• UN Security Council adopts Gaza ceasefire resolution amid Israel-Gaza conflict

    The UN Security Council has agreed on a resolution calling for a ceasefire during Ramadan, urging all parties to respect it for a lasting peace. Crafted by E10 nations, the resolution was approved with 14 votes in favor and one abstention, notably from the US. This resolution, prepared by non-permanent members of the Security Council, […]

  • First aid trucks arrive in northern Gaza, and Gaza Strip police enforce security measures

    17/3/2024,,Last updated: 3/17/202403:24 AM (Makkah Time) The first trucks of humanitarian aid arrived in the northern Gaza Strip, and Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that trucks filled with flour reached the Kuwait Roundabout area in the center of Gaza City, in addition to Salah al-Din Street in the northern Gaza Strip. , Al Jazeera correspondent Anas

  • WHO Welcomes UN Security Council Resolution on Gaza Ceasefire – As Battles Rage Around Three Gaza Hospitals

    WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday welcomed a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire and the assurance of humanitarian aid in Gaza, and the immediate release of all hostages. The resolution, which passed with a vote of 14 in favor and the United States abstaining, was the first resolution to […]

  • Israel’s war on Gaza live: Israeli raid on al-Shifa Hospital kills dozens | Israel War on Gaza News

    Mediator Qatar says it is 'cautiously optimistic' after start of indirect

  • Israel is starving Gaza

    Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator At least one UNRWA staff member was killed after Israel targeted a food distribution center in Rafah, in southern Gaza, on March 13. Another 22 UNRWA workers were injured in the attack by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). On March 14, the IDF released a statement to the US […]

  • The Hell of Having a Baby in Gaza

    Iman Husain There is a reproductive justice nightmare taking place. Why aren’t American advocacy groups raising the alarm?

  • Destroying the Lawn in Gaza

    Ever since it withdrew its settlements in 2005, Israel has periodically attacked Gaza. This shelling of locations throughout the narrow strip of land gave rise to the Israeli expression “mowing the lawn.” In other words, Israel was bombing Gaza on a regular basis to “maintain order.” Over the last few months, Israel has gone far More

  • Letter: Stop the horror in Gaza

    "I believe no military goals can justify so many deaths of innocent women and children, the starvation of an entire people, and the cruel destruction of a nation."

  • The Children Who Lost Limbs In Gaza

    "More than a thousand children who were injured in the war are now amputees. What do their futures hold?"

  • Newsom Calls for Gaza Ceasefire

    California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) in a Thursday open letter to California's Muslim, Palestinian, and Arab-American communities called for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza.

  • Free Gaza and Free the Donbas Too!

    I quite frequently use this space to lament the untimely demise of the antiwar movement in this country and to wallow shamelessly in the miseries of what could have been. Those of my readers who have gone on to join the ranks of the loyal followers whom I lovingly describe as my very dearest motherfuckers More

  • Greens' futile gestures on Gaza

    Amongst them is Councillor Susan Rae, who this week was defiant about her use of a poster calling for Leith to be declared a Zionist-free zone to promote a meeting about Gaza in the McDonald Road Library. Claiming to be knowledgeable about the subject, Cllr Rae said Zionism and Judaism are distinct, so to be anti-Zionist was not antisemitic. The World Jewish Congress (WJC), which I’ll take as more of an authority, begs to differ. “Zionism has been a central tenet of Judaism for thousands of...