UN chief says Gaza entering ‘cruellest phase’ of war as Palestinians starve

May 24, 2025

Gaza aid is a mere ‘teaspoon’ of what is needed, says Guterres, amid widening starvation and destruction across the enclave.

 

Peru opens criminal probe into Israeli soldier accused of 'methodical destruction' in Gaza

May 24, 2025

Netanyahu has boasted that the Israeli army is destroying Palestinians' homes in Gaza to make sure they have nothing to return to

Mahmoud Khalil: Jailed Activist Testifies Before Immigration Judge and Holds His Child for First Time

May 23, 2025

Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil testified at his asylum hearing on Thursday, telling an immigration judge in Jena, Louisiana, that his deportation from the United States could lead to his “assassination, kidnapping, torture.” Hours before the hearing, Khalil was allowed to meet and hold his 1-month-old son Deen for the first time. The emotional moment came after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep Khalil behind a plexiglass barrier for a visit with his wife and infant son.

Thoughts On The Israeli Embassy Staff Killings

May 22, 2025

Caitlin Johnstone

Two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC have been shot and killed by a man who shouted “Free Palestine” and reportedly told police “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza” after his arrest.

 

Israel’s Policies have already Created Catastrophic Starvation Risk for Millions in Gaza: a Trickle of Aid won’t Avert It

May 22, 2025

Yara M. Asi

(The Conversation) – After 18 months of punishing airstrikes, raids and an increasingly restrictive siege in Gaza, the United Nations on May 20, 2025, issued one of its most urgent warnings yet about the ongoing humanitarian crisis: an estimated 14,000 babies were at risk of death without an immediate influx of substantial aid, especially food.

 

United By Dissonance

May 22, 2025

Alice Kohli

The return of power politics is forcing Switzerland to confront the limits of neutrality.

 

(L-R) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Swiss federal president Karin Keller-Sutter. (Graphic by Truthdig. Images sourced via AP Photo and Adobe Stock.)

What happens when Israel attacks a hospital

May 21, 2025

Tareq S. Hajjaj

The Israeli army is besieging yet another hospital in north Gaza, following the same playbook it has used throughout the war to invade and destroy Gaza's hospitals.

 

 Palestinians arrive at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, after an Israeli airstrike on their neighborhood, May 16, 2025. (Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images)

خیزش در ایران

 خیزش ایران، عنوان کتابی است که امین صیقل در آگوست سال‌ ۲۰۱۸ نوشته است. این کتاب با شرح مختصری از قیام دی‌ماه ۱۳۹۶ در پایتخت و همچنین برخی دیگر از شهرهای ایران آغاز می‌شود. از آنجایی که دونالد ترامپ در آن زمان رئیس جمهور آمریکا بود، از این قیام استقبال کرد و حمایت کامل ایالات متحده را اعلام کرد. اگرچه ترامپ جز ادعای حمایت و فقط با سخن گفتن در مورد آن کار دیگری انجام نداد، نماینده ایران در سازمان ملل متحد او را محکوم کرد و  حمایت لفظی او را دخالت در امور داخلی ایران خواند. این امر بهانه خوبی به دولت ایران داد تا با نامیدن آن به عنوان یک قیام خارجی، تظاهرات را سرکوب کند.ا

 

Israel kills over 70 as healthcare crisis deepens in Gaza

May 20, 2025

Mera Aladam

Israel killed more than 70 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in a wave of intense bombardments.

 

Iran Rising

Iran Rising is a book authored by Amin Saikal in August 2018. The book commences by citing a brief description of the uprising of December 2017 in the capital, as well as some other cities of Iran. As Donald Trump was the US president at the time, he welcomed the uprising and stated full support of the United States. Although Trump did not do anything else besides his gesture of support, the representative of Iran in the United Nations condemned him and called it an interference in Iranian domestic issues. This gave the government of Iran a good excuse to crush the demonstrations by calling it a foreign-led uprising.

Israel Kills Hundreds More Palestinians Over the Weekend as It Orders Expulsion from Khan Younis

May 19, 2025

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Israel to allow 'basic quantity' of aid into Gaza after months of total blockade

May 19, 2025

A controversial new US and Israeli-led mechanism for aid distribution in Gaza has been described by the UN and other organizations as a form of collective punishment

Imagine If Gaza Was Jewish And The People Bombing It Were Muslims

May 16, 2025

Caitlin Johnstone

Gaza just endured one of its worst days of bombing since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal onslaught, with the IDF ramping up aggressions as it prepares for the full military capture of the enclave.

 

LIVE BLOG: Over 100 Killed in Gaza since Dawn | Indonesian Hospital under Siege– Day 590

May 18, 2025

Killed       Wounded         Missing

53,272          120,673            14,000

US planning to move Palestinians to Libya – NBC

May 17, 2025

Washington has reportedly offered to unfreeze billions in funds belonging to the North African state if it accepts residents of Gaza

 

Palestinians check the site of an Israeli strike in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip. ©  Majdi Fathi

California State University Students Resisting Genocide in Gaza

May 16, 2025

Seth Sandronsky

Institutions, private and public, wield immense power over the lives of people in and out of the U.S. Thus, people’s organized actions to change institutions are by definition David and Goliath-like power struggles. For America, that holds true in the main because the political donor class uses its deep pockets to influence the three branches of  government. Voters lack such influence.

 

A Deceptive Joy in Geneva over U.S. China Trade Talks

May 16, 2025

Daniel Warner

There is joy in diplomatic Geneva. The neutral, good offices convenor of Reagan-Gorbachev and Putin–Biden summits is back in the headlines with trade talks between China and the United States. “China–U.S. tariff talks place Swiss diplomacy on centre stage” boasted a local website. But wait, isn’t the trade war between the United States and China a clear violation of international norms codified at the World Trade Organization (WTO)? Is the euphoria over the possibility of averting a global trade war and recession actually undermining internationally accepted principles and institutions of multilateralism such as the WTO based in Geneva?

In Gaza, the Nakba is being relived in 2025

May 15, 2025

Ruwaida Amer

Ruwaida Amer’s grandparents lived through the Nakba in 1948. Now, in 2025, she is experiencing another catastrophe.

Trump says US close to nuclear deal with Iran, but key gaps remain

May 15, 2025

On a regional visit to Gulf countries, the US president signals progress on nuclear talks with Tehran.

Between borders: The pervasive issue of statelessness

May 15, 2025

Global Voices

Between 4.4–10 million people are considered stateless worldwide today. This means they are “not considered as nationals by any State under the operation of its law,” according to the official definition of the United Nations Refugee Agency. People can become stateless in a variety of ways. Nina Murray, head of policy and research at the European Statelessness Network (ENS), explained to Civio: