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Trump: “The U.S. Will Take Over the Gaza Strip”

Trump told reporters that he wants to expel “all” Palestinians from Gaza — not just during a period of reconstruction, but permanently. The post...

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The LA Fires Exposed the Inequity at the Heart of GoFundMe

GoFundMe campaigns tend to favor the white and wealthy. After the Eaton fire, Altadena’s Black community is fighting back. The post The LA Fires...

24.01.2025 10

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Trump Halts Sanctions on Israeli Settlers, Threatens to Seize Assets of War Crimes Investigators

Trump lifted sanctions against Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Within hours, Netanyahu launched a new invasion. The post Trump Halts Sanctions on...

22.01.2025 30

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A Deal Too Late: Israel Agrees to the Ceasefire It Rejected Months Ago, Thousands More Died

Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal on almost entirely the same terms as a proposal that fell apart in the summer. The post A Deal Too Late:...

16.01.2025 30

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Super Bowl Halftime Show Is Recruiting Workers for Less Pay Than Fast-Food Servers

A job listing for the Super Bowl LIX halftime show offers $12 per hour — part of a long pattern of host-city residents getting the short shrift. The...

10.01.2025 7

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Searching for Justice and the Missing in the New Syria

The prisons are open, the secret files are unlocked. Now Syrians are trying to figure out how to hold war criminals accountable. The post Searching...

09.01.2025 3

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The Scramble to Find the Gaza Doctor in the White Coat

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is one of six medical workers with the Chicago-based organization MedGlobal who remain in Israeli custody. The post The...

01.01.2025 2

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The Real Danger of ABC News Settling Its Lawsuit With Donald Trump

The big news outlets used to say settlements would encourage more lawsuits. Trump is already targeting smaller newspapers. The post The Real Danger...

17.12.2024 10

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Israel Exploits Assad’s Fall to Expand Into Syria

Israel violated the terms of a 1974 agreement by rolling its tanks across the Syrian border — less than 40 miles from Damascus. The post Israel...

11.12.2024 8

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Israel Exploits Assad's Fall to Expand Into Syria

Israel violated the terms of a 1974 agreement by rolling its tanks across the Syrian border — less than 40 miles from Damascus. The post Israel...

10.12.2024 20

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“Who’s Willing to Get Arrested?” Immigrant Activists Ready for Trump Deportation Plans

Immigrant rights organizers and activists have a playbook from the last Trump presidency, but worry of less funding and more fatigue. The post...

09.12.2024 4

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He Thought He Wouldn’t Live to See Aleppo Again. This Week, He Returned Home.

As Syrian rebels retake major cities from Bashar al-Assad, many are celebrating a return home. The post He Thought He Wouldn’t Live to See Aleppo...

07.12.2024 5

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Israel Agrees to Stop Bombing Lebanon — So It Can Keep Bombing Gaza

President Biden said that the truce could be a prelude to a ceasefire in Gaza. Netanyahu's actions seem to indicate otherwise. The post Israel...

27.11.2024 20

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War Crimes Have Never Stopped the U.S. Before

The U.S. has a long tradition of shielding Israel (and itself) from war crime allegations — and threatening The Hague. The post War Crimes Have...

22.11.2024 20

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UCSF Medical Workers Reveal Efforts to Censor Pro-Palestine Speech

Nine health care workers at UCSF report censorship or punishment for speaking out about human rights for Palestinians — or simply wearing a pin....

19.11.2024 9

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“A Final, Deadly Exclamation Point”: Biden Backs Down on 30-Day Israel Arms Ultimatum

The Biden administration will continue to arm Israel — even after it failed to meet the U.S. deadline on allowing aid into Gaza. The post “A Final,...

13.11.2024 30

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How California Got Convinced to Lock More People Up

California just voted in harsher penalties despite low crime rates, thanks to TV news, a $16 million campaign, and a slow defense by criminal...

