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Mass unrest and power shifts

From Pete Buttigieg to Gavin Newsom, party bigwigs are finding out the hard way that the old platitudes don’t work anymore.

Peter Beinart interviews Muhammad Shehada on the Trump plan: Israel’s plans for the more than half of Gaza, Palestinian public opinion of Hamas, Potential role of international peacekeepers, Emerging rival criminal gangs in Gaza

We cannot repeat the slow death of Oslo nor replace Hamas with another detached faction, but instead rethink the foundations of our political culture. As Gazans, we have paid an unimaginably heavy price for the October 7 attacks...

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In an open letter, Israeli ex-officials, artists and intellectuals say ‘unconscionable’ actions in Gaza amount to genocide

We do not want to conform to a world of cruelty and hatred. This generation must be aware of its own strength and assert its democratic tradition. We must remember what we are capable of when we organize.

From terrifying the children of immigrants to pepper-spraying frogs, the US under Trump is rapidly descending into mayhem.

As the harvest season begins, attacks on Palestinian farmers and their land are spiralling. The words of peace following the Gaza ceasefire ring hollow.

People aren't born cruel; they become so. Palestinian cruelty toward Israelis is widely covered, while our cruelty, that of Israeli society, is getting ever more sophisticated to protect our spoils.