I just don’t think it will bring us any closer to a better position, Yonatan Zeigen, whose mother, Vivian Silver, is a hostage, said. Vengeance is not something to build foundations on. It is not a strategy. How many dead Palestinians will be enough?
Before October 7 Gaza received some 500 trucks of food and other supplies every day, including 45 trucks of fuel to power the strip’s cars, water desalination plants and bakeries. Women, children and elderly people are being killed – no one is spared
Left responses to the Gaza siege, and news and analysis from all over
A month of renewed protest and repression
We know if we do nothing, the situation gets worse. If we step into our power, we could potentially build a better future. People around the world are contesting with large-scale mobilizations — amounting to a people’s shock action.
As Israel escalates its military campaign, Palestinian trade unions call on their counterparts internationally to halt the arms trade with Israel.
Why calling for a ceasefire is the right move, politically and morally. Calling for a ceasefire would, at the very least, change the conversation—and make better use of the knowledge hard won from actions we regret.
When Palestinians resist oppression in ethical ways — by calling for boycotts, sanctions and the application of international law — the U.S. allies work to ensure those efforts fail, which convinces Palestinians that ethical resistance doesn’t work
After the signing of the Oslo Accords, fundamentalist rabbis branded Rabin a “traitor” and issued a din rodef against him, an authorization to assassinate him. Benjamin Netanyahu, then leader of the opposition, was the keynote speaker at two protests
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