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A member of Rabbis for Ceasefire explains why they interrupted the UN General Assembly earlier this year. A January poll found 50% of U.S Jews supported a ceasefire, only 34% opposed it, and 63% of the general population then in favor of a ceasefire;

The last year has shown that our love of life, and our fight for our freedom, will never be extinguished.

Professor Rashid Khalidi on Israel’s growing wars in the Middle East and the United States’ complicity in them

Washington's Dream 2 | SNL. Jon Batiste | Für Elise-Batiste. Why They Can't Make an HIV Vaccine (They're Trying!) My Life Behind the Lens: a Year Reporting from Gaza. Who Do Trump Voters Blame?

Amid plans for external interventions, it is vital to build a consensus around an interim body to manage Gaza’s urgent needs and pave the way for unity.

"Knowingly enabling someone like Donald Trump to return to office, whether by voting directly for him or for a third-party candidate, is both a moral and a strategic failure." [Full letter from Islamic Imans and Clerics, listing signers is below]

October 7 should have handed Israel's wild-eyed right the perfect storm for success: wartime rallying and vengeful fury. So why don't the polls over the past year back that up?

There has been an effort to negate Fanon’s ideas and sever them from the people of Palestine. But in his work, I find the beginning of a credible path towards liberation.