This is not the State Department I know. That’s why I left my job. By Josh Paul For more than a decade, I worked in the State Department bureau responsible for arms transfers and security assistance to foreign governments. In that time, I was involved in many complex and morally challenging debates over what weapons to send where. What I …
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Israel-Palestine war rages, Israeli authorities direct their anger at Palestinian prisoners
New punitive measures include daily beatings, daily raids, limiting food and access to medical clinics, cancellation of family visits Families of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails attend a demonstration in Ramallah demanding their release and to express their solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, 22 October 2023 (AFP) By Fayha Shalash in Ramallah, occupied Palestine Published date: 24 October 2023 15:20 BST | Last update: 15 …
Read More »The West’s refusal to call for a ceasefire is a green light to Israel’s ethnic cleansing
Western states have provided cover for Israel’s lawless extremism and possible end goal of massive dispossession and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people A child injured in Israeli attacks is taken to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on 23 October 2023 (Reuters) In the avalanche of emotionally fraught commentary on the 7 October attack by Palestinian fighters against Israel and the subsequent Israeli …
Read More »‘Human Animals’: The sordid language behind Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (L) in Hebron, West Bank on August 21, 2023 [Amos Ben-Gershom (GPO)/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images] by Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud “(Tutsis) are cockroaches. We will kill you.” Arabs are like “drugged cockroaches in a bottle.” The first quote was a line repeated frequently by the Radio Télévision Libre …
Read More »Israel-Gaza war: Years of waiting, a miracle of four babies, one deadly strike
Wafaa and Fadi dreamed of having children for 15 years. When they finally did, an Israeli strike killed the mother and her quadruplets One-month-old Khaled, Abdul-Khaleq, Mahmoud and Maha were killed in an Israeli attack on their home in Gaza City (X) By Abeer Ayyoub After 15 years of failing to conceive, Wafaa and Fadi al-Baba, a married couple …
Read More »Gaza is defending the dignity of an entire nation
People gather for the Edmonton Emergency Protest and Sit-In for Gaza outside the Alberta Legislature, on October 18, 2023, in Edmonton, Canada. [Stringer – Anadolu Agency] by Dr Amira Abo el-Fetouh Despite the destruction, pain and great sacrifices made by the Palestinians in Gaza, the military and political victory over the occupation state on 7 October signalled the beginning of …
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