09.11.2024 5

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Democrats Blow Their Chance to Block Trump’s Resurgence

On climate, immigration, and Israel’s war on Gaza, Harris ran to the right — alienating voters. The post Democrats Blow Their Chance to Block...

06.11.2024 30

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“Every Choice Is Loss”: Voters on Their Decision Amid Genocide in Gaza

Progressive Americans opposed to Israel’s U.S.-funded war in Gaza face a difficult choice: whether or not to vote for Harris. The post “Every...

01.11.2024 1

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ACLU Leadership Rejects Staff Demands to Condemn U.S. Role in Israel’s Gaza War

More than 650 ACLU staffers signed a petition calling on the organization to decry the ongoing war and divest from Israel. The post ACLU Leadership...

22.10.2024 2

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Prestigious Medical Journal Ignoring Israeli Atrocities, Historian Finds

A historian who exposed the New England Journal of Medicine's silence on Nazi atrocities confronted the journal’s treatment of Gaza during a...

17.10.2024 20

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U.S. Journalist Jeremy Loffredo Released After Being Detained by Israel for Four Days 

Jeremy Loffredo was taken into custody on suspicion of “assisting an enemy in war” for his reporting on Iran’s missile attack.  The post U.S....

11.10.2024 1

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Florida Counties Refuse to Evacuate Jails in Hurricane Milton Flood Zones

In areas where people are being ordered to leave, those incarcerated in jails have no choice but to stay. The post Florida Counties Refuse to...

10.10.2024 40

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One Year of Empty Rhetoric From the White House on Israel’s Wars

The Biden administration has consistently said Israel should not kill civilians as it sends Israel more weapons to kill civilians. The post One...

09.10.2024 1

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Columbia Law School Told Professors to Call Campus Police on Student Protesters

An email to faculty over the weekend instructed them to call security if students disrupt classes. The post Columbia Law School Told Professors to...

07.10.2024 9

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U.S. Citizens in Lebanon “Abandoned” by the State Department as Israel Invades

The State Department coordinated massive evacuations from Lebanon in 2006 and Egypt in 2011. What’s different now? The post U.S. Citizens in Lebanon...

03.10.2024 2

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Israel’s “Limited, Localized” Invasion of Lebanon Is Sparking a Regional War

Iran fired rockets into Tel Aviv in response to Israel’s attacks on Lebanon. What comes next? The post Israel’s “Limited, Localized” Invasion of...

01.10.2024 2

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“I Saw a Mirror”: Marcellus Williams’s Execution Enrages Palestine Solidarity Protesters

Activists are drawing parallels between the state-sanctioned killing of Williams in Missouri and U.S. backing for Israel’s war on Gaza. The post “I...

27.09.2024 10

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Israel Bombed Lebanon Today, Killing Hundreds. The U.S. Is Sending More Bombs.

Weapons used in earlier Israeli strikes into Lebanon that have killed civilians have been found to be U.S.-made. The post Israel Bombed Lebanon...

24.09.2024 20

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California Professors Fight Back Against Violent Repression of Palestine Protest

For the first time in more than 30 years, the Council of UC Faculty Associations filed a formal complaint against the UC system. The post...

20.09.2024 3

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Paging the Hague: Israel’s Exploding Electronics Might Be War Crimes

Experts on international law pointed to the indiscriminate nature of the blasts in Lebanon and the prohibition on booby traps. The post Paging the...

19.09.2024 20

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Most of the World Agrees Israel’s Occupation of Palestine Must End. The U.S. Is Fine With It.

The United States voted against a U.N. resolution that sets a 12-month timeframe to end Israel’s illegal occupation of the West Bank, East...

18.09.2024 1

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Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Protesters in the Same Place They Shot Aysenur Eygi

Since 2021, Israeli soldiers have met weekly protests in the West Bank village with deadly force. The post Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Protesters in...

