Richard Medhurst — his journalism tools now confiscated and under “terrorism” investigation for his reporting on Palestine and Lebanon — discusses his experiences in the U.K. and Austria.
Palestinians are today’s Helots to Israel’s Sparta, condemned to be trampled on. When the response to genocide is more genocide, you are what you claim to be against. Exterminating children as the world looks on results, writes John Wight.
The worst part of living this distance from reality — or maybe the best part — is the knowledge, even if it is only subliminal, that we cannot go on like this.
Bernie Sanders has been repeatedly uttering the phrase “Israel has a right to defend itself” on his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour with Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, which in the year 2025 can only be interpreted as genocide apologia.
Zionist extremists and Christian fascists, who are united and now hold senior positions throughout the Trump administration, embody a global movement to the extreme right.
The arbitrary arrests and due-process violations taking place in the U.S. are what Palestinians have known for eight decades under Israeli military occupation, writes M. Reza Behnam.
“Industrial violence, which is decimating the Palestinians, will become ubiquitous” — from the author’s recent address at the Sanctuary for Independent Media.
“Watching their territories being devoured” — Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries could find themselves facing the same predicament as Syria today, warns Ramzy Baroud.
Hezbollah’s ability to resist an expansionist, apartheid, Israeli, colonial project has worsened considerably in recent months. But in Beirut, Nasrallah’s funeral enjoyed a show of mass popular support.