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Stand With Kerry Against Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu rejected John Kerry's Gaza ceasefire proposal. If enough Americans urged Kerry to “stand tall,” he would.
Despite Growing International Condemnation, No End to Gaza Violence in Sight
As the death toll in Gaza passes 1,000 Lia Tarachansky and Phyllis Bennis respond to a poll which found 86 percent of Israelis reject a ceasefire, while a growing …
What Do Gazans Endure? A Palestinian Student Who Lost Two Brothers, Four Cousins Tells His Story
Five years ago Palestinian student Amer Shurrab lost his two brothers in Israel's Operation Cast Lead.
“No Safe Place”: After Deadly Attack on Gaza School, UN Warns 150,000 Seeking Shelter Are at Risk
At least 16 people were killed and more than 200 injured Thursday when a school used as a United Nations shelter came under fire in Gaza.
Turning Point? Largest West Bank Protest in Decades Raises Specter of a Third Intifada
Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip has triggered the largest West Bank protest in years, with more than 15,000 people marching Thursday from Ramallah toward Jerusalem.
Truthout Interviews Marjorie Cohn on Israel and Gaza
Professor of law and Truthout contributor Marjorie Cohn lays out some of the legal violations of humanitarian law the Israelis have committed in their ongoing occupation of Gaza City.