17.09.2024 3

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America’s Racist, Xenophobic, and Highly Specific Fear of Haiti

Residents of Springfield, Ohio, worry that politicians are inciting violence against Haitian immigrants. It’s a long U.S. tradition. The post...

12.09.2024 1

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Most Americans Want to Stop Arming Israel. Politicians Don’t Care.

The number of Americans opposed to sending arms to Israel has grown, month after month, as the brutal war on Gaza grinds on. The post Most...

10.09.2024 1

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Israel Just Killed Another American in the West Bank. Will the U.S. Ever Respond?

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a human rights activist, was protesting an illegal West Bank settlement when she was reportedly shot in the head by Israeli...

06.09.2024 2

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Back to School at Columbia: Two Students Arrested, New Guidelines on Protest

After encampments, mass arrests, building occupations, and the university president’s resignation, the school decided its policies should stay the...

06.09.2024 40

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Israel’s West Bank Attacks Fuel Its Annexation Plans

Israel’s military operations in the occupied West Bank have killed at least 20 Palestinians over three days. The post Israel’s West Bank Attacks...

31.08.2024 1

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Life in the West Bank Amid Israeli Strikes and Raids: “This Is The Worst It’s Ever Been”

Israel’s military operations in the occupied West Bank have killed at least 20 Palestinians over three days. The post Life in the West Bank Amid...

31.08.2024 2

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Harris Will Continue to Ignore U.S. Law and Arm Israel, If Elected

In her first major TV interview during her campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris signaled no change from Biden on Israel policy. The post Harris...

30.08.2024 1

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Columbia Cuts Due Process For Student Protesters After Congress Demands Harsher Punishment

After congressional criticism and subpoenas, Columbia suddenly decided to skip speaking to student protesters and go to hearings. The post Columbia...

29.08.2024 2

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DNC Protesters Hospitalized Due to Injuries From Police, Denied Attorney Contact for Hours

National Lawyers Guild observers allege police are chilling First Amendment rights of protesters by cracking down on peaceful protests. The post...

21.08.2024 10

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Inside the Push to Get Palestinian Speakers on the DNC Main Stage

“Uncommitted” Democratic delegates are trying to convince the DNC to allow Palestinian Americans onto the convention’s main stage. The post...

20.08.2024 20

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The “Dangerous” California Bill Inspired by Pro-Palestine Campus Protest Is Still Alive

The ACLU is ringing the alarm bell over S.B. 1287, which the group believes will chill free speech on California campuses. The post The “Dangerous”...

13.08.2024 1

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Video of Sexual Abuse at Israeli Prison Is Just Latest Evidence Sde Teiman Is a Torture Site

Israeli abuse of Palestinians at the military prison has been reported for months. The U.S. is asking the Israeli military to investigate itself....

09.08.2024 2

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What Tim Walz Could Mean For Kamala Harris’s Stance on Gaza and Israel

Walz allows for Harris to “turn a corner” in her policy on the war in Gaza, said James Zogby, president of Arab American Institute. The post What...

07.08.2024 50

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Boycotts Against Israel Are Hurting Starbucks and McDonald’s Sales Worldwide

Both companies posted declines in global sales and profits this week, driven partly by “headwinds in the Middle East.” The post Boycotts Against...

31.07.2024 6

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Netanyahu Insulted and Smeared the Pro-Palestine Protest Movement. Congress Clapped.

Organizers say attacks from the Israeli prime minister, who faces charges of war crimes, showed the strength of their movement. The post Netanyahu...

25.07.2024 90

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Rights Groups Demand Biden Give Answers on Israel's Secret Influence Campaign on Congress

Ahead of Netanyahu's speech to Congress, rights groups decried the secret social media campaign to prop up support for Israel. The post Rights...

24.07.2024 3

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The ICJ Ruling Confirms What Palestinians Have Been Saying for 57 Years

Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal, a form of apartheid, and must end, says the U.N.’s high court at The Hague. The post The...

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