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Does Israel Really Think It Can Make Cattle of the Palestinians?

Zionists have been working hard for more than a century to convince the world that before they arrived in Palestine, it had been “a land without a...

15.02.2026 10

CounterPunch

Stan Cox

The Biggest Threats the Iranian People Face Are America and Israel

Israel’s longstanding campaign to lure Washington into war with Iran seems to have fizzled once again—for now, anyway. But in their attempt to...

30.01.2026 20

CounterPunch

Stan Cox

The Pursuit of Endless Growth Will Only End in Destruction

20.01.2026 10

The Nation

Stan Cox

We’re Racing Down the Highway to a Mad Max World

Let me start by putting things bluntly: Don’t bother to tell Donald Trump, but with his distinct help, we’re doing nothing less than cooking...

15.01.2026 20

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Stan Cox

How to Save the World: Give Up War, Cars, and Leaf-Blowers... and Unveil the Stars

14.01.2026 20

Common Dreams

Stan Cox

Uprooting Olive Trees Can’t Uproot the Palestinians

In November, the Jerusalem Post published an essay by Susannah Schilds, the American-Israeli author of a book titled From Southerner to Settler:...

11.01.2026 20

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Stan Cox

Stopping the Genocide Requires an Armed Protective Force

At this stage of the Gaza genocide, the Israelis’ ostensible goals are (a) to free the captives who remain in Gaza, all of whom are soldiers (that...

17.09.2025 10

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Stan Cox

Breaking Israel’s Genocide Must Take Priority Over Climate Change

Unprecedented numbers of heat records have been broken in locations throughout the Northern Hemisphere this summer, and even more records will fall in...

17.08.2025 10

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Stan Cox

As Gaza Starved, NPR’s Coverage Expanded but Didn’t Get Any Better   

Before the third week of July, when mass-starvation alarms finally started sounding, only a tiny minority of Americans were focused on the crimes...

06.08.2025 10

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Stan Cox

As Gaza Starved, NPR Coverage Grew but Didn't Get Any Better

04.08.2025 8

Common Dreams

Stan Cox

Healthcare and Food as Means to an End: Extermination 

Israelis blocking food aid from entering Gaza. Wikimedia media commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Israelis blocking food aid from entering Gaza. Wikimedia media...

20.07.2025 5

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Stan Cox

Valor in the Face of Inhumanity

Donya Ahmad Abu Sitta and her family were first displaced just four days into the war, on October 11, 2023. She told me, “They bombed our...

03.07.2025 10

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Stan Cox

Their Campuses Bombed to Rubble, Gaza’s Universities Are Standing Tall

The contrast could not be starker. Even with their campuses destroyed by US-supplied aircraft dropping US-supplied bombs, Gaza’s universities are...

08.06.2025 10

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Stan Cox

When Your Government Shatters the Lives of Two Million People in Gaza, Don’t Expect It to Make Life Better for You

The Trump regime’s approval numbers are sinking. Americans are in the streets protesting the regime’s cruel abuses of power. And Democratic voters...

11.05.2025 10

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Stan Cox

Boycotts, Divestment, and People’s Arms Embargoes

Three cops arrive at the blockade of Maersk. Photo: @unwisemonkeys on Instagram Three cops arrive at the blockade of Maersk. Photo: @unwisemonkeys on...

09.03.2025 10

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Stan Cox

Ravaging the Soils of Gaza

When Israeli troops launched their ground invasion of northern Gaza in 2023, one of the first places they rolled into was the Abu Suffiyeh family farm...

09.02.2025 10

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Stan Cox

Under Trump, Taxpayers Will Continue to Foot the Bill for Israel’s War Crimes

23.01.2025 4

The Nation

Stan Cox

Arming Israel Still Has Bipartisan Support in Washington

In recent weeks, political soothsayers have speculated about a wide variety of odious new policies the incoming Trump administration and its allies in...

15.01.2025 10

CounterPunch

Stan Cox

Israel's Co-Pilot for Genocide: The US Government

14.01.2025 9

Common Dreams

Stan Cox