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The Freedom Flotilla Coalition to Sail to Gaza Again
We assert that all that we do is peaceful, civil society driven non-governmental actions.

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Hashtag Genocide: Why Gaza Fought Back
The whole world was watching.

Noam Chomsky on BDS and How the Israeli Occupation Is “Much Worse Than Apartheid”
MIT Professor Noam Chomsky discusses US support for Israel, the BDS movement and the blockade of Gaza.

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Democrat Youth Wing Fires Members Who Criticized Israel’s Child Killings
This strain of fascism seems to be migrating from Israel, where students and employees have been punished and fired for expressing sympathy for Gaza on social media.

The Gaza Saga Continues
As I write, the all too brief cease-fire has ended and the pathologies of both parties are playing out again.

The Fallacious Human Shield and Collateral Damage Arguments
If terrorists were in an apartment in Manhattan or Seattle, we would not bomb the apartment - no matter how “smart” the bomb.

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Gaza’s Doctors Struggle to Provide Basic Care Amid Strikes on Ambulances, Health Workers, Hospitals
The Gaza Ministry of Health reports that there have been 35 separate incidents of attacks on various medical institutions and health facilities.

Blown Chances in Gaza: Israel and the US Miss Many Chances to Avoid War
Alongside the toll of death and broken lives, perhaps the saddest reality of the latest Gaza war is how easy it would have been to avoid.

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Sandy Tolan, Going Wild in the Gaza War
As Sandy Tolan points out, both Tel Aviv and Washington have ignored every chance to take a less violent path and so encouraged the arrival of the maelstrom in …

Noam Chomsky on Media’s “Shameful Moment” in Gaza and How a US Shift Could End the Occupation
As a new 72-hour cease-fire takes hold in Gaza, Amy Goodman turns to part two of an interview with world-renowned dissident and linguist, MIT Professor Noam Chomsky.