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Trump's plan to relocate two million Palestinians ensnares the leaders of all Middle Eastern countries, not just Egypt and Jordan, in a dilemma fraught with threats. In doing so, he fostered a new sense of Arab unity

The only war that resembled this was the 1948 war that caused the Nakba, the motivations behind that war were different. That was a war to establish a Jewish state; this is a war to establish a fascist state. The State of Kahane has risen in Israel.

Reader Comments: WHAT TO DO IF ICE COMES TO YOUR DOOR; KNOW YOUR RIGHTS; Israel Intensified Its Violence Against Palestinians in the West Bank; Author Sara Paretsky Betrayed by Vote on Laken Riley Act; LA Burned, Karen Bass; José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez;

Yesterday, a ceasefire and peace agreement was reached between Hamas and the Israeli government, which has been supported and armed by the United States. Today Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not send the peace agreement to a vote in the Cabinet,

Reader Comments: Ceasefire and Hostage Deal - After 15 Months of Genocide; Dr. Martin Luther King’s Prophetic Warning; R.I.P - Mark Solomon, Peter Yarrow; Biden Should Pardon Ethel Rosenberg; For Ann Telnaes; Cartoons; and more....

The announcement of a cease-fire deal in Gaza is a welcome reprieve after over a year of genocide. But it does nothing to remedy Israel’s numerous violations of international law that produced untold misery among Palestinians.

What can medical workers do to stop genocide?

American Historical Association overwhelmingly votes in favor of resolution accusing Israel of 'scholasticide': systematically, deliberately destroying Gaza's schools and universities. Those against say it will foster antisemitism on U.S. campuses.

Reader Comments: Greenland, Panama Canal, Gulf of America and Still Hasn't Taken Oath of Office; Trump Voters' Rude Awakening; Jimmy Carter; Historical Assoc. Votes to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza; Academy for Socialist Education NYC Spring Classes;

More than 600 constituents of Jared Huffman and Mike Thompson have signed on as plaintiffs in a class action accusing them of helping to arm the Israeli military in violation of “international and federal law that prohibits complicity in genocide.”