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Israeli Bombing of Gaza Ranks Among 'Most Devastating' in History
As the Palestinian death toll from Israel's 10-week annihilation of the Gaza Strip passed 20,000, warfare experts said this weekend that the retaliatory
Silicon Landlords: On the Narrowing of AI’s Horizon
Culture / The one thing science fiction couldn’t imagine is the world we have now: the near-complete control of Artificial Intelligence by a few corporations whose only goal is profit. Dwayne Monroe As HAL 9000, the true star of Stanley Kubrick´s landmark film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, died a silicon death by memory module removal, the machine, reduced to its infant state (the moment it became operational) recited: “Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am...
The “Hunt for Hamas” Narrative Is Obscuring Israel’s Real Plans for Gaza
The US press and politicians are trying to fit the attacks on Gaza into a Zero Dark Thirty mold, but it’s something much simpler—and sinister.
Israel Is Losing this War
"Such warnings have been ignored by the Biden administration and Western leaders, whose unconditional embrace of Israel’s war is rooted in the delusion that Israel was just another Western nation peacefully going about its business before it suffered an unprovoked attack on October 7—it’s a comforting fantasy to those who prefer to avoid recognizing a reality they’ve been complicit in creating."
Shared from Ground
US professors detected unusual trading activity on Tel Aviv and US stock exchanges before 7 October
The Abolitionist Logic of “Everyone for Everyone”
A call from the families of hostages contains the seed of true safety.
The end of Elon Musk
“Beyond the cursing, Elon Musk’s interview is erratic enough to end his career.”
Is What's Happening in Gaza a Genocide? Experts Weigh In
Scholars are torn on whether the current conflict can be yet classified a genocide officially.
'Utter and complete failure': Israeli journalist slams 'corrupt, dysfunctional' Netanyahu for Hamas massacre
On Tuesday morning, October 10, the Associated Press reported that the death toll in the Israel/Hamas War had reached 1600. At least 900 Israelis and 700 Palestinians, according to AP, had died since Hamas' terrorist attacked on Israel on October 7. One of the Israelis who survived was journalist Am...
Left Politicians Are Showing How to Respond to the Horrors in Israel and Palestine
Democratic socialist politicians like Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib are right about the violence in Israel and Palestine: we should both be mourning civilian deaths and calling for an end to the Israeli occupation.
How the Hamas attack on the Supernova festival in Israel unfolded
Thousands of young people were partying at dawn when Palestinian militants opened fire
Gaza Shatters The Facade Of ‘Calm’
Palestinians have long warned that Israel's blockade and repeated aggressions would eventually lead to an explosion. But few of us in Gaza expected this.
The West's Hypocrisy Towards Gaza's Breakout Is Stomach-Turning
The current outpouring of sympathy for Israel should make anyone with half a heart wretch. Not because it is not awful that Israeli civilians are dying
The Gaza Ghetto Uprising
The uprising began on the anniversary of another one, which had become a revolution. The occupying power had had informants throughout the ghetto, but
Israel at War
The Middle East is once again on fire
Israel’s Assault on Gaza Is Part of Its Permanent War on Palestinians
Israel has long preferred force to peace, segregation to equality. Its brutal air strikes on Gaza are a continuation of that policy — and will do nothing to bring peace and dignity to civilians on both sides.
Israeli Human Rights Group Denounces Netanyahu's 'Criminal Policy of Revenge'
"One crime does not justify another, nor does one kind of injustice justify another," said B'Tselem.
What Preceded This Bloodshed in Israel and Gaza Was Not “Peace” — It Was Apartheid
Israel’s plan to treat Palestinians in Gaza as “human animals” and starve them reflects the conditions of apartheid.
Harvard Law Review Editors Vote to Kill Article About Genocide in Gaza
The article on the Gaza war and the Nakba was commissioned, edited, fact-checked, and prepared for publication — but was then blocked amid a climate of fear.
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