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With major government funding, Hashomer Hachadash sends volunteers to cement Jewish control of open farmland — on both sides of the Green Line.

Israel has been rocked by an explosion of protests in recent weeks, with trade unions staging a general strike on September 2 and an estimated 750,000 Israelis taking to the streets on September 7 to demand a hostage deal with Hamas.

'We were standing, visible to the army, just standing around not doing anything. Nothing was happening. I heard two shots,' says a fellow protester who also attended the demonstration where Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was killed.

We spoke with Uncommitted movement cofounder Abbas Alawieh about the movement’s accomplishments at the DNC, the disaster of a Trump presidency for Palestine, and Uncommitted’s vision to change the Democratic Party’s support for slaughter in Gaza.

In addition to a press conference with foreign media, Netanyahu dispatched his confidant Ron Dermer to US media to address the hostage negotiations, as the PM is anxious about increasing U.S. media attention on the hostage families' criticism of him.

US policies strengthen Benjamin Netanyahu – whose political preference in the short term is an open-ended war, not a deal. Netanyahu is a loose cannon, which Kamala Harris should have no interest in reloading 10 weeks out from an election.

"This is the predictable culmination of the actions of an Israeli regime that has been fully empowered, armed, supported, and encouraged by the Biden-Harris administration in its genocidal war," Jeremy Scahill said.

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Past solidarity movements teach us that organization is just as important as mobilization. For Palestine solidarity activists it could be useful to look more deeply at the history of international solidarity, particularly in the last three decades.

Until last month, the internationally supported community of Umm al-Kheir widely avoided destruction. Since October 7, a new precedent has emerged of the U.S. government sanctioning violent settlers. More pressure is needed.