Geography Archives: Israel

The West’s failure to bring Israel to justice for its genocide in Gaza has emboldened it to attack Lebanon—and brought the region to the brink of all-out war.

Adam Raz has made an important addition to the study of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in this detailed volume containing original research.

Israel’s latest murderous assault on Lebanon is part of a recurring pattern of imperialist aggression.

CounterSpin interview with Mohamad Bazzi on Lebanon pager attacks.

Despite the policy of ambiguity around Israeli nuclear weapons, it is clear that Israel’s nuclear arsenal poses a significant risk for humanitarian catastrophe in the Middle East and it should take urgent steps towards nuclear disarmament.

POLITICO reports that U.S. officials Brett McGurk and Amos Hochstein, an IDF veteran, told Israeli officials they agreed with the plan to escalate.

Israel’s onslaught against the Palestinian people has systematically targeted children in both Gaza and the West Bank. The result is a war against an entire generation.

Israel’s assassination of Hasan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Hizballah, in an apocalyptic bombing attack on Beirut’s southern suburb on Friday is likely, at least in the short term, to cause enormous shock, despair and demoralization among supporters of the resistance to Zionism in Lebanon and across the region.

The new aid comes as the U.S. claims it’s pushing for a ceasefire in Lebanon.

The very first time you get accused of hating Jews for voicing legitimate criticisms of Israel’s actions, you immediately understand that the whole narrative about an epidemic of “antisemitism” in our society is a complete lie.

The British state clearly wants to find a way to scare British citizens away from supporting the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to resist occupation by all available means, including by armed struggle. This is their right under international law.

Amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and growing tensions in the Asia-Pacific, Washington is moving toward an equally dangerous, regional war in the Middle East between its Israeli proxies and a growing list of neighboring states and organizations.

The United States (U.S.) once again confirmed itself as the main defender of Israel’s genocidal actions, in the face of any criticism of the crimes it is committing against the Palestinian people.

Thousands of families continue to bury their children in random mass graves, a phenomenon brought on by over 11 months of systematic killings of Palestinians by Israel in every Gaza Strip governorate.

For thousands of Palestinian parents, the joy of welcoming a new life quickly transformed into sorrow as “Israel” killed their newborns in harrowing bombardments.

According to UNICEF, the lack of schooling for younger children “threatens their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Parents are reporting significant mental health and psychosocial impacts among children, including feelings of increased frustration and isolation.”

Basic morality and simple logic dictate that the right of self-defense belongs to the Palestinian people, not to their oppressor. And international law agrees.

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What do two South Pacific countries, two North American countries, one country in the Middle East, and (until recently) one country in southern Africa have in common with Europe?

The Israeli army’s horrific massacre of displaced families living in ramshackle tents in a so-called “humanitarian zone” in the southern Gaza Strip is further proof that the international community’s silence during the 11-month genocide is encouraging Israel to carry out its crimes.