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In Livorno, a port city off the coast of Tuscany, a coalition of labor unions, local organizations, and everyday people have blocked container ships from moving cargo.

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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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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.

Interview with Bashir Abu-Manneh & Hoda Mitwally on how US activists can more effectively support Palestinians. Two years after Oct 7, public outrage against Israel is widespread, yet grassroots solidarity nowhere near as powerful as it needs to be.

The Global Sumud Flotilla the latest humanitarian mission to try to breach Israel’s maritime blockade of Gaza drew around 500 participants from nearly 50 countries. Israeli forces intercepted the mission in international waters on Wednesday evening.

Many details surrounding the IDF's airstrike on a Hamas leadership meeting in Qatar remain unclear – including the level of U.S. involvement, the fate of the 20 living Israeli hostages and if Qatar will return to its mediator role.

A new Israel Democracy Institute survey reveals 64.5 percent of Israelis, including half of the surveyed Likud voters, favor a cease-fire and hostage deal that includes IDF withdrawal from Gaza.