Geography Archives: Middle East

One year after Oct. 7 attacks, Netanyahu is on a winning streak.” So reads the title of a recent Axios article describing the Israeli prime minister riding on an unbeatable wave of triumphs.

The ethnic cleansing of northern Gaza as part of the so-called “Generals’ Plan” isn’t new, but the only thing standing in its way is the will of 200,000 Palestinians to stay in the north and refuse displacement.

With international media coverage shifting to potential war with Iran, Israel is intensifying its campaign to obliterate the Palestinians of Gaza.

Toshiyuki Mimaki, co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese organization honored with the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for its anti-nuclear activism, drew comparisons between the plight of children in Gaza and those impacted by the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

Social media users in northern Gaza say that Israel is deliberately killing civilians in Jabalia and the situation is ‘straight out of a horror movie’

The U.S. government has yet to comment on the case of Jeremy Loffredo, an independent U.S. journalist who remains in Israeli police detention on suspicion of “endangering national security.” Loffredo may potentially face life imprisonment or the death penalty after reporting the locations where Iranian missiles struck in the attack launched by Iran earlier this […]

Since the beginning of its large-scale attack against Lebanon, the Israeli army has committed more than 20 massacres of civilians, and has attempted to legitimize and justify them under the pretext of targeting military targets or carrying out military or political assassinations.

Despite all the many years, those who hated the GDR still hate it today. Indeed, they seem to fear it, and continue almost daily to revile its memories—like kicking an old horse cadaver which might yet bite or strike out with a hoof or two.

The comments from CIA Director William Burns come amid calls for Israel to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.

In recent weeks a number of stories have broken revealing key details about the Biden administration’s foreign policy support for Israel’s genocide in Palestine.

Over the past year, the United States has provided Israel with a record $17.9 billion in military aid as it commits genocide against Palestinians.

The evidence is undeniable, and the sourcing is as solid as it gets. There are mountains upon mountains of rock solid proof that Israeli forces routinely, deliberately shoot Palestinian children in the head in Gaza.

Israeli occupation forces have intensified their siege of the Jabalia camp and the surrounding neighborhoods, including Tal al-Zaatar, al-Sikka, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahia.

Acclaimed journalist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates returned to nonfiction with his essay collection The Message, published on October 1, only to be met with patronizing dismissal and a whiff of racism on CBS Mornings

In an exclusive new documentary, Max Blumenthal rips the cover off the media deceptions and atrocity hoaxes Israel pushed after October 7 to create political space for its gruesome assault on the Gaza Strip.

PAL-Awda NY/NJ called protests against the illegal sales of Palestinian land held on Sept. 15 and 16 in Cedarhurst, New York, and South Hackensack, New Jersey. The following is their statement on the Cedarhurst action.

From the very beginning of Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had his hands on the steering wheel.

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.