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Top officials from the previous Administration now express regret over their failure to rein in Netanyahu. Could have been written any time since spring 2024: "we in the U.S. Government do not see a clear military imperative for continued operations

Since October, 890 Gazans have been killed by Israeli fire despite the supposed 'cease-fire.' Forty-two of them were police officers whose job it is to maintain some semblance of order in a tormented and fractured society

Zionism, at its base, is the belief in Jewish supremacy between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, and just like any other ideology that subscribes to racial, national or religious supremacy, it is illegitimate.

As settlers set homes ablaze and looted livestock across three villages for over five hours, Israeli soldiers blocked ambulances, arrested victims, and even took part in beatings. This is how it unfolded.

Olga Cherevko grew up on military bases in Siberia, belonged to a Christian cult in the U.S. and was sent by the UN to some of the toughest places in the world. None of that prepared her for what she saw in Gaza.

“What I sense most powerfully from my friends in Gaza is a feeling of abandonment. Quiet is not the absence of conflict nor is it peace.” Plans for the “day after” in the Strip impose forms of governance that exclude Palestinians as political agents

Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, a physician and Palestinian leader, said the statement “indicates dangerous Israeli intentions of annexing 53% of the little Gaza Strip, and to prevent reconstruction of what Israel destroyed in Gaza.”

There is a commonplace saying that history is written by the victors. Still, it may be useful to reflect on the situation as it currently exists and pose the question: if this were the end, which side won?

While Israeli settlers drive Palestinians from their land through violence, another, quieter expulsion continues through bureaucracy and law, signed by army generals, and approved by Israel's High Court of Justice.