Israeli forces fatally shoot 14-year-old Palestinian boy in the chest and neck
Rayan Ibrahim Hasan Al-Sayed, 14, was killed by Israeli forces on October 14, 2024. (Photo: Courtesy of the Al-Sayed family)
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Palestinian women endure increasing violence, depression from Israeli war, survey finds
Study concludes Israel’s invasion and bombing leave most women in the Gaza Strip facing tragic living conditions
“Stop Profiting Off Genocide”: 200 Arrested at Jewish Voice for Peace Protest at NY Stock Exchange
“There is nothing antisemitic about fighting for people’s right to live,” says Jewish Voice for Peace organizer Elena Stein, who on Monday joined hundreds of protesters arrested to block entrances to the New York Stock Exchange. We discuss the historic mass protest, which called for an Israeli arms embargo and an end to war profiteering by companies like Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. “We are filled with horror beyond words and are attempting to embody just an ounce of that refusal,” Stein says of the moral urgency of protesting Israel’s actions in the Middle East, which she describes as a “war of extermination … done with U.S. cover.” She says JVP chose the stock exchange in order to draw attention to the role of U.S. financial and corporate interests in arming the Israeli military.
Is Israel deploying a ‘surrender or starve’ strategy in Gaza?
A new phase of the war may be underway, as hopes for a cease-fire and deal to release the remaining hostages in Hamas captivity wane.
How Israel’s Army Uses Palestinians as Human Shields in Gaza
Israeli soldiers and Palestinian former detainees say troops have regularly forced captured Gazans to carry out life-threatening tasks, including inside Hamas tunnels.
‘Catastrophic situation’ at children’s hospital as Israel renews Gaza attacks
Director of only major hospital in north of strip still offering specialist care says it cannot evacuate all its patients
Rashid Khalidi, America’s foremost scholar of Palestine, is retiring: ‘I don’t want to be a cog in the machine any more’
As the Columbia University professor steps down, he addresses student protests, links between Ireland and Palestine and how ‘higher education has developed into a hedge fund’
Bisan Lecture series – Marwan Rashed – Universalism vs. Orientalism
We are very excited to have Professor Marwan Rashed, for the next installment of the Bisan Lecture Series, on Wednesday October 16th, at 7PM Palestine time, who will speak on “Universalism vs. Orientalism. Some Thoughts about, and in the wake of, Edward Said”. Register here to get the Zoom link!
A Year of Lost Childhood: Palestinian children in Gaza suffer amid ongoing Israeli genocide
Children ride a bicycle across a war-devastated street in Gaza City on October 2, 2024, amid the ongoing Israeli genocide. (Photo: Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
The stories of Gaza’s oldest victim and its youngest
Guardian tracks down families of 101-year-old great-great-grandfather and two-hour-old baby girl